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How long do water & waste companies take to pay their suppliers?

Large UK companies and LLPs within the reporting duty publish how quickly they pay. This page lists all 92 companies in water & waste with statutory payment reports on record, alphabetically; the median is taken from the 62 that filed within the last 15 months. Check the “latest period” column — some stopped reporting.

Sector median
37 days
Slower than the UK norm · vs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers
Companies reporting
62

Median of each company's latest reported average time to pay. Source: gov.uk Payment Practices register, used under OGL v3.0. Dataset rebuilt , covering reporting periods to 2 Aug 2026. The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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All reporting companies, A–Z

CompanyAvg days to payLatest period
Affinity Water Limited292026-03
Amentum (UK) Ltd.312024-09
Ameycespa (Awrp) Odc Limited162020-07
Ameycespa (East) Limited92023-06
Anglian Water Business (National) Limited262026-03
Anglian Water Services Limited592026-03
Biffa Municipal Limited452026-03
Biffa Waste Services Limited442026-03
Bristol Water PLC592023-01
Bywaters (Leyton) Limited532026-03
Castle Water Limited202026-03
Clear Business Water Limited222024-10
Commercial Services Kent Limited212026-03
Cornwall Energy Recovery Ltd232025-03
Cory Environmental Limited242026-06
Cumbria Waste Management Ltd.462025-03
Donald Ward Limited232026-03
DS Smith Recycling UK Limited572026-06
DWR Cymru Cyfyngedig252026-03
Enovert South Limited552022-12
Enva England Limited362026-03
Erith Contractors Limited542020-09
FCC Environment Services (UK) Limited222024-12
FCC Recycling (UK) Limited392026-06
H W Martin Waste Limited312026-01
Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig472025-03
Hills Waste Solutions Limited312026-04
Hughes and Salvidge Limited342026-03
Industrial Water Jetting Systems Limited242023-09
Integrated Water Services Limited332021-09
Keltbray Environmental Ltd502021-04
Kent Enviropower Limited282026-06
Kier Integrated Services Limited432026-06
Lanes Group Limited752026-06
M J Church (Plant) Limited462026-03
Merseyside Energy Recovery Ltd262025-03
Mick George Earthworks Limited492026-06
Mick George Recycling Limited362026-06
Mitie Waste & Environmental Services Limited542026-03
Northern Ireland Water Limited142026-03
Northumberland Energy Recovery Ltd232025-03
Northumbrian Water Limited362026-03
Nuvia Limited282026-06
Personnel Hygiene Services Limited372026-03
Portsmouth Water Limited132026-03
Powerday PLC272026-01
Reconomy (UK) Limited472024-12
Renewi UK Services Limited372026-03
Rhodar Industrial Services Limited592026-06
Rhodar Limited462021-12
Riverside Resource Recovery Limited262026-06
Ronald Hull Jnr. Limited272023-09
RSK Environment Limited372026-03
S. Norton & Co Limited172022-12
Scottish Water Business Stream Limited262026-03
Severn Trent Services Operations UK Limited332026-03
Severn Trent Water Limited402026-03
Smith's (Gloucester) Limited592021-09
South Downs Waste Services Limited52021-06
South East London Combined Heat and Power Limited582026-06
South East Water Limited412026-03
South Staffordshire Water PLC282021-09
South West Water Limited302025-09
Southern Water Services Limited422026-03
Stirling Water Seafield Limited152025-06
Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd482026-06
Sutton and East Surrey Water PLC462024-09
Thames Water Utilities Limited602026-03
UK Waste Management Limited422026-03
United Utilities Water Limited142026-03
Veolia Es Birmingham Limited452026-06
Veolia Es Hampshire Ltd382026-06
Veolia Es Merseyside & Halton Limited382026-06
Veolia Es Nottinghamshire Limited352026-06
Veolia Es Sheffield Limited372026-06
Veolia Es Shropshire Limited412026-06
Veolia Es South Downs Ltd342026-06
Veolia Es Southwark Limited392026-06
Veolia Es Staffordshire Limited422026-06
Veolia Water Outsourcing Limited382026-06
Viridor Avonmouth Waste Services Limited102026-03
Viridor Enviroscot Limited282022-03
Viridor Oxfordshire Limited572025-09
Viridor Resource Management Limited492024-09
Viridor South London Limited412025-03
VWS (UK) Ltd432020-12
Water Plus Limited372026-03
Water Plus Select Limited172022-03
Wessex Water Services Limited182026-06
West London Energy Recovery Ltd252025-03
William Tracey Limited422026-03
Yorkshire Water Services Limited302026-03

Alphabetical, not a ranking. Each figure is the company's own latest statutory report; click through for their full history and sources.

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