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Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Registered as SHAKESPEARE MARTINEAU LLP. Company number OC319029. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 8 June 2026.

16days 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, Shakespeare Martineau LLP reported that it took an average of 16 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 88% of invoices within 30 days, 11% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 88% 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 21 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 11 Oct 2020 13 Apr 2021 13 Oct 2021 17 Apr 2022 17 Oct 2022 16 Apr 2023 14 Oct 2023 24 Apr 2024 20 Oct 2024 21 Apr 2025 21 Oct 2025 16 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 8 Jun 2026 16 88%11%1%12% Report
May to Oct 2025 24 Feb 2026 21 68%32%0%32% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 24 Feb 2026 21 72%25%3%28% Report
May to Oct 2024 23 Feb 2026 20 79%20%1%21% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 12 Jun 2024 24 66%30%5%35% Report
May to Oct 2023 15 Nov 2023 14 86%13%1%14% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 3 Jul 2023 16 84%15%1%16% Report
May to Oct 2022 17 Nov 2022 17 79%19%2%21% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 25 Jul 2022 17 80%18%2%20% Report
May to Oct 2021 31 Dec 2021 13 92%7%1%8% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 2 Jun 2021 13 95%5%0%5% Report
May to Oct 2020 1 Dec 2020 11 96%3%1%5% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 5 Jun 2020 16 92%7%1%12% Report
May to Oct 2019 2 Dec 2019 17 91%8%1%16% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 31 May 2019 17 90%8%2%15% Report
May to Oct 2018 30 Nov 2018 15 93%6%1%11% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 31 May 2018 14 96%4%1%10% Report
May to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 13 94%5%1%9% 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.