Keep up to date with the payment times of the leading contractors in the construction sector, how often firms pay their suppliers within 60 days, and how average payment times are increasing or decreasing every six months, when firms are obliged to report.
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Last updated: 05 January 2022
| Contractor | Average days taken to pay invoices | % within 60 days | Not paid within agreed terms | Average days +/- since previous period (minus indicates firm has improved its payment times) | Next due date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source: gov.uk | |||||
| Barratt Developments | 22 | 99% | 16% | -2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Willmott Dixon | 29 | 99% | 10% | -1 | 31-1-2022 |
| Mitie | 29 | 98% | 14% | +3 | 30-4-2022 |
| Redrow Homes | 24 | 97% | 10% | 0 | 31-1-2022 |
| McLaren Construction | 31 | 95% | 46% | -6 | 28-2-2022 |
| Keller | 43 | 87% | 37% | +2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Wates Construction | 35 | 95% | 21% | +3 | 31-1-2022 |
| Bellway Homes | 31 | 97% | 20% | -4 | 28-2-2022 |
| Hill Partnerships | 31 | 98% | 7% | -1 | 31-1-2022 |
| Bowmer & Kirkland | 37 | 95% | 27% | 0 | 31-3-2022 |
| McCarthy & Stone | 28 | 95% | 12% | 0 | 31-5-2022 |
| Robertson Group | 29 | 95% | 37% | -5 | 31-1-2022 |
| ISG Construction | 28 | 98% | 13% | -3 | 31-1-2022 |
| Lendlease Europe | 31 | 97% | 7% | -1 | 31-1-2022 |
| Mace | 32 | 90% | 29% | +2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Skanska Construction | 41 | 89% | 10% | +2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Tilbury Douglas5 | 30 | 95% | 39% | -2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Vistry Homes1 | 44 | 85% | 31% | +4 | 31-1-2022 |
| Bam | 37 | 97% | 21% | -2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Berkeley Homes | 24 | 94% | 22% | -2 | 31-5-2022 |
| Persimmon | 19 | 97% | 34% | -7 | 31-1-2022 |
| Vinci Construction UK | 24 | 95% | 15% | 0 | 31-1-2022 |
| Bloor Homes2 | 38 | 90% | 4% | +2 | 31-7-2021 |
| Morrison Water Services2,3 | 26 | 89% | 6% | -9 | 31-10-2021 |
| Sir Robert McAlpine | 30 | 96% | 10% | +6 | 31-5-2022 |
| Bouygues | 38 | 93% | 22% | -4 | 31-1-2022 |
| Miller Homes | 41 | 89% | 27% | +2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Homeserve | 70 | 17% | 7% | +26 | 30-4-2022 |
| Crest Nicholson | 36 | 94% | 21% | -3 | 31-5-2022 |
| Balfour Beatty | 38 | 92% | 26% | -2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Taylor Wimpey | 37 | 94% | 20% | -5 | 31-1-2022 |
| VolkerStevin4 | 36 | 90% | 26% | -3 | 31-1-2022 |
| Morgan Sindall | 27 | 98% | 9% | 0 | 31-1-2022 |
| Costain | 25 | 95% | 19% | -7 | 31-1-2022 |
| Countryside Properties | 51 | 78% | 33% | -14 | 30-4-2022 |
| Engie | 30 | 95% | 17% | -5 | 31-1-2022 |
| Eurovia | 48 | 79% | 21% | +2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Laing O’Rourke | 30 | 93% | 19% | -1 | 30-4-2022 |
| Multiplex Construction Europe | 38 | 88% | 20% | -11 | 31-1-2022 |
| J Murphy | 36 | 83% | 23% | 0 | 31-1-2022 |
| John Graham | 40 | 96% | 10% | -2 | 30-4-2022 |
| Buckingham Group | 41 | 90% | 14% | +2 | 31-1-2022 |
| Kier Construction | 31 | 90% | 28% | +1 | 31-1-2022 |
| Carey Group | 43 | 70% | 48% | +9 | 30-4-2022 |
| Galliford Try Building | 38 | 95% | 10% | -3 | 31-1-2022 |
| Mears | 18 | 96% | 18% | 0 | 31-1-2022 |
Notes:
1 Formerly Bovis Homes
2 Firms latest reporting data is overdue
3 Previously reported as Morrison Utility Services
4 Previously reported as VolkerWessels
5 Formerly Interserve Construction
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