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Gowling WLG (UK) LLP

Registered as GOWLING WLG (UK) LLP. Company number OC304378. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 29 May 2026.

34days 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, Gowling WLG (UK) LLP reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 73% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 13% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% 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 35 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 10 Apr 2020 11 Apr 2021 13 Oct 2021 43 Apr 2022 41 Oct 2022 43 Apr 2023 39 Oct 2023 50 Apr 2024 44 Oct 2024 35 Apr 2025 30 Oct 2025 34 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 34 73%14%13%9% Report
May to Oct 2025 28 Nov 2025 30 72%16%12%9% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 30 May 2025 35 71%14%15%6% Report
May to Oct 2024 18 Nov 2024 44 67%14%19%8% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 24 May 2024 50 66%14%20%8% Report
May to Oct 2023 10 Nov 2023 39 71%12%17%13% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 19 May 2023 43 69%12%19%9% Report
May to Oct 2022 30 Nov 2022 41 68%15%17%9% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 31 May 2022 43 69%12%19%9% Report
May to Oct 2021 30 Nov 2021 13 91%7%2%21% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 26 May 2021 11 92%5%2%25% Report
May to Oct 2020 1 Dec 2020 n/an/an/an/a Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 28 May 2020 10 96%3%1%25% Report
May to Oct 2019 27 Nov 2019 9 98%2%0%15% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 10 97%2%1%20% Report
May to Oct 2018 28 Nov 2018 10 97%2%1%18% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 9 95%4%1%35% Report
May to Oct 2017 22 Dec 2017 10 94%5%1%29% 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.