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Howard Kennedy LLP

Registered as HOWARD KENNEDY LLP. Company number OC361417. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 24 July 2026.

28days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2026, Howard Kennedy LLP reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 70% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 11% after more than 60 days. It said 35% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 58% 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 34 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Nov 2019 39 Apr 2020 40 Apr 2021 37 Oct 2021 48 Apr 2022 43 Oct 2022 31 Oct 2023 26 Apr 2024 36 Oct 2024 34 Apr 2025 34 Oct 2025 28 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
May 2025 to Apr 2026 24 Jul 2026 28 70%19%11%35% Report
May to Oct 2025 11 Nov 2025 34 67%19%14%40% Report
May 2024 to Apr 2025 23 Oct 2025 34 69%16%15%38% Report
May to Oct 2024 22 Nov 2024 36 66%17%17%37% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 22 Nov 2024 26 75%14%11%29% Report
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023 7 Nov 2023 31 67%17%16%38% Report
May to Oct 2022 27 Jan 2023 43 67%16%17%41% Report
May 2021 to Apr 2022 27 Jan 2023 n/an/an/an/a Report
May 2021 to Apr 2022 27 Jan 2023 48 66%18%17%42% Report
Nov 2020 to Oct 2021 1 Nov 2021 37 65%19%16%48% Report
May 2020 to Apr 2021 15 Apr 2021 40 63%19%19%64% Report
May 2019 to Apr 2020 30 Oct 2020 39 61%22%17%69% Report
May to Nov 2019 10 Mar 2020 40 61%21%18%50% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 40 69%17%14%45% Report
May to Oct 2018 26 Nov 2018 37 68%20%12%58% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 42 64%18%18%62% Report
May to Oct 2017 30 Nov 2017 44 68%15%17%46% 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.