How fast companies registered in Watford pay their suppliers

15 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Watford have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 31 days to pay an invoice, the same as the UK figure of 31 days.

31 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

71%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

1Companies averaging more than 60 days

13%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 June 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 31 council areas in the East of England with at least five filers, Watford ranks 22nd for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Watford company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Action for Children	31 Mar 2026	65	73%	80%
2	TJX UK	1 Aug 2026	58	23%	8%
3	Wickes Building Supplies Limited	30 Jun 2026	46	26%	5%
4	Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Limited	30 Jun 2026	43	38%	29%
5	Adda Hotels	30 Jun 2026	36	95%	16%
6	S A Designer Parfums Limited	30 Sep 2026	36	50%	8%
7	HLT Stakis Operator Limited	30 Jun 2026	32	96%	15%
8	Vinci Construction UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	31	63%	55%
9	Hilton International Hotels (UK) Limited	30 Jun 2026	30	96%	13%
10	Allwyn Entertainment Ltd	30 Jun 2026	29	78%	1%
11	J D Wetherspoon PLC	27 Jul 2025	28	67%	5%
12	Beko PLC	30 Jun 2025	27	9%	0%
13	Epson (U.K.) Limited	31 Mar 2026	20	84%	16%
14	Agora Learning Partnership	31 Aug 2026	19	71%	29%
15	Hilton UK Manage Limited	30 Jun 2026	1	100%	0%

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%.

TJX UK5%
Agora Learning Partnershiprate not given
Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Limitedrate not given
Vinci Construction UK 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.