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DLA Piper UK LLP

Registered as DLA PIPER UK LLP. Company number OC307847. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 27 May 2026.

13days 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, DLA Piper UK LLP reported that it took an average of 13 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 92% 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 19 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Apr 2020 24 Oct 2020 23 Apr 2021 25 Oct 2021 26 Apr 2022 22 Oct 2022 20 Oct 2023 19 Apr 2024 14 Oct 2024 19 Apr 2025 13 Oct 2025 13 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 27 May 2026 13 87%7%6%10% Report
May to Oct 2025 26 Nov 2025 13 88%5%7%10% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 29 May 2025 19 88%5%7%10% Report
May to Oct 2024 27 Nov 2024 14 83%7%10%14% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 29 May 2024 19 77%10%13%18% Report
May to Oct 2023 30 Nov 2023 20 70%10%20%27% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 31 May 2023 n/an/an/an/a Report
May to Oct 2022 25 Nov 2022 22 75%21%4%25% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 12 May 2022 26 72%21%7%25% Report
May to Oct 2021 19 Nov 2021 25 73%20%7%23% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 13 May 2021 23 73%23%4%25% Report
May to Oct 2020 27 Nov 2020 24 75%20%5%28% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 31 65%25%10%34% Report
May to Oct 2019 28 Nov 2019 29 70%21%9%29% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 28 May 2019 36 64%22%14%28% Report
May to Oct 2018 29 Nov 2018 29 66%28%6%27% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 30 70%22%8%33% Report
May to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 35 65%18%17%28% 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.