Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Freeths LLP pays suppliers in 23 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 7 days inside their stated 30-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 24% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 2%
- Reporting period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Apr 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 7 days inside the 30-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports
Holding steady around 23 days
The read · computed from their figures
Freeths LLP's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 23 days against stated terms of 30 days; 24% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2026.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 75% of large companies reporting.
That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
The business has contracts for the lease of property, equipment, software and for provision of services in connection with the operation of the business. The payment period and terms vary and resemble the normal commercial terms for these form of contracts. The business has contracts with counsel and experts for the provision of services and advice on behalf of clients. In line with industry practice these contracts are settled promptly when the client makes funds available for their settlement. All other qualifying contracts are on 30 day standard payment terms. Freeths standard terms provide that it will pay all invoices within the agreed terms of any formal agreement and in the case of other contracts within 30 days of the invoice date.
Dispute resolution
Any disagreement with payment for contracted services is advised to the supplier by the requisitioner/approver of the service. It is the responsibility of this person to resolve any disputes and approve any resolved payment.
Other information
If the business included professional disbursement contracts in its payment statistics and it calculated the payment period as the date from the date of invoice to the date of payment then the following would be the payment statistics: Average time taken to pay invoices = 30 days Invoices paid: - within 30 days = 76% - in 31 to 60 days = 14% - in 61 days or more = 10% As the agreed payment terms for professional disbursements are on a pay when paid by the client basis and the firm settles these promptly within 2 days in accordance with Solicitor Accounts Rules, professional disbursements will always be paid within term. No professional disbursements will appear in the "Invoices due but not paid within agreed terms" statistic. This statistic will fall with the inclusion of pr
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 23 | 24% | 2% | 29 Apr 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 22 | 27% | 1% | 24 Oct 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 23 | 27% | 5% | 28 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 21 | 26% | 5% | 30 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 22 | 23% | 5% | 26 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 25 | 43% | 5% | 25 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 25 | 48% | 7% | 24 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 24 | 42% | 5% | 13 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 25 | 38% | 6% | 25 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 35 | 34% | 11% | 13 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 33 | 38% | 12% | 27 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 46 | 29% | 14% | 23 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 38 | 10% | 8% | 19 May 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 39 | 14% | 9% | 30 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 39 | 17% | 9% | 29 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 35 | 24% | 7% | 23 Oct 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Incorporated
- 16 May 2003
- Registered office
- 80 MOUNT STREET, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NG1 6HH
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