Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Osborne Clarke LLP pays suppliers in 58 days on average — 28 days past its stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 28 days past the 30-day term they state.
- Their stated terms
- 30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 58% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 29%
- Reporting period
- 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 29 May 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 28 days past their stated terms
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports
55 → 58 days — slowing down
The read · computed from their figures
Osborne Clarke LLP's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 58 days against stated terms of 30 days; 58% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 29% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 May 2026.
The direction is slower: from 55 days in H2 2023 to 58 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 90% of large companies reporting.
That is 18 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
The LLP does not use standard terms. Unless otherwise agreed with suppliers, the most frequently used payment terms are: • For advice and opinions provided by UK and overseas law firms and counsel that are billed to clients, payment terms are typically 30 days from invoice date. However, the majority of these services are procured on a 'paid when client pays' basis. In common with many law firms Osborne Clarke has a policy of payment within 48 hours of payment by the LLP’s client. • For all other services and goods payment terms are also typically 30 days from invoice date, payments are made every 7 days (i.e. once a week). Each payment run will include all approved invoices that become due according to supplier terms within each 7 day period. Payments are made by BACs and suppliers r
Dispute resolution
Payments may be delayed where the invoiced services or goods have not been received or are of poor quality. Disputes are not handled centrally by one specific team but are instead handled by the individual impacted by the supply. For example, where the services supplied are for the benefit of a client on a particular matter, the legal matter manager will engage with the supplier. Similarly, where services are supplied for the benefit of a particular Business Service it will be the relevant Business Service manager who engages with the supplier. Once resolved, payment is included in the next available payment run if due for payment.
Other information
The above statistics relate solely to payments against supplier terms but as noted above the LLP has adopted defined payment policies for many years which includes overseas law firms and counsel procured on a 'paid when client pays' basis. Were those payment policies to be recognised the average number of days taken to make payments reduces significantly to 32 days
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 58 | 58% | 29% | 29 May 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 51 | 52% | 26% | 28 Nov 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 52 | 46% | 27% | 30 May 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 57 | 45% | 32% | 29 Nov 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 59 | 48% | 31% | 31 May 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 55 | 45% | 28% | 29 Nov 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 57 | 56% | 30% | 27 May 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 54 | 49% | 27% | 29 Nov 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 54 | 46% | 27% | 25 May 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 53 | 49% | 27% | 26 Nov 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 57 | 50% | 30% | 28 May 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 49 | 51% | 27% | 23 Nov 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 53 | 50% | 25% | 25 May 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 45 | 50% | 22% | 29 Nov 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 52 | 61% | 23% | 31 May 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 46 | 62% | 21% | 30 Nov 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 44 | 56% | 20% | 30 May 2018 |
| H2 2017 | 42 | 57% | 20% | 29 Nov 2017 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Incorporated
- 12 Jan 2015
- Registered office
- ONE LONDON WALL, LONDON, EC2Y 5EB
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 58-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 58-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.
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.
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