Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Bird & Bird LLP take to pay its suppliers?

CRN OC340318 · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

32days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated: 24 Sept 2008
Registered office: 12 NEW FETTER LANE, LONDON, EC4A 1JP

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms30d

+2 days

Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

49%

invoices paid outside terms

-6d

faster over the window

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 50% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 50% 31–60 days 43% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Bird & Bird LLP has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 38 to 32 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 49% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard terms are 30days

Dispute resolution

https://www.twobirds.com/en/more-information/complaints-supplier

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	32	49%	7%	13 May 2026
H2 2025	32	49%	5%	3 Nov 2025
H1 2025	32	44%	6%	2 May 2025
H2 2024	34	41%	7%	4 Nov 2024
H1 2024	37	45%	10%	5 Jun 2024
H2 2023	38	47%	10%	29 Nov 2023
H1 2023	43	57%	15%	31 May 2023
H2 2022	43	60%	15%	29 Nov 2022
H1 2022	42	64%	13%	14 Jun 2022
H2 2021	40	61%	9%	24 Nov 2021
H1 2021	39	54%	10%	25 May 2021
H2 2020	38	59%	10%	26 Nov 2020
H1 2020	41	59%	9%	29 May 2020
H2 2019	41	58%	11%	21 Nov 2019
H1 2019	44	58%	1%	6 Jun 2019
H2 2018	37	63%	9%	7 May 2019
H1 2018	45	68%	19%	30 May 2018
H2 2017	40	62%	14%	5 Dec 2017

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (38 → 32 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?

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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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