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How fast companies registered in Worcester pay their suppliers

7 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Worcester have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 32 days to pay an invoice, 1 day longer than the UK figure of 31 days.

32 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

46%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

0Companies averaging more than 60 days

25%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 June 2026 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, Worcester ranks 19th for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Worcester company, slowest first

#CompanyPeriod endingAverage days to payPaid within 30 daysNot paid within terms
1 Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Limited 30 Sep 2026 4731%40%
2 Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd 30 Jun 2026 4645%19%
3 Harrison Clark Rickerbys Limited 30 Sep 2026 3630%5%
4 Sanctuary Maintenance Contractors Limited 30 Sep 2026 3246%54%
5 Beech Grove Homes Limited 30 Sep 2026 3165%34%
6 Sanctuary Care Limited 30 Sep 2026 2976%25%
7 Global Pacific Processors UK Limited 30 Jun 2026 2178%1%

Most invoices paid late

  1. Sanctuary Maintenance Contractors Limited54%
  2. Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Limited40%
  3. Beech Grove Homes Limited34%
  4. Sanctuary Care Limited25%
  5. Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd19%
  6. Harrison Clark Rickerbys Limited5%
  7. Global Pacific Processors UK Limited1%

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

Construction and retentions

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

  1. Beech Grove 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.