How fast companies registered in Woking pay their suppliers

16 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Woking have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 50.5 days to pay an invoice, 19.5 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

50.5 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

44%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

2Companies averaging more than 60 days

17.5%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 50 council areas in the South East with at least five filers, Woking ranks third for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Woking company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	Birds Eye Limited	30 Jun 2025	72	7%	35%
2	Mclaren Racing Limited	30 Jun 2026	66	9%	3%
3	Asahi Europe & International Ltd	30 Jun 2026	57	48%	23%
4	Mclaren Automotive Limited	30 Jun 2026	57	32%	20%
5	James Walker & Co. Limited	30 Sep 2026	54	16%	78%
6	Alcura UK Limited	30 Mar 2026	53	17%	61%
7	WWF-UK	30 Jun 2026	52	55%	48%
8	Kone Public Limited Company	30 Jun 2026	51	40%	27%
9	Mclaren Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	50	9%	12%
10	Mclaren Support Services Limited	30 Jun 2026	41	34%	13%
11	Idox Software Ltd	30 Apr 2026	31	69%	28%
12	Boc Limited	30 Jun 2026	29	55%	10%
13	Kuwait Petroleum International Limited	30 Sep 2026	19	87%	15%
14	Verint Systems UK Limited	31 Jul 2026	18	82%	1%
15	Colgate-Palmolive (U.K.) Limited	30 Jun 2026	16	92%	6%
16	Kuwait Petroleum International Aviation Company (U.K.) Limited	30 Sep 2026	15	94%	9%

Most invoices paid late

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

Construction and retentions

2 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 1 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 15%.

Kone Public Limited Company15%

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.