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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Building Design Partnership Limited pays suppliers in 22 days on average — within its stated 14–60 day terms

CRN 02207415 · Professional & technical services · 19 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

22daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 8 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
14–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
14% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
3%
Reporting period
1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 13 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 22 against 14–60 days

The pattern · last 6 of 19 reports

28 → 22 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Building Design Partnership Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 22 days against stated terms of 14–60 days; 14% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 13 Oct 2026.

The direction is faster: from 28 days in H1 2024 to 22 now — 6 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 77% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 19 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

6% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

BDP's standard payment terms are 30 days. The standard payment terms for sub-consultants are 45 or 60 days and the standard terms for contract staff is 14 days.

Dispute resolution

BDP's business systems are designed to pay suppliers by their due date. If there is a dispute relating to the non-payment of supplier invoices, it should be raised with the accounts payable team who will investigate and resolve the dispute as soon as possible. If the dispute relates to the non-authorisation of supplier invoices it should be raised with the relevant BDP project director or contact that requested the supply and again this will be resolved as soon as possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20262214%3%13 Oct 2026
H1 20262723%4%29 Apr 2026
H2 20252620%4%28 Jan 2026
H1 20252927%3%25 Jul 2025
H2 20242816%4%24 Jan 2025
H1 20242818%4%16 Jul 2024
H2 20232816%3%18 Jan 2024
H1 20233541%8%11 Aug 2023
H2 20222827%8%16 Jan 2023
H1 20222725%7%28 Jul 2022
H2 20212528%6%21 Jan 2022
H1 20212723%5%13 Jul 2021
H2 20203129%8%25 Jan 2021
H1 20203245%8%23 Jul 2020
H2 20193130%9%21 Jan 2020
H1 20193257%10%18 Jul 2019
H2 20183645%11%28 Jan 2019
H1 20183139%8%11 Jul 2018
H2 20172639%0%26 Jan 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
22 Dec 1987
Registered office
11 DUCIE STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 2JB
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 22-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 22-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 22-day cycle — about £3,200 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 · Building Design Partnership Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (28 → 22 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 22; across their last 6 reports it ranged 22–29 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?
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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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