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Co-Operative Legal Services Limited

Registered as CO-OPERATIVE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 05671209. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 4 July 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

45days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 4 January 2026 to 4 July 2026, Co-Operative Legal Services Limited reported that it took an average of 45 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 57% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 36% after more than 60 days. It said 27% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 22% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 5 July 2025, the average was 38 days, so it is 7 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 3 Jul 2020 16 Jan 2021 16 Jul 2021 16 Jan 2022 16 Jul 2022 7 Dec 2022 5 Jul 2023 4 Jan 2024 3 Jan 2025 38 Jul 2025 35 Jan 2026 45 Jul 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
Jan to Jul 2026 29 Jul 2026 45 57%7%36%27% Report
Jul 2025 to Jan 2026 29 Jul 2026 35 70%8%22%27% Report
Jan to Jul 2025 16 Oct 2025 38 68%8%24%29% Report
Jul 2024 to Jan 2025 31 Jan 2025 3 98%1%1%1% Report
Jul 2023 to Jan 2024 31 Jan 2024 4 97%1%2%3% Report
Jan to Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 5 97%1%2%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jul 2023 7 97%1%2%2% Report
Jan to Jul 2022 22 Jul 2022 16 60%12%28%2% Report
Jul 2021 to Jan 2022 28 Jan 2022 16 62%16%22%18% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 27 Jul 2021 16 61%20%19%2% Report
Jul 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Jan 2021 16 98%1%1%4% Report
Jan to Jul 2020 28 Jul 2020 3 47%11%43%35% Report
Jul 2019 to Jan 2020 3 Feb 2020 3 97%2%1%23% Report
Jan to Jul 2019 1 Aug 2019 7 95%4%1%5% 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.