How fast companies registered in Wakefield pay their suppliers

29 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Wakefield 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)

42%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

6Companies averaging more than 60 days

22%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 July 2025 and 31 August 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 14 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber with at least five filers, Wakefield ranks seventh for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Wakefield company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Norton Healthcare Limited	30 Jun 2026	104	5%	26%
2	Afi-Uplift Limited	30 Jun 2026	83	24%	54%
3	Teva UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	82	13%	19%
4	Vow Europe Limited	30 Jun 2026	72	20%	4%
5	Ardagh Glass Limited	30 Jun 2026	71	6%	11%
6	F.W. Farnsworth Limited	31 Jul 2026	63	25%	30%
7	Convenience Foods Limited	31 Jul 2026	59	24%	35%
8	Solway Foods Limited	31 Jul 2026	57	33%	30%
9	Cavaghan & Gray Limited	31 Jul 2026	55	30%	28%
10	CCL Label Limited	30 Jun 2026	53	42%	40%
11	Newly Weds Foods Limited	30 Jun 2026	53	10%	97%
12	Puma United Kingdom Ltd	30 Jun 2026	52	23%	39%
13	Jigsaw Foods Limited	30 Jun 2026	50	7%	92%
14	2 Sisters Food Group Limited	31 Jul 2026	45	47%	36%
15	Sportswift Limited	31 Jul 2026	40	55%	21%
16	Plasmor (Holdings) Limited	30 Jun 2026	38	30%	4%
17	Dunhills (Pontefract) P L C	30 Jun 2026	37	58%	26%
18	Northern Foods Limited	31 Jul 2025	34	51%	95%
19	Finlay Beverages Limited	30 Jun 2026	33	61%	11%
20	Powell Engineering UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	31	47%	77%
21	Resilience Multi Academy Trust	31 Aug 2026	30	80%	1%
22	Caddick Construction Limited	28 Feb 2026	29	17%	0%
23	Minster Law Limited	30 Jun 2026	28	83%	21%
24	Delta Academies Trust	31 Aug 2026	25	78%	22%
25	Pontefract Academies Trust	31 Aug 2026	25	82%	0%
26	Outwood Grange Academies Trust	31 Aug 2026	21	90%	12%
27	Team 17 Digital Limited	30 Jun 2026	11	98%	0%
28	Banner Group Limited	30 Jun 2026	4	95%	5%
29	Banner Group Limited	30 Jun 2026	2	97%	1%

Most invoices paid late

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

Construction and retentions

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

Pontefract Academies Trust5%
Powell Engineering UK Limited5%
Caddick Construction Limited3%
Outwood Grange Academies Trustrate 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.