Christmas and new year opening times at Companies House
Availability of our contact centre and filing services over the 2025 to 2026 festive period.
Same day services
Certified copies of certificates and documents
To use the express dispatch service, you must place your order before 11am on Friday 19 December to meet Royal Mail posting dates.
If you order after 11am we’ll still produce your order, but we cannot guarantee when it will be dispatched.
Ordering certified documents and certificates from Companies House.
Online services
Companies House online services are available throughout the Christmas and new year period.
You can use our online services to:
- file your company accounts
- file your confirmation statement
- make changes to your company
- close your company
You’ll need your company authentication code. Allow plenty of time if you need to request a code as we’ll send it to your company by post.
Contact centre availability
Telephone: 0303 1234 500
| Date | Availability |
|---|---|
| Wednesday 24 December | Open 8am to 2pm |
| Thursday 25 December | Closed |
| Friday 26 December | Closed |
| Saturday 27 December | Closed |
| Sunday 28 December | Closed |
| Monday 29 December | Open 8am to 8pm |
| Tuesday 30 December | Open 8am to 8pm |
| Wednesday 31 December | Open 8am to 4pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Closed |
| Friday 2 January | Open 8am to 8pm |
| Saturday 3 January | Open 8am to 2pm |
Companies House office access and opening times.
If you need to file your accounts on paper, you should send them to us well before the deadline and consider using guaranteed next day delivery.
We cannot accept postal delays as a reason to appeal a late filing penalty.
Updates to this page
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Updated with the availability of our contact centre and filing services over the 2025 to 2026 festive period.
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Timings updated for express dispatch service. To use the express dispatch service, you must place your order before 11am on Friday 20 December to meet Royal Mail posting dates.
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Updated Welsh page with availability of our contact centre and filing services over the 2024 to 2025 festive period.
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Added contact centre opening times and same day service availability for Christmas and new year 2024 to 2025.
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Guidance updated for 2023.
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Christmas 2022 opening times updated.
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Updated Christmas and New Year opening times for 2021/22.
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Updated our Christmas and New Year opening times for 2020/21.
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Added translation