Guidance

Late filing penalties from Companies House

How a late filing penalty will be imposed if your company or LLP's accounts are not filed on time, and how to appeal against a penalty.

Documents

Appeal a late filing penalty

Details

This guidance applies to all UK registered private companies, public companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs).

It explains how a penalty will be imposed against a company or LLP if accounts are not filed by the deadline.

Find out how to:

Our team is very busy so it might take longer than usual to reply to appeals. We’ll suspend all recovery action until your appeal has been considered and you’ll receive a full reply in due course - you do not need to contact us.

Published 1 April 2014
Last updated 24 July 2023 + show all updates
  1. Guidance reviewed and appeal manual unpublished.

  2. Edited guidance on appeals as it's taking longer than usual to respond. Added reassurance that we'll suspend all recovery action until an appeal has been considered, so there's no need to contact us. A full reply will be sent in due course.

  3. LFP guidance for LLPs consolidated into the company LFP guidance.

  4. Added the online service to appeal a late filing penalty.

  5. Updated BACS details with new Companies House bank account.

  6. Paying your LFP by BACS only.

  7. Welsh translation added.

  8. Appeals manual version 10 published.

  9. Updated Welsh language LFP manual published.

  10. Welsh version of appeals form published.

  11. 'Appeal a late filing penalty' PDF uploaded.

  12. LFP manual version 9 published.

  13. LFP manual v8.1 published.

  14. Guidance converted to HTML

  15. Link to accessibility information added.

  16. Guidance for companies affected by flooding removed.

  17. LFP podcast added

  18. New version relating to changes brought in by the The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act.

  19. 'Support for companies affected by flooding' guidance added to our late filing penalty guidance.

  20. Welsh appeal manual added

  21. Guidance updated to version 2.9

  22. New page added: How to pay your penalty (Sut i dalu’ch cosb)

  23. A how to pay your penalty page has been added to the GP5 pdf

  24. Removed appeals manual

  25. Welsh translation added

  26. First published.