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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Foster + Partners Limited pays suppliers in 26 days on average — 19 days past its stated terms

CRN 01644989 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

26daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 19 days past the 7-day term they state.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7 days
Paid outside agreed terms
33% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 28 May 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 19 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

32 → 26 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Foster + Partners Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 26 days against stated terms of 7 days; 33% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 32 days in H2 2023 to 26 now — 6 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 63% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Under the company's standard payment terms we commit to paying all undisputed sums properly due to third party suppliers within 30 days of receipt of a valid invoice by the central finance team with the following exceptions: a) some suppliers have 45 days standard terms and b) some have 7 or 15 day terms (the latter typically postal / courier services). The company normally settles invoices on standard terms however variations to these terms do exist based on agreements with certain suppliers.

Dispute resolution

Disputes should be directed to the Accounts Payable team ([email protected]) or to the relevant commercial contact within the company. We aim to resolve disputes quickly and efficiently.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262633%1%28 May 2026
H2 20252934%1%21 Nov 2025
H1 20253030%3%30 May 2025
H2 20243031%4%28 Nov 2024
H1 20243344%5%29 May 2024
H2 20233248%4%30 Nov 2023
H1 20233242%4%31 May 2023
H2 20223133%6%1 Dec 2022
H1 20222945%3%31 May 2022
H2 20212742%2%30 Nov 2021
H1 20214441%12%28 May 2021
H2 20204439%13%30 Nov 2020
H1 20203435%7%28 May 2020
H2 20194143%13%28 Nov 2019
H1 20193958%12%18 Aug 2019
H2 20182323%6%30 Nov 2018
H1 20181913%5%31 May 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
21 Jun 1982
Registered office
RIVERSIDE THREE, 22 HESTER ROAD, SW11 4AN
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 26-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 26-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 26-day cycle — about £7,500 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers · Foster + Partners Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (32 → 26 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 26; across their last 6 reports it ranged 26–33 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.
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Is this official government data?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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