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How fast companies registered in Uttlesford pay their suppliers

6 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Uttlesford have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 36.5 days to pay an invoice, 5.5 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

36.5 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

50%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

1Companies averaging more than 60 days

41.5%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 March 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 31 council areas in the East of England with at least five filers, Uttlesford ranks ninth for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Uttlesford company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 Weston Homes PLC 31 Jul 2026 6617%74%
2 Swan Investments Group Holdings Limited 30 Sep 2026 3930%41%
3 Swan Investments Group Limited 30 Sep 2026 3929%42%
4 Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limited 31 Jul 2026 3474%17%
5 Titan Airways Limited 31 Mar 2026 2970%45%
6 Stansted Airport Limited 30 Sep 2026 2784%10%

Most invoices paid late

  1. Weston Homes PLC74%
  2. Titan Airways Limited45%
  3. Swan Investments Group Limited42%
  4. Swan Investments Group Holdings Limited41%
  5. Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limited17%
  6. Stansted Airport Limited10%

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

Construction and retentions

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

  1. Weston Homes PLC5%
  2. Stansted Airport Limitedrate not given
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.