Confirmation Statement Dates Issue

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4HH Limited 09569500 30 April 2015
Confirmation Statement Due 14 May 2017
Annual Return due by 28 May 2016 (Overdue)

Enhance Me LTD 09647000 18 June 2015
Confirmation Statement Due 2 July 2017
On CHD: Next Return Due 16/07/2016

Ires Limited 09695009 21 July 2015
Satement due by 2 August 2016

In the examples above you have a company formed in June 2015 showing no Annual Return information at all (overdue or otherwise) and no confirmation statement due until 2017. However a company formed a month later in July has a statement due in 2016. There are a lot of companies where the same is true. Companies House Direct/XML also seems to be a bit messed up when it comes to these dates.

Hard to keep all the dates straight in my head but it looks like there is an issue where a Companies Annual Return was due, but not overdue during the changeover period (possibly to do with the shortening of the grace period?).

In theory I guess the confirmation date is correct here, however it’s not showing that there is a missing Annual Return.

The big question is whether or not the Annual Return will start showing as overdue when it actually is overdue, or had it slipped through the net entirely. That should be answered by looking at a company where the AR became overdue between 1st July and now I guess.

Here’s one…

EUREKA! (UK) LTD 07059917
Last Annual Return 4 June 2015
Confirmation statement due by 3 June 2017

This Company’s Annual Return became overdue on the 1st of July, however it’s not shown as being due or overdue in the API. In CHD it shows:

Last Return Made Up To: 04/06/2015
Confirmation Statement Due: 01/07/2016 OVERDUE

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@ash,

In general, the rule should be that any Company with an Annual Return with a made up date before the 30th June 2016 should be showing Annual Return information, unless superseded by an accepted confirmation statement, and the overdue marker should be present as and when the annual return due date passes.

We are aware of these issues and are working towards resolutions for the beta web service and API, with expected fixes due in the next couple of days.

Looking at the specific examples provided: -

4HH Limited 09569500 30 April 2015
Confirmation Statement Due 14 May 2017
Annual Return due by 28 May 2016 (Overdue)
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/095695001

We are showing Annual Return and Confirmation Statement data for this company through the API with correct dates and overdue markers.

Enhance Me LTD 09647000 18 June 2015
Confirmation Statement Due 2 July 2017
On CHD: Next Return Due 16/07/2016
ENHANCE ME LTD overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

This is incorrect, we should be sending next due Annual Return information.

Ires Limited 09695009 21 July 2015
Satement due by 2 August 2016
I-RES LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

This is correct. We are not expecting an Annual Return to be filed for this company. It was incorporated on the 21st July 2015, therefore the next Annual Return would have been made up to the 21st July 2016, this is past the SBEE implementation date so the requirement is for the company to file a Confirmation Statement.

EUREKA! (UK) LTD 07059917
Last Annual Return 4 June 2015
Confirmation statement due by 3 June 2017
EUREKA! (UK) LTD overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

This is incorrect, we should be showing next made up date for the Annual Return and the associated overdue marker.

Hope this helps and apologies for the issues.

Thanks

@mfairhurst

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That matches what I thought each of those should show. I’ll pass on the news that fixes are incoming. Thanks a lot.

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@ash,

The issues raised above have now been resolved.

Thanks

@mfairhurst

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Excellent, thanks Mark.