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Bristows LLP

Registered as BRISTOWS LLP. Company number OC358808. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 27 May 2026.

42days 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, Bristows LLP reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 58% of invoices within 30 days, 16% in 31 to 60 days and 26% after more than 60 days. It said 46% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% 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 62 days, so it is 20 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 76 Oct 2020 61 Apr 2021 62 Oct 2021 60 Apr 2022 63 Oct 2022 61 Apr 2023 71 Oct 2023 56 Apr 2024 62 Oct 2024 62 Apr 2025 63 Oct 2025 42 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 27 May 2026 42 58%16%26%46% Report
May to Oct 2025 17 Nov 2025 63 45%18%37%47% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 17 Nov 2025 62 44%19%37%48% Report
May to Oct 2024 2 Dec 2024 62 46%14%40%52% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 20 May 2024 56 48%15%37%53% Report
May to Oct 2023 23 Nov 2023 71 43%13%44%54% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 22 May 2023 61 50%12%38%53% Report
May to Oct 2022 16 Nov 2022 63 46%10%44%49% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 24 May 2022 60 49%7%44%55% Report
May to Oct 2021 19 Nov 2021 62 38%17%45%59% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 19 Nov 2021 61 38%15%47%61% Report
May to Oct 2020 26 Nov 2020 76 32%16%52%62% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 20 May 2020 54 44%18%38%54% Report
May to Oct 2019 27 Nov 2019 61 41%11%48%53% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 17 May 2019 58 46%16%38%52% Report
May to Oct 2018 15 Nov 2018 56 47%11%42%50% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 18 May 2018 58 51%14%35%52% Report
May to Oct 2017 27 Nov 2017 55 54%14%32%49% 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.