{"id":76,"date":"2016-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/duffyregan.wpengine.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/14\/companies-house-filing-deadlines-and-penalties\/"},"modified":"2016-10-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T23:00:00","slug":"companies-house-filing-deadlines-and-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/10\/14\/companies-house-filing-deadlines-and-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies House filing deadlines and penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tA reminder that you will have to pay penalties if you don&rsquo;t file your accounts with Companies House by the appropriate filing deadline. Generally speaking, accounts will need to be filed nine months after a company&rsquo;s financial year end.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe penalties for private limited companies are set out below. The penalties apply after the expiry of the various periods listed (after the filing deadline has expired).<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width:153px\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"width:117px\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:153px\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tUp to 1 month<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:117px\">\n<p align=\"right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t&pound;150<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:153px\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t1 to 3 months<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:117px\">\n<p align=\"right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t&pound;375<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:153px\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t3 to 6 months<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:117px\">\n<p align=\"right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t&pound;750<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:153px\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMore than 6 months<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:117px\">\n<p align=\"right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t&pound;1,500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\tPenalties for public limited companies are different.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe penalty is doubled if your accounts are late two years in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tYou can be fined and your company struck off the register if you don&rsquo;t send Companies House your accounts or annual return.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\tAppeal against a late filing penalty<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tIf you want to appeal a penalty you must give a reason why you couldn&rsquo;t file your accounts on time.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tYou must prove the circumstances were both out of your control and made it impossible for you to meet the deadline, if, for example, a fire destroyed your records a few days before your accounts were due.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAccording to Companies House you can&rsquo;t appeal by claiming:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tyour company is dormant<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tyou can&rsquo;t afford to pay<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tit was your accountant&rsquo;s (or anybody else&rsquo;s) fault<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tyou didn&rsquo;t know when or how to file your accounts<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tyour accounts were delayed or lost in the post<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tthe directors live or were travelling overseas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tYou can send a letter to the address on the front page of the penalty invoice that Companies House send you, or send an email including the penalty reference to enquiries@companies-house.gov.uk. You should get a response within ten working days and the penalty will not be collected while your appeal is being considered.<\/p>\n<!-- -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reminder that you will have to pay penalties if you don&rsquo;t file your accounts with Companies House by the appropriate filing deadline. Generally speaking, accounts will need to be filed nine months after a company&rsquo;s financial year end. The penalties for private limited companies are set out below. 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