Find details of mutual societies prosecuted or cancelled for failing to submit annual returns and accounts to us.
You must send us a completed annual return and accounts for each year that your society is on the Mutuals Public Register[1]. You must send them no later than 7 months after the end of a society’s financial year.
This applies to societies registered under the:
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014
- Friendly Societies Act 1974
Fines and cancellations
If you do not send us a return by the due date your society may be prosecuted. If convicted, you may be fined up to £1,000 per offence, plus costs.
We may cancel the registration of a society that persistently fails to send us a return. You must make sure that you send us your annual returns and accounts on time.
Cancelled or prosecuted societies
Societies that have been prosecuted or cancelled for not sending us their annual returns and accounts.