Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Burness Paull LLP take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SO300380 · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

22days

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: 24 May 2004
Registered office: 50 LOTHIAN ROAD, EDINBURGH, EH3 9WJ

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 22.

Stated terms30d

-8 days

Reported avg22d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

15%

invoices paid outside terms

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 77% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 92% 31–60 days 6% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Burness Paull LLP has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 22 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 15% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The most commonly used payment terms are 30 days. Terms other than those are agreed with suppliers on an individual basis. As with standard practice in other law firms, payments to suppliers of client disbursement costs are made by the firm following receipt of payment from clients for those costs, unless agreed otherwise with the supplier.

Dispute resolution

The individual who requested goods or services is responsible for any initial disputes or queries with suppliers. They are also responsible for advising Accounts Payable that the invoice is in dispute and should be placed on hold. This allows Accounts Payable to provide an explanation if the supplier contacts them about payment. The individual would escalate the issue to their head of business services for resolution if they have not been able to agree a solution with the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	22	15%	2%	17 Apr 2026
H2 2025	20	10%	0%	31 Oct 2025
H1 2025	21	12%	1%	30 Apr 2025
H2 2024	23	17%	2%	28 Oct 2024
H1 2024	27	29%	10%	30 Apr 2024
H1 2024	21	21%	7%	29 Feb 2024
H1 2023	21	24%	10%	31 Aug 2023
H1 2023	21	18%	0%	23 Feb 2023
H1 2022	23	23%	0%	31 Aug 2022
H1 2022	27	29%	5%	17 Feb 2022
H1 2021	25	23%	0%	31 Aug 2021
H1 2021	53	24%	14%	26 Feb 2021
H1 2020	35	21%	10%	31 Aug 2020
H1 2020	34	19%	9%	25 Feb 2020
H1 2019	29	19%	7%	20 Aug 2019
H1 2019	37	23%	9%	15 Feb 2019
H1 2018	25	20%	5%	30 Aug 2018
H1 2018	24	27%	6%	23 Feb 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 22 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 22, moving within about ±2 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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