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How fast companies registered in Swindon pay their suppliers
34 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Swindon have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 33 days to pay an invoice, 2 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.
33 daysTypical average time to pay (median)
76%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
2Companies averaging more than 60 days
13%Typical share not paid within agreed terms
Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 December 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 17 council areas in the South West with at least five filers, Swindon ranks eighth for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.
Every Swindon company, slowest first
* Figures look inconsistent with the company's earlier filings, for example an average more than double its previous report, so may contain a filing error. Shown as filed.
Most invoices paid late
- Rwe Renewables UK London Array Limited75%
- Cotswold Outdoor Group Ltd61%
- Oak Furnitureland Group Limited45%
- Patheon UK Limited43%
- WH Smith Hospitals Limited39%
- Arval UK Group Limited34%
- WH Smith Travel Limited30%
- Zurich Assurance Ltd28%
- Rwe Renewables UK Wind Services Limited26%
- Zurich Employment Services Limited25%
Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.
Construction and retentions
4 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 3 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.
- Rwe Renewables UK Onshore Wind Limited5%
- E.W. Beard Limitedrate not given
- The Park Academies Trustrate not given
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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.