{"id":51403,"date":"2014-12-10T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=31e26e91e991149f44950e9c2876ee26"},"modified":"2017-12-06T12:25:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T12:25:56","slug":"news-story-companies-house-christmas-and-new-year-opening-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=51403","title":{"rendered":"News story: Companies House Christmas and New Year opening times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Christmas and New Year schedule for 2017 added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<h2 id=\"christmas-and-new-year-opening-schedule-2017\">Christmas and New Year opening schedule 2017<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Office affected<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday 22 December<\/td>\n<td>All offices open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 25 December<\/td>\n<td>All offices closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 26 December<\/td>\n<td>All offices closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday 27 December<\/td>\n<td>All offices open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday 28 December<\/td>\n<td>All offices open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday 29 December<\/td>\n<td>All offices open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 1 January 2018<\/td>\n<td>All offices closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 2 January 2018<\/td>\n<td>All offices open (apart from Edinburgh which will be closed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"online-services\">Online services<\/h2>\n<p>Companies House online services are available during public holidays.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>You can <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/ewf.companieshouse.gov.uk\">file your accounts and confirmation statement online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/company-authentication-codes-for-online-filing\">authentication code<\/a>, so if you have to <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/ewf.companieshouse.gov.uk\">request a code<\/a> allow plenty of time, as they are sent to the company by post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"contact-centre-availability\">Contact centre availability<\/h3>\n<p>Telephone enquiries: 0303 1234 500<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Availability<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday 22 December<\/td>\n<td>Open &#8211; 8:30am to 6pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 25 December<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 26 December<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday 27 December<\/td>\n<td>Open &#8211; 8:30am to 6pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday 28 December<\/td>\n<td>Open &#8211; 8:30am to 6pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday 29 December<\/td>\n<td>Open &#8211; 8:30am to 6pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 1 January 2018<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 2 January 2018<\/td>\n<td>Open &#8211; 8:30am to 6pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"document-delivery\">Document delivery<\/h2>\n<p>Only the Cardiff office is manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to receive documents delivered by hand or post. The London and Edinburgh offices have a letterbox for out of hours deliveries, but the Belfast office doesn\u2019t.<br \/>\nFind out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/companies-house\/about\/access-and-opening\">how to get to our offices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"address\">\n<div class=\"adr org fn\">\n<p>Accounts must be delivered to Companies House by their due date. Delays in transit won&#8217;t be accepted as an excuse for late delivery.<br \/>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"applications-for-certified-copies\">Applications for certified copies<\/h2>\n<p>We will try to process all certified copy applications as normal. But we can\u2019t be held accountable for any delays in receiving applications due to holiday post times.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"travelling-to-the-london-office-on-new-years-eve\">Travelling to the London office on New Year\u2019s Eve<\/h2>\n<p>Due to the New Year\u2019s celebrations organised by Westminster Council all roads surrounding the office including Victoria Street and Westminster Bridge will be closed from 2pm. <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/get-involved\/london-new-years-eve\/nye-frequently-asked-questions\">Read further information on the New Year\u2019s Eve road closures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our online services are available throughout the holiday period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51403"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87080,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51403\/revisions\/87080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}