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How long does Dentons Ukmea Legal Services take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02746217 · Administrative & support services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

12days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Unlimited Company
Incorporated
4 Sept 1992
Registered office
ONE FLEET PLACE, EC4M 7WS
0 outstanding charges on the register

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 12.

Stated terms30d
-18 days
Reported avg12d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
9%
invoices paid outside terms
-11d
faster over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 89% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
23
22
21
20
20
12
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 91% 31–60 days 6% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Dentons Ukmea Legal Services has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 12 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 23 to 12 days over the window — about 11 days faster.

In the latest period 9% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are as follows: • Goods and services will only be paid for after delivery, and after any issues or queries have been resolved. • Except where different payment terms have been agreed in writing with a supplier, authorised invoices will be paid on the supplier payment run closest to 30 days after the invoice date.

Dispute resolution

Any payment disputes shall in the first instance be referred to the member of staff managing the contract. If the parties are unable to reach a resolution, it may be referred to the relevant department head and, where necessary, the firm's Finance Director or the in house General Counsel. We aim to resolve disputes within 30 days (or longer as agreed by the parties), from the date the dispute was raised.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026129%3%14 May 2026
H2 20252016%3%28 Nov 2025
H1 20252016%7%27 May 2025
H2 20242116%3%14 Nov 2024
H1 20242215%8%15 May 2024
H2 20232311%5%21 Nov 2023
H1 20231910%3%24 May 2023
H2 20222216%7%21 Nov 2022
H1 20222420%8%25 May 2022
H2 20212423%8%26 Nov 2021
H1 20211814%5%27 May 2021
H2 20202723%12%23 Nov 2020
H1 20203121%9%27 May 2020
H2 20192618%6%25 Nov 2019
H1 20192619%10%15 May 2019
H2 20182522%10%15 Nov 2018
H1 20183332%18%29 May 2018
H2 20173034%13%27 Nov 2017

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 11 days faster over the window (23 → 12 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 12, moving within about ±5 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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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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