Free Companies House reminders vs a portfolio deadline board
Free Companies House email reminders are real. Register for them on GOV.UK. Dueboard does not replace that service.
For UK bookkeepers and sole practitioners with roughly 30–120 clients, the practice pain is inbox and portfolio shape: reminders arrive per company, while the list lives in a spreadsheet. Public FastUK App Store reviews sometimes describe free Companies House reminders as feeling patchy — especially around CS01 — for multi-company use. That is a practice-noise problem, not a claim that Companies House never emails.
The offer
Import your company numbers. See every accounts and confirmation-statement deadline — and the Companies House late-accounts penalty in pounds — before you get the letter.
How the pieces fit
| Approach | What you get |
|---|---|
| Free CH reminders | Official, per-company inbox alerts |
| Spreadsheet | Manual dates; no live late-accounts £ bands |
| FastUK / CHWatch / CoHoWatch | Real options — see /compare |
| Dueboard | CSV → portfolio board of accounts + CS01 dates + late-accounts £ — complements free reminders |
The failure mode on a client list
A client slips a month (£150 on the private/LLP accounts ladder), or a successive late year doubles the amount — while the reminder inbox still looks busy. CS01 dates stay on the board for chase; we do not invent automatic CS01 fines. Cite GOV.UK late filing penalties.
Related: CSV import to deadlines and the filing deadlines tracker.
Keep free Companies House reminders on. Try Dueboard free for 3 companies — import the list, see accounts and CS01 dates, and the late-accounts penalty in pounds before the letter.