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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Buro Happold Limited pays suppliers in 35 days on average — 5 days past its stated terms

CRN 02049511 · Professional & technical services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

35daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 5 days past the 30-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
51% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
8%
Reporting period
1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 29 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 5 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

Holding steady around 35 days

The read · computed from their figures

Buro Happold Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 35 days against stated terms of 30 days; 51% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 8% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 May 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 61% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Under standard contractual terms we commit to the payment of all undisputed sums properly due to third party suppliers within 30 days of receipt of a valid invoice. Some of our suppliers have standard terms of 60 days.

Dispute resolution

We will attempt to resolve in the first instance with negotiations between the authorised representatives of each of the parties. Both parties should continue to perform their relevant obligations, whilst working together to resolve the dispute. The authorised representative will be the supplier’s main contact with us for these purchases (typically the person who ordered the goods or services and who has been named on the invoice).

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263551%8%29 May 2026
H2 20253750%8%28 Nov 2025
H1 20253751%8%27 May 2025
H2 20244246%9%29 Nov 2024
H1 20243446%8%29 May 2024
H2 20233347%8%30 Nov 2023
H1 20233646%12%30 May 2023
H2 20223552%12%30 Nov 2022
H1 20223455%9%26 May 2022
H2 20213558%8%29 Nov 2021
H1 20214064%13%28 May 2021
H2 20205061%13%30 Nov 2020
H1 20203364%7%29 May 2020
H2 20193165%5%2 Jun 2020
H1 20193263%7%30 May 2019
H2 20183370%5%30 Nov 2018
H1 20183670%8%30 May 2018
H2 20173871%6%16 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
26 Aug 1986
Registered office
PINESGATE, BATH, BA2 3DP
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 35-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 35-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 35-day cycle — about £2,000 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Buro Happold Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 35 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 35, moving within about ±4 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?
UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
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.
How often is this data updated?
Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.
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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