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Macfarlanes LLP

Registered as MACFARLANES LLP. Company number OC334406. 19 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

55days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Macfarlanes LLP reported that it took an average of 55 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 52% of invoices within 30 days, 21% in 31 to 60 days and 27% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 59 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Apr 2021 38 Oct 2021 31 Apr 2022 32 Oct 2022 31 Apr 2023 31 Oct 2023 33 Mar 2024 53 Sep 2024 58 Mar 2025 59 Sep 2025 66 Mar 2026 55 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 28 Oct 2026 55 52%21%27%10% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 66 42%30%28%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 28 Oct 2025 59 46%28%26%10% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 58 48%24%28%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 53 49%27%24%16% Report
Nov 2023 to Mar 2024 30 May 2024 33 63%23%14%11% Report
May to Oct 2023 30 Nov 2023 31 65%30%4%13% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 26 May 2023 31 64%27%9%12% Report
May to Oct 2022 21 Nov 2022 32 62%28%10%10% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 1 Jun 2022 31 66%23%11%9% Report
May to Oct 2021 30 Nov 2021 38 64%20%16%9% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 26 May 2021 35 72%14%14%7% Report
May to Oct 2020 30 Nov 2020 45 50%31%19%33% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 33 70%19%11%10% Report
May to Oct 2019 27 Nov 2019 28 77%15%8%8% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 30 May 2019 33 74%15%11%17% Report
May to Oct 2018 29 Nov 2018 28 76%14%10%15% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 31 May 2018 28 77%14%9%14% Report
May to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 25 79%14%7%14% 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.