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Gowling WLG (UK) LLP pays suppliers in 34 days on average — 4 days past its stated terms

CRN OC304378 · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

34daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 4 days past the 30-day term they state.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
9% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
13%
Reporting period
1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 29 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 4 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

39 → 34 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Gowling WLG (UK) LLP's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 34 days against stated terms of 30 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 13% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 39 days in H2 2023 to 34 now — 5 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 56% of large companies reporting.

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

2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Gowling WLG UK LLP standard payment terms are 30 days from date of invoice on normal qualifying contracts unless specifically agreed. See additional information below on payment of professional disbursements.

Dispute resolution

All issues are handled by the Partner or responsible contract owner that holds the relationship with the supplier. Any resolution is specific to and agreed upon with each supplier.

Other information

A significant exception to our standard payment terms relates to the payment of professional disbursements. Professional disbursements are qualifying contracts for specialist professional advice relating to a specific client. Standard industry practice for payment of professional disbursements is that it is paid once the end client has paid for the advice.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026349%13%29 May 2026
H2 2025309%12%28 Nov 2025
H1 2025356%15%30 May 2025
H2 2024448%19%18 Nov 2024
H1 2024508%20%24 May 2024
H2 20233913%17%10 Nov 2023
H1 2023439%19%19 May 2023
H2 2022419%17%30 Nov 2022
H1 2022439%19%31 May 2022
H2 20211321%2%30 Nov 2021
H1 20211125%2%26 May 2021
H1 20201025%1%28 May 2020
H2 2019915%0%27 Nov 2019
H1 20191020%1%29 May 2019
H2 20181018%1%28 Nov 2018
H1 2018935%1%30 May 2018
H2 20171029%1%22 Dec 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated
7 Apr 2003
Registered office
4 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE, LONDON, SE1 2AU
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 34-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 34-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 34-day cycle — about £1,600 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Gowling WLG (UK) LLP

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (39 → 34 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 34; across their last 6 reports it ranged 30–50 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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