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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Howard Kennedy LLP pays suppliers in 28 days on average — within its stated 7–30 day terms

CRN OC361417 · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

28daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 21 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
35% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
11%
Reporting period
1 May 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 24 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 28 against 7–30 days

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

31 → 28 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Howard Kennedy LLP's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 28 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 35% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 11% took 61 days or longer. Filed 24 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 31 days in H2 2023 to 28 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 60% of large companies reporting.

That is 16 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

"Howard Kennedy LLP does not have standard payment terms. Payment terms are agreed with suppliers as part of negotiations. The most common payment terms of invoices paid in the period are 30 days. Minor delays may occur if invoices are not sent directly to the accounts payable team. The business' standard terms relating to payment for suppliers of disbursement and counsel services are two business days from receipt of payment of those costs from our clients, unless agreed otherwise with the supplier. "

Dispute resolution

Any disputes are submitted to the member of staff managing the contract, who may involve their director as necessary. If there is no settlement between the member of staff and the supplier, the dispute would be escalated to the Director of Risk and Compliance.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262835%11%24 Jul 2026
H2 20253440%14%11 Nov 2025
H1 20253438%15%23 Oct 2025
H2 20243637%17%22 Nov 2024
H1 20242629%11%22 Nov 2024
H2 20233138%16%7 Nov 2023
H2 20224341%17%27 Jan 2023
H1 20224842%17%27 Jan 2023
H2 20213748%16%1 Nov 2021
H1 20214064%19%15 Apr 2021
H1 20203969%17%30 Oct 2020
H2 20194050%18%10 Mar 2020
H1 20194045%14%29 May 2019
H2 20183758%12%26 Nov 2018
H1 20184262%18%30 May 2018
H2 20174446%17%30 Nov 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated
1 Feb 2011
Registered office
NO.1, LONDON, SE1 9BG
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 28-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 28-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 28-day cycle — about £8,300 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Howard Kennedy LLP

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (31 → 28 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 28; across their last 6 reports it ranged 26–36 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.
How often is this data updated?
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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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