Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Osborne Clarke Services pays suppliers in 12 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 18 days inside their stated 30-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 6% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 0%
- 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 18 days inside the 30-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports
22 → 12 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Osborne Clarke Services's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 12 days against stated terms of 30 days; 6% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 May 2026.
The direction is faster: from 22 days in H1 2023 to 12 now — 10 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 89% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.
That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
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.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 12 | 6% | 0% | 28 May 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 18 | 4% | 0% | 2 Dec 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 20 | 22% | 9% | 22 May 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 17 | 11% | 7% | 25 Nov 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 17 | 10% | 5% | 16 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 22 | 12% | 0% | 10 Aug 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 10 | 0% | 0% | 10 Nov 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 8 | 0% | 0% | 23 May 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 12 | 7% | 0% | 18 Nov 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 12 | 0% | 0% | 24 May 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 25 | 5% | 5% | 19 Nov 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27 May 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 11 | 0% | 0% | 26 Nov 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 10 | 0% | 0% | 24 May 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 11 | 0% | 0% | 2 Nov 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 13 | 0% | 0% | 30 May 2018 |
| H2 2017 | 13 | 0% | 0% | 11 Apr 2018 |
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
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