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Bird & Bird LLP

Registered as BIRD & BIRD LLP. Company number OC340318. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 13 May 2026.

32days 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, Bird & Bird LLP reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 50% of invoices within 30 days, 43% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 49% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 47% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 April 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Oct 2020 39 Apr 2021 40 Oct 2021 42 Apr 2022 43 Oct 2022 43 Apr 2023 38 Oct 2023 37 Apr 2024 34 Oct 2024 32 Apr 2025 32 Oct 2025 32 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 13 May 2026 32 50%43%7%49% Report
May to Oct 2025 3 Nov 2025 32 51%44%5%49% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 2 May 2025 32 56%38%6%44% Report
May to Oct 2024 4 Nov 2024 34 59%34%7%41% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 5 Jun 2024 37 56%34%10%45% Report
May to Oct 2023 29 Nov 2023 38 53%37%10%47% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 31 May 2023 43 43%42%15%57% Report
Apr to Oct 2022 29 Nov 2022 43 40%45%15%60% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 14 Jun 2022 42 36%51%13%64% Report
May to Oct 2021 24 Nov 2021 40 39%52%9%61% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 25 May 2021 39 46%44%10%54% Report
May to Oct 2020 26 Nov 2020 38 40%49%10%59% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 41 41%50%9%59% Report
May to Oct 2019 21 Nov 2019 41 42%47%11%58% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 6 Jun 2019 44 42%57%1%58% Report
May to Oct 2018 7 May 2019 37 37%54%9%63% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 45 32%49%19%68% Report
May to Oct 2017 5 Dec 2017 40 38%48%14%62% 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.