Change description : 2021-11-14 20:17:00: Our Webfiling service and XML Gateway will not be available for about 2 hours from 8:30pm on Sunday 14 November. [News and communications]
Update - Our Webfiling service and XML Gateway will not be available for about 2 hours from 8:30pm on Sunday 14 November.
There will be disruption to our online services from midnight on Friday 12 November to 6am on Monday 15 November.
The following services will not be available during this period:
Companies House Direct (CHD)
WebCHeck
Pay a late filing penalty
Appeal a late filing penalty
Our Webfiling,XMLGatewayand‘Find and update company information’ services will be available, but there’s a possibility of disruption and all submissions will be queued.
Published 4 April 2016
Last updated 814 November 2021
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Our Webfiling service and XML Gateway will not be available for about 2 hours from 8:30pm on Sunday 14 November.
Maintenance will affect our online services from Friday 12 November to Monday 15 November.
Maintenance scheduled for Saturday 6 November has been cancelled. You may experience disruption when using our online services from 8am to midday on Sunday 7 November.
20 October 2021
Maintenance may affect our online services from 7am to 5pm on Saturday 23 October.
11 October 2021
Maintenance may affect our online services from 7am to midday on Saturday 16 October.
28 September 2021
Maintenance may affect our online services from 10am to 1pm on Saturday 9 October.
22 September 2021
Maintenance on Saturday 25 September will affect Companies House Direct (CHD).
6 September 2021
There may be disruption to our online services from 3am to 4am on Sunday 12 September.
3 August 2021
Maintenance will affect our online services from 9am to 1pm on Saturday 7 August.
2 July 2021
Maintenance will affect our online services on Saturday 10 July.
24 June 2021
There may be some disruption to our online payment services from 3am to 4am on Sunday 27 June. Customers may experience disruption of up to 15 minutes when attempting to make payment on our online services during this period.
20 May 2021
There may be disruption to some of our online services from 8pm on Monday 24 May to 6am on Tuesday 25 May.
12 May 2021
There may be disruption to some of our online services from 10pm on Monday 17 May to 4am on Tuesday 18 May.
11 May 2021
Maintenance will affect some of our online services from 8am to 4pm on Saturday 15 May, and 8am to 4pm on Sunday 16 May.
6 May 2021
Maintenance may affect some of our online services from 8pm on Saturday 8 May to 6am on Sunday 9 May.
1 April 2021
Maintenance will affect our online services from 8am to 4pm on Saturday 17 April.
25 March 2021
Our WebFiling service and XML gateway (software filing and search) may not be available from 8pm on Friday 26 March to 6am on Saturday 27 March, and from 8pm on Saturday 27 March to 6am on Sunday 28 March.
22 March 2021
Maintenance on Wednesday 24 March will affect our online filing and software services.
18 March 2021
Updated as scheduled maintainance has been cancelled
15 March 2021
Maintenance will affect our online filing and software services on Saturday 20 March.
1 March 2021
Online filing and XML gateway will not be available on Saturday 6 March.
17 February 2021
Possible disruption to our online and software filing services between 8am and 10am on Saturday 20 February.
8 February 2021
Moving our XML database to the cloud on Saturday 13 February as part of the cloud migration work.
2 February 2021
Maintenance on Sunday 7 February will affect Companies House service (CHS).
18 January 2021
Maintenance on Saturday 23 January will affect confirmation receipts for online filing.
14 January 2021
Maintenance scheduled for Saturday 16 January cancelled.
11 January 2021
Maintenance on Saturday 23 January from 8am to 8pm will delay confirmation receipts for online filing.
7 January 2021
Maintenance may affect our online services on Saturday 9 January.
22 December 2020
Maintenance may affect our online services from 7pm on Thursday 31 December to 7am on Friday 1 January 2021.
9 December 2020
Maintenance from 8am to 2pm on Saturday 12 December.
8 October 2020
Maintenance from 7am to 12pm on Saturday 10 October.
30 September 2020
Maintenance to Companies House Service (CHS) from 9am to 3pm on Saturday 3 October.
11 June 2020
Maintenance work will affect our online services from 8am to 12pm on Sunday 14 June.
27 May 2020
Maintenance cancelled for Sunday 31 May.
26 May 2020
Planned maintenance to Companies House Service at 8am on Sunday 31 May.
8 April 2020
Maintenance to the online extensions service at 8pm on Wednesday 8 April.
3 April 2020
Maintenance to the online extensions service at 9am on Sunday 5 April.
2 April 2020
Maintenance to extensions service at 8pm on Thursday 2 April.
1 April 2020
Maintenance to extensions service at 8pm on Wednesday 1 April.
5 March 2020
Maintenance planned for Saturday 7 March and Sunday 8 March.
11 November 2019
Maintenance work to CHS on Thursday 14 November.
5 November 2019
Maintenance planned for Saturday 9 November.
31 October 2019
Maintenance to CHS on Monday 4 November.
16 October 2019
Maintenance for Wednesday 16 October cancelled.
11 October 2019
Maintenance on Wednesday 16 October.
3 October 2019
Maintenance for Saturday 5 October cancelled.
1 October 2019
Added translation
30 September 2019
Planned online maintenance on Saturday 5 October.
31 July 2019
Maintenance on Saturday 3 August.
1 May 2019
Maintenance on Saturday 4 May 2019.
10 April 2019
Maintenance on Friday 12 April and Saturday 13 April.
25 March 2019
Maintenance extended to 7am Wednesday 27 March.
21 March 2019
Maintenance on Monday 25 March to Tuesday 26 March.
21 February 2019
Maintenance on Saturday 23 February 2019.
29 January 2019
Maintenance on Sun 3 Feb and Sat 16 Feb.
22 January 2019
Maintenance on Saturday 16 February.
16 January 2019
Maintenance to our online strike off service from 19 to 20 January.
11 January 2019
Maintenance for Sunday 13 January cancelled.
9 January 2019
Maintenance to our services on Sunday 13 January 2019.
28 November 2018
Maintenance on Saturday 1 December.
19 November 2018
Maintenance on Wednesday 21 November.
12 November 2018
Maintenance on Wednesday 14 November.
7 November 2018
E-billing service unavailable from 9am to 1pm on Sunday 11 November.
5 November 2018
Maintenance on Saturday 10 November and Sunday 11 November.
2 November 2018
Maintenance scheduled for Saturday 10 November and Sunday 11 November.
26 October 2018
Maintenance planned for Saturday 3 November 2018.
26 October 2018
Issue with our phone lines.
26 October 2018
Maintenance planned for Saturday 3 November 2018.
21 September 2018
Essential maintenance planned for Tuesday 25 September.
22 August 2018
Essential upgrades to our incorporation services on 8 September 2018.
5 August 2018
Issues with WebFiling, CHD and WebCHeck
1 August 2018
Maintenance window
23 July 2018
Maintenance window
19 July 2018
Essential maintenance
27 June 2018
Essential maintenance notice
6 March 2018
Maintenance message
4 March 2018
Updated as office reopen.
2 March 2018
Update to our opening times.
1 March 2018
Updated to include press contact details.
1 March 2018
Companies House offices closed due to weather.
7 February 2018
CHS issues.
23 January 2018
Notice about issues with our finance systems.
8 January 2018
CHS issues resolved
8 January 2018
Problems with CHS
18 December 2017
Possible disruption to Companies House Service
1 December 2017
Power issues now resolved.
1 December 2017
Update.
1 December 2017
Issue at our Edinburgh office.
9 November 2017
Maintenance planned for 11 November.
3 November 2017
Maintenance cancelled.
30 October 2017
Planned maintenance 4 November.
30 October 2017
Maintenance planned for 4 November.
23 October 2017
Alert about service maintenance.
11 October 2017
Essential maintenance message
25 September 2017
Additional maintenance required
18 September 2017
Update to article
21 June 2017
Planned maintenance 25 June 2017
18 April 2017
Planned maintenance successfully completed and all services back on line.
13 April 2017
CHS now not available from 4pm on 13 April
11 April 2017
Added note that Follow won't be available during the maintenance.
20 March 2017
Essential maintenance from 11:59pm on Thursday 13 April to 7am on Tuesday 18 April.
6 December 2016
Planned maintenance completed successfully.
30 November 2016
Maintenance planned between Friday 2 December to Sunday 4 December
11 October 2016
Essential online maintenance between 7am-8pm Saturday 15 October 2016