Companies House Affected by Disruption of the Royal Mail Postal Service

4th October 2007

Companies House filing services will be disrupted as the Royal Mail Postal Service announces that it intends to take two further strike actions this week. Although the Royal Mail assures the public that they will keep the mail flowing during this period and that they will try and keep the disruption to a minimum, Companies House are placing a notice on their website to let companies know that it is likely that any documents posted to them will be delayed. The two strikes will take place:

12 Noon Thursday 4th October 2007 and ending at 12 Noon Saturday 6th October

The early hours of Monday 8th October 2007 and ending in the early hours of Wednesday 10th October 2007.

There will also be an unspecified programme of weekly strikes starting from 15th October 2007.

Due to these strikes, Companies House have warned company directors that documents and forms that have a statutory time limit must still arrive to them on time, otherwise penalties and fines may be issued. Companies House also states that there will be no excuses for late delivery of these documents.

Although this series of Royal Mail strikes is very inconvenient for the timely filing of Companies House Documents, there are other ways to deliver the documents to Companies House on time, these include:

Courier delivery
Hand/personal delivery
Making use of Companies House Webfiling service.

Companies House Webfiling service allows company directors and secretaries to file Companies House Documents online in a safe and reliable way. Many of the main Companies House Form types are electronically enabled and can be filed without a charge. Other Companies House Forms that are available to file online include un-audited and abbreviated accounts and DCA. The submitting of company annual accounts is also cheaper when using the Webfiling service.

To access the Companies House Webfiling service, you will need to go onto their website at www.companieshouse.gov.uk.

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