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How fast companies registered in West Berkshire pay their suppliers

29 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in West Berkshire have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 39 days to pay an invoice, 8 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

39 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

37%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

4Companies averaging more than 60 days

11%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 September 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 50 council areas in the South East with at least five filers, West Berkshire ranks seventh for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every West Berkshire company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(the) 30 Jun 2026 9211%82%
2 Deta Electrical Company Limited 30 Jun 2026 8117%25%
3 Decco Limited 30 Jun 2026 6310%11%
4 Norbain Holdings Limited 30 Jun 2026 6210%10%
5 UK Electric Limited 30 Jun 2026 599%7%
6 Westcoast Limited 30 Jun 2026 5719%6%
7 Stearn Electric Company Limited 30 Jun 2026 5614%8%
8 Vodafone Limited 30 Sep 2026 5433%2%
9 Primaflow Limited 30 Jun 2026 506%19%
10 UK Cables Limited 30 Jun 2026 4936%12%
11 Vodafone Group Services Limited 31 Mar 2026 4716%2%
12 Porsche Cars Great Britain Limited 30 Jun 2026 4251%28%
13 Vodafone Sales & Services Limited 30 Sep 2025 4234%7%
14 Stryker UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 4034%1%
15 Porsche Retail Group Limited 30 Jun 2026 3935%3%
16 Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited 30 Sep 2026 3843%0%
17 H Young (Operations) Limited 30 Jun 2026 3845%19%
18 Spire Technology Limited 31 Dec 2025 3737%15%
19 Ergea UK and Ireland Limited 30 Jun 2026 3263%42%
20 Feltham Construction Limited 30 Jun 2026 3152%10%
21 Practice Plus Group Health and Rehabilitation Services Limited 30 Sep 2026 3177%49%
22 Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited 30 Sep 2026 3179%16%
23 Vantage Data Centers UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 2990%29%
24 Downe House School 31 Aug 2026 2676%25%
25 Awe PLC 30 Sep 2026 2394%6%
26 Practice Plus Group Urgent Care Limited 30 Sep 2026 2384%47%
27 Bottomline Technologies Limited 30 Jun 2026 1894%6%
28 H Young Holdings Public Limited Company 30 Jun 2026 1795%4%
29 Direct Wines Limited 3 Jul 2026 1596%20%

Most invoices paid late

  1. Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(the)82%
  2. Practice Plus Group Health and Rehabilitation Services Limited49%
  3. Practice Plus Group Urgent Care Limited47%
  4. Ergea UK and Ireland Limited42%
  5. Vantage Data Centers UK Limited29%
  6. Porsche Cars Great Britain Limited28%
  7. Deta Electrical Company Limited25%
  8. Downe House School25%
  9. Direct Wines Limited20%
  10. H Young (Operations) Limited19%

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

Construction and retentions

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

  1. Vodafone Limited5%
  2. Feltham Construction 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.