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Petrofac Engineering Limited takes 242 days to pay suppliers, up from 112, as 2,377 large companies slow down
2,377 large companies took longer to pay suppliers than a year earlier and 2,582 paid faster; Vestas-Celtic Wind Technology Ltd. cut 104 days.
- Slower than a year earlier: 2,377
- Faster: 2,582
- Biggest increase: 130 days
- Biggest improvement: 104 days
Of the 5,715 large companies that reported for a period ending about a year before their latest one, 2,377 were taking longer on average to pay suppliers and 2,582 were paying faster.
The biggest increases in average time to pay were at Petrofac Engineering Limited, from 112 to 242 days; Proserv UK Limited, from 84 to 186 days; Firstport Retirement Property Services Limited, from 65 to 130 days; Severfield (Design & Build) Limited, from 37 to 102 days; Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (the), from 29 to 92 days.
The biggest improvements were at Vestas-Celtic Wind Technology Ltd., from 135 to 31 days; Synnovis Analytics LLP, from 124 to 22 days; Prudential Corporation Holdings Limited, from 109 to 26 days; Tenpin Limited, from 104 to 31 days; Dentons Europe LLP, from 110 to 42 days.
Comparisons are between a company's latest report and its report for a period ending 10 to 14 months earlier, so like is compared with like across the year. The full lists are in getting slower and biggest improvers.
About these figures
Figures are what each company filed on the government's Check payment practices service, as downloaded on 3 November 2026. Large companies and limited liability partnerships must report every six months under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017. Unless stated, each company's latest report is used, counting only periods that ended on or after 4 May 2025, and reports with figures that cannot be right are left out. Companies whose latest figures look inconsistent with their earlier filings, such as an average more than double their previous report, are not named in our stories; they stay in the tables with a note. How we use the data.
Written by Fair Payment's data desk from the filed figures, without a human writing step. Source: Check payment practices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.