Companies House have published a list of bizarre excuses for the late filing of their statutory accounts. They include:   “goats ate my accounts” “I found my wife in the bath with my accountant” “pirates stole my accounts” “we delivered the accounts to the betting office next door to Companies House” “a volcano erupted and prevented me from filing” “slugs ate my accounts” “it was Valentine’s Day” “my company was more successful than I thought it would be, so I was too busy to file”   As you would expect, Companies House issued late filing penalties and any appeals were [...]