Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

DWF LLP pays suppliers in 74 days on average — 14 days past its stated terms

CRN OC328794 · 31 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2026

74daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 14 days past the 60-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 45% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 38%
Reporting period: 1 May 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 25 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 14 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–80

avg 74d

0 days80 days

reported avg 74 days their filed terms 60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 34% 31–60 days 28% 61+ days 38%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #116599, period 1 May 2026 – 31 Jul 2026, filed 25 Aug 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

DWF LLP pays 14 days past its own stated terms. 45% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 38% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 31 reports

43 → 74 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 31 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

31 days slower across the window. From 43 days in H1 2025 to 74 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 60-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

DWF LLP's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 74 days against stated terms of 60 days; 45% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 38% took 61 days or longer. Filed 25 Aug 2026.

The direction is slower: from 43 days in H1 2025 to 74 now — 31 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 97% of large companies reporting.

That is 31 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

Standard payment terms are 60 days

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved by contacting the supplier, usually via their AR or Credit Control functions or other suitable contact explaining the situation and seeking resolution or credit note.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	74	45%	38%	25 Aug 2026
H1 2026	85	45%	44%	13 May 2026
H1 2026	80	53%	42%	25 Mar 2026
H2 2025	81	53%	41%	25 Mar 2026
H1 2025	38	53%	6%	19 Nov 2025
H1 2025	43	56%	11%	3 Jun 2025
H1 2025	38	53%	9%	3 Jun 2025
H2 2024	41	82%	7%	3 Jun 2025
H1 2024	50	92%	5%	2 Oct 2024
H1 2024	47	87%	16%	8 May 2024
H1 2024	44	82%	7%	27 Mar 2024
H2 2023	40	80%	6%	27 Mar 2024
H1 2023	43	82%	15%	14 Sept 2023
H1 2023	48	82%	18%	14 Sept 2023
H1 2023	45	84%	14%	14 Sept 2023
H2 2022	37	45%	6%	14 Sept 2023
H1 2022	36	35%	5%	30 Aug 2023
H1 2022	39	26%	9%	30 Aug 2023
H1 2022	35	28%	8%	18 Mar 2022
H2 2021	41	36%	12%	18 Mar 2022
H1 2021	38	42%	10%	18 Mar 2022
H1 2021	45	39%	18%	18 Mar 2022
H1 2021	51	49%	20%	18 Mar 2022
H2 2020	45	63%	14%	19 Nov 2020
H1 2020	56	85%	43%	9 Sept 2020
H1 2020	34	48%	10%	7 Jul 2020
H2 2019	30	42%	6%	1 Nov 2019
H1 2019	37	52%	23%	9 Dec 2019
H1 2018	36	34%	14%	18 Jul 2018
H1 2018	35	39%	9%	21 May 2018
H2 2017	65	68%	42%	30 Nov 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated: 4 Jun 2007
Registered office: 1 SCOTT PLACE, MANCHESTER, M3 3AA

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 74-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 74-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £29,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 74-day cycle — about £5,500 more than the same account would carry at 60-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 · DWF LLP

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 31 days slower over the window (43 → 74 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 74; across their last 6 reports it ranged 38–85 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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