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How long does Osborne Clarke Services take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03049484 · Administrative & support services · 17 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
25 Apr 1995
Registered office
ONE LONDON WALL, LONDON, EC2Y 5EB
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
6%
invoices paid outside terms
-10d
faster over the window
±4d
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
22
17
17
20
18
12
H1 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 94% 31–60 days 6% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

Osborne Clarke Services has filed 17 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 22 to 12 days over the window — about 10 days faster.

In the latest period 6% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

OCS has adopted the following standard payment policy: • For services where supplier terms are typically 30 days from invoice date, payments are made within the same month. Payments are made by BACs and suppliers receive value 2 days later. The above policy has been in place for many years and there have been no changes in policy during the reporting period. Payments may be delayed where the invoiced services have not been received. (OCS does not buy goods, only services). Disputes are handled centrally by the HR team. Once resolved, payment is made immediately.

Dispute resolution

Payments may be delayed where the invoiced services have not been received. (OCS does not buy goods, only services). Disputes are handled centrally by the HR team. Once resolved, payment is made immediately.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026126%0%28 May 2026
H2 2025184%0%2 Dec 2025
H1 20252022%9%22 May 2025
H2 20241711%7%25 Nov 2024
H1 20241710%5%16 Oct 2024
H1 20232212%0%10 Aug 2023
H2 2022100%0%10 Nov 2022
H1 202280%0%23 May 2022
H2 2021127%0%18 Nov 2021
H1 2021120%0%24 May 2021
H2 2020255%5%19 Nov 2020
H1 2020110%0%27 May 2020
H2 2019110%0%26 Nov 2019
H1 2019100%0%24 May 2019
H2 2018110%0%2 Nov 2018
H1 2018130%0%30 May 2018
H2 2017130%0%11 Apr 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 10 days faster over the window (22 → 12 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 12, 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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