How fast companies registered in Swale pay their suppliers

7 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Swale have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 30 days to pay an invoice, 1 day shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.

30 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

80%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

1Companies averaging more than 60 days

17%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 April 2026 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 50 council areas in the South East with at least five filers, Swale ranks 30th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Swale company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Floplast Limited	30 Jun 2026	62	17%	19%
2	Cook Trading Limited	26 Sep 2026	43	26%	6%
3	Shepherd Neame Limited	27 Jun 2026	33	82%	17%
4	Denmaur Independent Papers Limited	30 Apr 2026	30	62%	27%
5	Avante Care and Support Limited	30 Sep 2026	23	80%	50%
6	Bourne Alliance Multi Academy Trust	31 Aug 2026	18	91%	12%
7	Swale Academies Trust	31 Aug 2026	8	99%	8%

Most invoices paid late

Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.

Construction and retentions

4 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 2 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.

All retention clauses

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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.