UK Calendar

UK key dates 2041

The dates that run the British year besides the bank holidays: when the clocks change, when the tax year turns over, the old quarter days and the church dates people still plan around.

The UK is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) now. The clocks go forward 1 hour at 1am on Sunday 28 March 2027.

When the clocks change

YearClocks go forwardClocks go back
2041Sunday 31 MarchSunday 27 October
2042Sunday 30 MarchSunday 26 October
2043Sunday 29 MarchSunday 25 October
2044Sunday 27 MarchSunday 30 October

Forward 1 hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March (start of BST); back 1 hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October (back to GMT).

Tax year

DateDay of the weekWhat
31 JanuaryThursdaySelf Assessment deadline online returns and payment for tax year 2039/40
5 AprilFridayTax year 2040/41 ends
6 AprilSaturdayTax year 2041/42 starts
31 OctoberThursdaySelf Assessment paper returns due for tax year 2040/41

The UK tax year always runs from 6 April to 5 April, written 2041/42.

Quarter days and Scottish term days

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

DateDay of the weekWhat
25 MarchMondayLady Day
24 JuneMondayMidsummer Day
29 SeptemberSundayMichaelmas
25 DecemberWednesdayChristmas

Scotland

DateDay of the weekWhat
28 FebruaryThursdayCandlemas
28 MayTuesdayWhitsunday
28 AugustWednesdayLammas
28 NovemberThursdayMartinmas

Some leases and rents still fall due on these days. Since the Term and Quarter Days (Scotland) Act 1990, the Scottish term days are always the 28th.

Pancake Day and Mothering Sunday

DateDay of the weekWhat
5 MarchTuesdayPancake Day (Shrove Tuesday)
31 MarchSundayMothering Sunday three weeks before Easter Sunday
21 AprilSundayEaster Sunday

Both move with Easter. Mothering Sunday is the UK Mother's Day, so it is not the same date as Mother's Day in the US.