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Buro Happold Limited

Registered as BURO HAPPOLD LIMITED. Company number 02049511. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 29 May 2026.

35days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, Buro Happold Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 43% of invoices within 30 days, 49% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 51% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 April 2025, the average was 37 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 50 Oct 2020 40 Apr 2021 35 Oct 2021 34 Apr 2022 35 Oct 2022 36 Apr 2023 33 Oct 2023 34 Apr 2024 42 Oct 2024 37 Apr 2025 37 Oct 2025 35 Apr 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 29 May 2026 35 43%49%8%51% Report
May to Oct 2025 28 Nov 2025 37 42%50%8%50% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 27 May 2025 37 44%48%8%51% Report
May to Oct 2024 29 Nov 2024 42 54%37%9%46% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 29 May 2024 34 59%33%8%46% Report
May to Oct 2023 30 Nov 2023 33 65%27%8%47% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 30 May 2023 36 62%26%12%46% Report
May to Oct 2022 30 Nov 2022 35 57%31%12%52% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 26 May 2022 34 53%38%9%55% Report
May to Oct 2021 29 Nov 2021 35 48%44%8%58% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 28 May 2021 40 40%47%13%64% Report
May to Oct 2020 30 Nov 2020 50 42%45%13%61% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 33 53%40%7%64% Report
May to Oct 2019 2 Jun 2020 31 57%38%5%65% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 30 May 2019 32 59%34%7%63% Report
May to Oct 2018 30 Nov 2018 33 58%36%5%70% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 36 46%46%8%70% Report
May to Oct 2017 16 Apr 2018 38 31%63%6%71% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.