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Clifford Chance LLP

Registered as CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP. Company number OC323571. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 28 May 2026.

38days 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, Clifford Chance LLP reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 56% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% 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 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Oct 2020 41 Apr 2021 99 Oct 2021 80 Apr 2022 37 Oct 2022 43 Apr 2023 38 Oct 2023 41 Apr 2024 34 Oct 2024 35 Apr 2025 39 Oct 2025 38 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 38 56%36%8%8% Report
May to Oct 2025 26 Nov 2025 39 51%40%9%9% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 29 May 2025 35 50%42%8%8% Report
May to Oct 2024 28 Nov 2024 34 51%41%8%8% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 30 May 2024 41 45%41%14%14% Report
May to Oct 2023 27 Nov 2023 38 45%42%13%13% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 26 May 2023 43 38%46%16%16% Report
May to Oct 2022 24 Nov 2022 37 44%48%8%8% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 27 May 2022 80 48%41%11%11% Report
May to Oct 2021 26 Nov 2021 99 50%36%14%14% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 27 May 2021 41 53%37%10%15% Report
May to Oct 2020 19 Nov 2020 47 44%37%18%23% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 35 52%40%8%11% Report
May to Oct 2019 28 Nov 2019 32 51%42%7%11% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 22 May 2019 32 52%42%6%10% Report
May to Oct 2018 28 Nov 2018 38 54%38%7%11% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 22 May 2018 31 54%41%5%9% Report
May to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 35 49%41%10%16% 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.