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How fast companies registered in Sunderland pay their suppliers
37 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Sunderland have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 40 days to pay an invoice, 9 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.
40 daysTypical average time to pay (median)
27%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
4Companies averaging more than 60 days
7%Typical share not paid within agreed terms
Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 June 2025 and 30 September 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 9 council areas in the North East with at least five filers, Sunderland ranks third for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every Sunderland company, slowest first
Most invoices paid late
- Logisteed UK Limited78%
- London and North Western Railway Company Limited73%
- Wise Academies71%
- The Chiltern Railway Company Limited47%
- Liebherr Sunderland Works Limited33%
- XC Trains Limited33%
- Arriva UK Bus Limited31%
- Grand Central Railway Company Limited29%
- EDF Energy Renewables Holdings Limited25%
- Dorenell Windfarm Limited24%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
18 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 18 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.
- Arriva Cymru Limited5%
- Arriva Durham County Limited5%
- Arriva Kent & Surrey Limited5%
- Arriva Kent Thameside Limited5%
- Arriva London North Limited5%
- Arriva London South Limited5%
- Arriva Merseyside Limited5%
- Arriva Midlands Limited5%
- Arriva North West Limited5%
- Arriva Northumbria Limited5%
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Free to use with credit to Fair Payment and, online, a link to this page. Download the Sunderland figures (CSV), see North East as a whole, or read notes for journalists.
Source: payment practices reports filed by each company under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations, published by the Department for Business and Trade on Check payment practices, Open Government Licence v3.0. Registered office from Companies House. Data as filed to 3 November 2026.