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Burness Paull LLP

Registered as BURNESS PAULL LLP. Company number SO300380. 19 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 9 October 2026.

21days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Burness Paull LLP reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 17% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 20 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Jul 2021 27 Jan 2022 23 Jul 2022 21 Jan 2023 21 Jul 2023 21 Jan 2024 27 Mar 2024 23 Sep 2024 21 Mar 2025 20 Sep 2025 22 Mar 2026 21 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 9 Oct 2026 21 92%6%2%17% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 17 Apr 2026 22 92%6%2%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 20 99%1%0%10% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 21 94%5%1%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 23 92%6%2%17% Report
Feb to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 27 79%11%10%29% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 29 Feb 2024 21 85%8%7%21% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 21 81%9%10%24% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 23 Feb 2023 21 99%1%0%18% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 31 Aug 2022 23 98%2%0%23% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 17 Feb 2022 27 81%14%5%29% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 31 Aug 2021 25 98%2%0%23% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Feb 2021 53 67%19%14%24% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 31 Aug 2020 35 79%11%10%21% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 25 Feb 2020 34 82%9%9%19% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 20 Aug 2019 29 84%9%7%19% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 15 Feb 2019 37 82%9%9%23% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 30 Aug 2018 25 88%7%5%20% Report
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 23 Feb 2018 24 86%8%6%27% 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.