# Important Notice: Companies House Filing Services Unavailable – Filing Delays Expected

By Capium, cloud accountancy software for UK accountancy practices.
Published 15 June 2026.
Source: https://www.capium.com/important-notice-companies-house-filing-services-unavailable-filing-delays-expected/

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Companies House have contacted all their stakeholders this morning urgently, to inform us that both the xml gateway and their online webfiling is currently unavailable since Friday ant 7:45pm and will not be available today.

## Key takeaways

- **Outage:** Companies House's XML gateway and WebFiling were unavailable from 7:45pm on a Friday.
- **No late filing penalty:** Companies House said filers would not be penalised, though some accounts may get a penalty to appeal.
- **Resubmit:** Filings sent after 7:45pm on the Friday would need resubmitting once fixed.
- **Backlog:** About 100,000 filings were queued, so a backlog was expected.

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They are hoping this will be fixed by tomorrow morning, but there is a chance it could continue further into this week.

Companies House have informed us you will not be penalised for late filing, however they are keeping the original receipt date so filings so transactions will be given the original date.

Some accounts filing may receive a penalty and this will have to be appealed.

Companies House will inform us will let us know once it’s fixed and then any filings sent after 7:45pm on Friday evening would need to be resubmitted.

We will inform you when we receive this prompt. There are currently 100,000 filings now queued, so once they are ready there will be a backlog to consider also, the backlog may take a few days to resolve. We will be updated again at 4pm today and will update you all here after that call.

Companies House have advised to visit this website: **[About our services – Companies House – GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house/about/about-our-services)**

## Frequently asked questions

**Q: What happens to late filing penalties during a Companies House outage?**

Companies House said filers would not be penalised for late filing during this outage; any penalty issued would need to be appealed.

## Further reading

- [Companies House to bring in changes to accounts filing from April 2028](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-to-bring-in-changes-to-accounts-filing-from-april-2028) (GOV.UK): Official government announcement on the move to mandatory software-only, iXBRL-tagged accounts filing.
- [File your company's annual accounts with Companies House](https://www.gov.uk/file-your-company-annual-accounts) (GOV.UK): How to file your company annual accounts with Companies House
- [Companies House](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house) (GOV.UK): We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .