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How fast companies registered in Wolverhampton pay their suppliers

10 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Wolverhampton have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 29 days to pay an invoice, 2 days shorter than the UK figure of 31 days.

29 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

70.5%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

1Companies averaging more than 60 days

12.5%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 31 October 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 24 council areas in the West Midlands with at least five filers, Wolverhampton ranks 21st for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Wolverhampton company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 CMBC Supply Limited 30 Jun 2026 659%65%
2 Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company Limited 30 Jun 2026 5526%71%
3 Marston's PLC 26 Sep 2026 3423%3%
4 Manor Multi Academy Trust 31 Aug 2026 3158%0%
5 Compton Care Group Limited 30 Sep 2026 2958%29%
6 Restore Digital Limited 30 Jun 2026 2991%8%
7 Central Learning Partnership Trust 31 Aug 2026 2083%17%
8 NCH (UK) Limited 31 Oct 2025 1988%20%
9 Exact Mortgage Experts Limited 30 Jun 2026 18100%0%
10 Charter Court Financial Services Limited 30 Jun 2026 1798%2%

Most invoices paid late

  1. Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company Limited71%
  2. CMBC Supply Limited65%
  3. Compton Care Group Limited29%
  4. NCH (UK) Limited20%
  5. Central Learning Partnership Trust17%
  6. Restore Digital Limited8%
  7. Marston's PLC3%
  8. Charter Court Financial Services Limited2%
  9. Exact Mortgage Experts Limited0%
  10. Manor Multi Academy Trust0%

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.

  1. Manor Multi Academy Trustrate 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.