Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Stephenson Harwood Services Limited pays suppliers in 70 days on average — 33 days past its stated terms

CRN 02900722 · Professional & technical services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

70daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 33 days past the 37-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 37 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 63% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 50%
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 33 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–80

avg 70d

0 days80 days

reported avg 70 days their filed terms 37 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 12% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 50%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112063, period 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026, filed 28 May 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Stephenson Harwood Services Limited pays 33 days past its own stated terms. 63% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 50% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

59 → 70 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 18 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

11 days slower across the window. From 59 days in H2 2023 to 70 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 37-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Stephenson Harwood Services Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 70 days against stated terms of 37 days; 63% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 50% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 May 2026.

The direction is slower: from 59 days in H2 2023 to 70 now — 11 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 94% 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.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The principal activity of the company is to provide employment services of professional and support staff to Stephenson Harwood LLP, an international law firm that provides legal services in the United Kingdom and internationally. Our standard policy is to pay all invoices within 37 days.

Dispute resolution

All invoices in dispute are passed to the appropriate team that requested the goods or services in order for them to resolve the dispute. It may then be referred onto the senior management of the firm if necessary.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	70	63%	50%	28 May 2026
H2 2025	70	48%	42%	27 Nov 2025
H1 2025	53	47%	25%	23 May 2025
H2 2024	59	51%	31%	25 Nov 2024
H1 2024	67	56%	33%	30 May 2024
H2 2023	59	60%	35%	27 Nov 2023
H1 2023	59	59%	39%	26 May 2023
H2 2022	52	42%	28%	30 Nov 2022
H1 2022	38	26%	14%	30 Nov 2022
H2 2021	29	17%	10%	30 Nov 2021
H1 2021	22	9%	4%	27 May 2021
H2 2020	25	7%	6%	27 May 2021
H1 2020	23	7%	5%	29 May 2020
H2 2019	17	2%	1%	30 Nov 2019
H1 2019	18	12%	8%	30 May 2019
H2 2018	19	10%	7%	30 Nov 2018
H1 2018	17	7%	4%	30 May 2018
H2 2017	14	3%	9%	30 Nov 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 21 Feb 1994
Registered office: 1 FINSBURY CIRCUS, LONDON, EC2M 7SH

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 70-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 70-day vs a 37-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 70-day cycle — about £13,000 more than the same account would carry at 37-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 · Stephenson Harwood Services Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 11 days slower over the window (59 → 70 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 70; across their last 6 reports it ranged 53–70 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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