UK payment practices reports (large companies) — statistics
Every statutory payment practices report filed by a large UK company or LLP since 2017 — company number and name, reporting period and filing date, average days to pay, the share of invoices paid within 30 / 31–60 / over 60 days, the share not paid within agreed terms and disputed, shortest and longest standard terms, maximum contractual period, and the yes/no policy answers (payment code, e-invoicing, supply-chain finance, supplier-list charges). Latest report and history by company number; from the official GOV.UK export, refreshed daily. Narrative answers are never ingested.
headline
| records in dataset | 116,799 |
| last refreshed | 2026-11-13 |
summary
As of 13 November 2026, UK payment practices reports (large companies) holds 116,799 payment practices reports in its current window, published between December 2025 and November 2026.
In November 2026 so far, 178 payment practices reports have been published, down 1,170 (86.8%) on the 1,348 of October 2026. Across the 12 months in view the average is 1,103 a month; the busiest was July 2026 with 3,440 and the quietest November 2026 with 178.
Looking at companies with the most reports, DWF LLP leads with 31 payment practices reports (0.0% of the total), followed by NHS PROFESSIONALS LIMITED (26) and CHARLES WILSON ENGINEERS LIMITED (24).
Over the last 1 refresh days the register gained 9 payment practices reports, lost 0 and changed 0; the latest refresh, on 13 November 2026, added 9, removed 0 and changed 0.
Reports filed by month
| month | count |
|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 292 |
| 2026-01 | 3,342 |
| 2026-02 | 606 |
| 2026-03 | 715 |
| 2026-04 | 1,317 |
| 2026-05 | 461 |
| 2026-06 | 388 |
| 2026-07 | 3,440 |
| 2026-08 | 637 |
| 2026-09 | 509 |
| 2026-10 | 1,348 |
| 2026-11 | 178 |
Companies with the most reports
| value | records |
|---|---|
| DWF LLP | 31 |
| NHS PROFESSIONALS LIMITED | 26 |
| CHARLES WILSON ENGINEERS LIMITED | 24 |
| COMPASS CONTRACT SERVICES (U.K.) LIMITED | 23 |
| LANDS' END EUROPE LIMITED | 23 |
| MS INTERNATIONAL PLC | 23 |
| WILSON JAMES LIMITED | 23 |
| ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST | 22 |
| FUJITSU SERVICES LIMITED | 22 |
| PWS DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED | 22 |
| SIMMONS & SIMMONS LLP | 22 |
| TURNER & TOWNSEND COST MANAGEMENT LIMITED | 22 |
| CENTERPRISE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 21 |
| DUNELM (SOFT FURNISHINGS) LTD | 21 |
| FIRST MOTORWAY SERVICES LIMITED | 21 |
what changed (last 30 days)
Last 30 days: 9 added, 0 removed, 0 changed — the rows a re-download would make you find yourself.
| refresh day | added | removed | changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-13 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
This register diffs itself every morning. Poll the delta instead of the whole
dataset: GET /v1/changes/uk-payment-practices?since=2026-11-13 (add
change=added|removed|changed), or the MCP tool get_changes. One
credit per page, 90-day history — a daily diff of every register fits the free tier.
methodology
Computed from the same records the gankdat API serves — official government feeds, refreshed daily, no scraping. This dataset's licence and personal-data posture are stated in the terms. Counts reflect the current dataset window, not all-time totals. Cite this page with its URL and the last-refreshed date.