How fast companies registered in Wigan pay their suppliers

7 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Wigan have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 43 days to pay an invoice, 12 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

43 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

29%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

2Companies averaging more than 60 days

26%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 28 June 2026 and 25 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 26 council areas in the North West with at least five filers, Wigan ranks third for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Wigan company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd	25 Sep 2026	68	19%	13%
2	Sofology Limited	28 Jun 2026	64	25%	6%
3	Abbey Logistics Group Limited	30 Jun 2026	49	9%	89%
4	M.G.F. (Trench Construction Systems) Limited	30 Jun 2026	43	29%	39%
5	Alpla UK Limited	30 Jun 2026	35	50%	29%
6	Calisen Metering Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	28	76%	26%
7	The Rowan Learning Trust	31 Aug 2026	22	96%	6%

Most invoices paid late

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

Construction and retentions

3 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 1 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 3%.

The Rowan Learning Trust3%

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.