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Stephenson Harwood LLP

Registered as STEPHENSON HARWOOD LLP. Company number OC373597. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 28 May 2026.

38days 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, Stephenson Harwood LLP reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 30% of invoices within 30 days, 62% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 31% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% 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 72 days, so it is 34 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 69 Oct 2020 78 Apr 2021 69 Oct 2021 86 Apr 2022 66 Oct 2022 64 Apr 2023 68 Oct 2023 62 Apr 2024 64 Oct 2024 72 Apr 2025 38 Oct 2025 38 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 28 May 2026 38 30%62%8%31% Report
May to Oct 2025 27 Nov 2025 38 32%59%9%17% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 23 May 2025 72 24%42%34%49% Report
May to Oct 2024 25 Nov 2024 64 33%33%34%48% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 30 May 2024 62 34%34%32%51% Report
May to Oct 2023 27 Nov 2023 68 37%27%36%51% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 26 May 2023 64 40%29%31%46% Report
May to Oct 2022 30 Nov 2022 66 39%27%34%49% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 Nov 2022 86 36%27%37%54% Report
May to Oct 2021 30 Nov 2021 69 34%29%37%53% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 27 May 2021 78 43%27%30%46% Report
May to Oct 2020 27 May 2021 69 38%30%32%48% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 66 47%27%26%41% Report
May to Oct 2019 30 Nov 2019 58 52%21%27%37% Report
Oct 2018 to Apr 2019 30 May 2019 45 51%30%19%38% Report
May to Oct 2018 30 Nov 2018 51 46%37%17%33% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 43 52%34%14%26% Report
May to Oct 2017 30 Nov 2017 47 66%16%18%21% 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.