Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

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

CRN OC352713 · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

27days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster 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: 1 Mar 2010
Registered office: CITYPOINT, LONDON, EC2Y 9SS

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms30d

-3 days

Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

22%

invoices paid outside terms

+12d

slower over the window

±6d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 63% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting slower

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 78% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 8%

The read · computed from their figures

Simmons & Simmons LLP has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 15 to 27 days over the window — about 12 days slower.

In the latest period 22% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 8% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our payment terms on Trade (overheads) are 30 days from date of invoice. We pay Disbursement suppliers who invoice us for services that we then onward bill our Clients within 5 working days (Pay When Paid terms).

Dispute resolution

Where there is any dispute or reason to delay invoice payment, the procurement team will reach back to the supplier to put an invoice/supply in dispute. If accounts payable are asked to withhold a payment to a supplier, the buyer is asked to confirm they will formally dispute that supply with the vendor to avoid miscommunications. Outcomes are either a full or partial credit will be received if a supplier agrees to this after discussing or alternatively, if the invoice(s) are approved by the buyers to be paid in full, any items unpaid and due are queued for payment on agreed terms.

Other information

We have not changed payment terms during the period. We have undergone a system change at the start of 2026 which led to a slight delay in payment processing times for a short period. As such, this led to a small increase in the number of payments made after 30 days compared to the period ended 30 October 2025.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	27	22%	8%	28 May 2026
H2 2025	20	7%	4%	26 Nov 2025
H1 2025	21	8%	4%	30 May 2025
H2 2024	16	7%	5%	15 Nov 2024
H1 2024	14	6%	4%	24 May 2024
H2 2023	15	7%	4%	17 Nov 2023
H1 2023	25	22%	12%	23 May 2023
H2 2022	25	22%	11%	28 Nov 2022
H1 2022	28	27%	16%	31 May 2022
H2 2021	31	29%	16%	22 Nov 2021
H1 2021	32	29%	16%	27 May 2021
H2 2020	37	40%	18%	26 Nov 2020
H1 2020	16	12%	4%	4 Jun 2020
H2 2019	22	2%	8%	29 Nov 2019
H1 2019	17	12%	3%	30 May 2019
H2 2018	19	16%	6%	29 Nov 2018
H1 2018	16	10%	3%	30 May 2018
H2 2017	26	89%	1%	8 Dec 2017

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 12 days slower over the window (15 → 27 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 27, moving within about ±6 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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