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Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP

Registered as ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING LLP. Company number OC306763. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 28 May 2026.

22days 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, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 15% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% 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 24 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Oct 2020 27 Apr 2021 24 Oct 2021 24 Apr 2022 27 Oct 2022 29 Apr 2023 28 Oct 2023 23 Apr 2024 26 Oct 2024 24 Apr 2025 23 Oct 2025 22 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 28 May 2026 22 87%10%3%15% Report
May to Oct 2025 27 Nov 2025 23 86%10%4%13% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 28 May 2025 24 84%12%4%15% Report
May to Oct 2024 27 Nov 2024 26 79%15%6%19% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 26 Jun 2024 23 84%12%4%15% Report
May to Oct 2023 22 Nov 2023 28 57%37%5%44% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 29 May 2023 29 59%35%6%42% Report
May to Oct 2022 29 Nov 2022 27 56%39%5%47% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 25 May 2022 24 72%20%8%30% Report
May to Oct 2021 30 Nov 2021 24 71%22%7%31% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 19 May 2021 27 69%22%8%31% Report
May to Oct 2020 17 Nov 2020 25 68%25%7%30% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 25 Aug 2020 26 43%45%12%47% Report
May to Oct 2019 16 Dec 2019 23 59%31%10%29% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 7 Jun 2019 22 63%27%10%29% Report
May to Oct 2018 5 Dec 2018 21 67%10%24%23% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 22 May 2018 17 95%4%1%9% Report
May to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 19 94%4%2%10% 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.