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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Holman Fenwick Willan LLP pays suppliers in 38 days on average — 8 days past its stated terms

CRN OC343361 · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

38daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 8 days past the 30-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
26% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
9%
Reporting period
1 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 8 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

Holding steady around 38 days

The read · computed from their figures

Holman Fenwick Willan LLP's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 38 days against stated terms of 30 days; 26% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 9% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Apr 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±7 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 65% 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

Our payment terms are agreed with suppliers and may vary depending on what is agreed during the contract negotiation. Most suppliers however agree to be paid within 30 days of the invoice date. Our payment runs are weekly and we always aim to pay our suppliers within the agreed terms. In line with standard procedures for law firms, payment to suppliers of client matter disbursements costs including counsels fees are made by the firm within 2 working days of receipt of payment from the client for those costs, unless agreed otherwise with the supplier.

Dispute resolution

Our aim is to pay all undisputed supplier invoices within the contractual payment terms. In the event that an invoice is not paid within the contractual terms the supplier should contact the Accounts Payable (AP) team in the first instance. The AP team will be able to provide a status update regarding the unpaid invoice and will direct the supplier to our business representative who engaged the supplier in order to resolve the issues which are preventing the invoice from being approved for payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263826%9%27 Apr 2026
H2 20253928%12%29 Oct 2025
H1 20253743%9%29 Apr 2025
H2 20245145%20%31 Oct 2024
H1 20244649%15%3 May 2024
H2 20234042%15%30 Oct 2023
H1 20234339%12%25 Apr 2023
H2 20224757%16%26 Oct 2022
H1 20224463%12%27 Apr 2022
H2 20214170%12%28 Oct 2021
H1 20215367%23%30 Apr 2021
H2 20205182%26%29 Oct 2020
H1 20204058%13%27 Apr 2020
H2 20193649%9%16 Oct 2019
H1 20193751%9%30 Apr 2019
H2 20183641%8%31 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated
16 Feb 2009
Registered office
8 BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, EC2N 4BQ
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 38-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 38-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 38-day cycle — about £3,200 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 · Holman Fenwick Willan LLP

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±7 days period to period, around 38 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 38, moving within about ±7 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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