You should email your remittance to on the same date as the payment is sent, clearly indicating the company name and number. You can pay the penalty by BACS by clearly stating the company number on the bank transfer and using it as the reference. When is a late filing penalty applied?Ī late filing penalty notice will be issued after your accounts have been filed late. In all cases these fees double if you file your accounts late in 2 successive financial years.

more than 3 months but not more than 6 months late - £750.

more than one month but not more than three months late - £375.

How late your accounts reach us will determine the amount of penalty you will receive.

If you fail to deliver your accounts by the due date, then an automatic late filing penalty will be triggered. If for any reason the accounts are rejected, they would not be considered as delivered. Your accounts will only be considered as delivered once they have complied with the requirements of the Companies Act. It’s important to note that ‘delivered’ means when Companies House receives the document, not when posting or handing to a courier. Thereafter, your accounts must be delivered within 9 months after your company’s financial year ends. If you’re a new company and you’re filing your first set of accounts, they must be delivered within 21 months of your incorporation date. Whether you’re trading or dormant, they must be delivered by the deadline calculated from your accounting reference date.įailure to meet the deadline will result in an automatic penalty. What are they, when do you get them and how do you deal with them?Īs a limited company you need to file your accounts with us every year. They are not currently open to the public at the moment, but customers can hand deliver documents to the building reception desk Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm excluding holidays.High on the list of enquiries that our contact centre receives, are questions about late filing penalties. They cannot however produce receipts or proof of delivery. They are still accepting deliveries from Royal Mail. There are currently measures in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19 at the Belfast office you can however deliver any paper documents, in a sealed envelope, to the reception desk on the ground floor of Linenhall Street building (Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm excluding holidays).

You can use their online services to update your information as quickly as possible. It's also taking longer than usual to process paper forms. There are currently measures in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19 at Companies House offices. This may affect public access to the offices and the delivery of paper documents.

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