How fast companies registered in Walsall pay their suppliers

13 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Walsall have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 41 days to pay an invoice, 10 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

41 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

32%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

16%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 24 council areas in the West Midlands with at least five filers, Walsall ranks eighth for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Walsall company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	ZF Lemforder UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	58	7%	58%
2	Barhale Limited	30 Jun 2026	54	11%	27%
3	Assa Abloy Limited	30 Jun 2026	53	25%	39%
4	Fortel Services Limited	31 Mar 2026	53	14%	26%
5	Poundland Limited	30 Sep 2026	44	48%	8%
6	RAC Motoring Services	30 Jun 2026	42	30%	16%
7	Heywood Williams Components Limited	30 Jun 2026	41	37%	2%
8	Homeserve Membership Limited	30 Sep 2026	41	48%	3%
9	C N C Speedwell Limited	30 Sep 2026	40	15%	22%
10	One Stop Stores Limited	29 Aug 2026	38	32%	1%
11	A.F.Blakemore and Son Limited	26 Apr 2026	37	39%	23%
12	Wedge Group Galvanizing Limited	30 Sep 2026	37	42%	5%
13	Walsall Housing Group Limited	30 Sep 2026	10	98%	2%

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 4 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 3%.

Fortel Services Limited3%
A.F.Blakemore and Son Limitedrate not given
Barhale Limitedrate not given
Walsall Housing Group 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.