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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Clifford Chance LLP pays suppliers in 38 days on average

CRN OC323571 · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

38daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average at 38 days, with 8% of invoices paid outside the terms they agreed.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Paid outside agreed terms
8% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
8%
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

Where 38 days sits on the clock

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

Holding steady around 38 days

The read · computed from their figures

Clifford Chance LLP's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 38 days; 8% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 8% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 May 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 65% of large companies reporting.

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

45 Days

Dispute resolution

Contracts are managed by P2P team and any disputes are resolved as per contract terms with the help of Legal team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026388%8%28 May 2026
H2 2025399%9%26 Nov 2025
H1 2025358%8%29 May 2025
H2 2024348%8%28 Nov 2024
H1 20244114%14%30 May 2024
H2 20233813%13%27 Nov 2023
H1 20234316%16%26 May 2023
H2 2022378%8%24 Nov 2022
H1 20228011%11%27 May 2022
H2 20219914%14%26 Nov 2021
H1 20214115%10%27 May 2021
H2 20204723%18%19 Nov 2020
H1 20203511%8%29 May 2020
H2 20193211%7%28 Nov 2019
H1 20193210%6%22 May 2019
H2 20183811%7%28 Nov 2018
H1 2018319%5%22 May 2018
H2 20173516%10%29 Nov 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated
1 Nov 2006
Registered office
10 UPPER BANK STREET, LONDON, E14 5JJ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Quick answers · Clifford Chance LLP

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 38 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 38, moving within about ±3 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?
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.
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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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