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Dentons UK and Middle East Legal Services

Registered as DENTONS UK AND MIDDLE EAST LEGAL SERVICES. Company number 02746217. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 14 May 2026.

12days 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, Dentons UK and Middle East Legal Services reported that it took an average of 12 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 91% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 93% 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 20 days, so it is 8 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Oct 2020 18 Apr 2021 24 Oct 2021 24 Apr 2022 22 Oct 2022 19 Apr 2023 23 Oct 2023 22 Apr 2024 21 Oct 2024 20 Apr 2025 20 Oct 2025 12 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 14 May 2026 12 91%6%3%9% Report
May to Oct 2025 28 Nov 2025 20 84%13%3%16% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 27 May 2025 20 84%9%7%16% Report
May to Oct 2024 14 Nov 2024 21 84%13%3%16% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 15 May 2024 22 85%7%8%15% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 21 Nov 2023 23 89%6%5%11% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 24 May 2023 19 90%7%3%10% Report
May to Oct 2022 21 Nov 2022 22 84%9%7%16% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 25 May 2022 24 80%12%8%20% Report
May to Oct 2021 26 Nov 2021 24 77%15%8%23% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 27 May 2021 18 86%9%5%14% Report
May to Oct 2020 23 Nov 2020 27 77%11%12%23% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 27 May 2020 31 79%12%9%21% Report
May to Oct 2019 25 Nov 2019 26 82%12%6%18% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 15 May 2019 26 81%9%10%19% Report
May to Oct 2018 15 Nov 2018 25 78%12%10%22% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 29 May 2018 33 68%14%18%32% Report
May to Oct 2017 27 Nov 2017 30 66%21%13%34% 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.