BOE-A-2026-5948 ·13 March 2026 ·Resolution Low impact
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Companies: current financial year accounts cannot be filed if previous years' accounts remain unfiled

The Directorate General for Legal Certainty and Public Faith confirms that the Mercantile Registry will not record company documents if the annual accounts for previous financial years have not been filed (Art. 378.1 RRM). In this instance, an appeal by a company was dismissed after its 2024 filing was rejected because the 2023 accounts had not been correctly filed following a final negative assessment (Art. 378.1 RRM).

In 2 key points

  1. The registrar will not record any document presented more than one year after the close of a financial year if accounts have not been filed (Art. 378.1 RRM). (art. 378.1 RRM)
  2. The registry closure persists until the outstanding accounts have been filed (Art. 378.1 RRM). (art. 378.1 RRM)

How it affects those involved

For companies, failure to file annual accounts results in the temporary closure of the registry entry, preventing the registration of any other documents (Art. 378.1 RRM). This creates an operational deadlock that prevents changes to directors, powers of attorney, or any statutory amendments until the outstanding financial years are regularised.

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2026-03-13PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.
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