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How fast companies registered in West Northamptonshire pay their suppliers

39 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in West Northamptonshire have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 38 days to pay an invoice, 7 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

38 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

39%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

6Companies averaging more than 60 days

17%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 20 council areas in the East Midlands with at least five filers, West Northamptonshire ranks 12th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every West Northamptonshire company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 Avon Cosmetics Limited 30 Jun 2026 7338%75%
2 PTS Group Limited 30 Jun 2025 692%99%
3 Toolstation Limited 30 Jun 2026 692%7%
4 The BSS Group Limited 30 Jun 2026 638%30%
5 Briggs & Forrester Living Limited 30 Apr 2026 628%8%
6 Forterra Building Products Limited 30 Jun 2026 6213%0%
7 Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services Limited 30 Apr 2026 5817%14%
8 Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited 30 Jun 2026 5713%17%
9 CCF Limited 30 Jun 2026 569%20%
10 City Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited 30 Jun 2025 564%90%
11 Xpo Bulk UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 5318%31%
12 Xpo Transport Solutions UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 5237%25%
13 Xpo Maintenance UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 5117%23%
14 Amr GP Limited 31 Dec 2025 5028%26%
15 Yusen Logistics (UK) Limited 30 Sep 2026 4439%21%
16 Fine Lady Bakeries Limited 26 Sep 2026 4337%47%
17 GXO Logistics Drinks Limited 30 Jun 2026 4329%21%
18 Infinis Limited 30 Sep 2026 4123%6%
19 Xpo Holdings UK and Ireland Limited 30 Jun 2026 3959%28%
20 Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited 30 Jun 2026 3878%15%
21 Avara Foods Limited 31 Aug 2026 3539%13%
22 Dachser Limited 30 Jun 2026 3436%62%
23 Infinis Energy Services Limited 30 Sep 2026 3446%9%
24 Levi Strauss (U.K.) Limited 31 May 2026 3366%60%
25 Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd 30 Jun 2026 3348%11%
26 Winvic Construction Limited 31 Jul 2026 3351%8%
27 Blue Skies Holdings Limited 28 Jun 2026 3246%26%
28 Mercedes Amg High Performance Powertrains Limited 30 Jun 2026 3180%11%
29 Ricoh UK Limited 30 Sep 2026 3161%17%
30 East Midlands Academy Trust 31 Aug 2026 3090%10%
31 Heygates Limited 26 Sep 2026 3059%15%
32 ST Andrew's Healthcare 30 Sep 2026 2771%0%
33 James and James Fulfilment Ltd 30 Jun 2026 2490%10%
34 Ait Home Delivery UK Ltd. 30 Jun 2026 2183%17%
35 Perrys Motor Sales Limited 30 Jun 2026 1874%0%
36 Perrys East Midlands Limited 30 Jun 2026 1469%0%
37 Tove Learning Trust 31 Aug 2026 1394%33%
38 Northamptonshire Partnership Homes Limited 30 Sep 2025 1197%2%
39 Travis Perkins (Properties) Limited 30 Jun 2026 898%37%

Most invoices paid late

  1. PTS Group Limited99%
  2. City Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited90%
  3. Avon Cosmetics Limited75%
  4. Dachser Limited62%
  5. Levi Strauss (U.K.) Limited60%
  6. Fine Lady Bakeries Limited47%
  7. Travis Perkins (Properties) Limited37%
  8. Tove Learning Trust33%
  9. Xpo Bulk UK Limited31%
  10. The BSS Group Limited30%

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

Construction and retentions

9 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 6 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 5%.

  1. Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd5%
  2. Travis Perkins (Properties) Limited5%
  3. Winvic Construction Limited3%
  4. Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services Limitedrate not given
  5. Briggs & Forrester Living Limitedrate not given
  6. Northamptonshire Partnership Homes 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.