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Freshfields LLP

Registered as FRESHFIELDS LLP. Company number OC334789. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 29 May 2026.

31days 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, Freshfields LLP reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 28% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% 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 64 days, so it is 33 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Oct 2020 30 Apr 2021 40 Oct 2021 32 Apr 2022 41 Oct 2022 40 Apr 2023 46 Oct 2023 45 Apr 2024 47 Oct 2024 64 Apr 2025 28 Oct 2025 31 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 29 May 2026 31 81%14%5%28% Report
May to Oct 2025 28 Nov 2025 28 53%42%5%60% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 2 Jun 2025 64 37%41%22%67% Report
May to Oct 2024 29 Nov 2024 47 34%46%20%73% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 5 Jun 2024 45 44%40%16%66% Report
May to Oct 2023 27 Nov 2023 46 25%56%19%92% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 26 May 2023 40 45%43%12%53% Report
May to Oct 2022 30 Nov 2022 41 54%35%10%64% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 May 2022 32 82%13%6%18% Report
May to Oct 2021 30 Nov 2021 40 42%42%15%60% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 2 Aug 2021 30 79%13%7%18% Report
May to Oct 2020 30 Nov 2020 31 69%22%9%39% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 67 36%23%41%70% Report
May to Oct 2019 27 Nov 2019 62 38%20%42%73% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 3 Jun 2019 55 45%12%43%7% Report
May to Oct 2018 30 Nov 2018 55 49%15%36%15% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 29 May 2018 62 43%16%41%19% Report
May to Oct 2017 1 Dec 2017 62 47%14%39%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.