Easter Monday
United Kingdom · Monday after Easter (March/April) · Fiscal month varies (moves with Easter)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- Monday after Easter (March/April)
- Falls in fiscal month
- FM12 or FM1, depending on where Easter falls
- Falls in fiscal quarter
- Q4 or Q1, depending on where Easter falls
- Source
- UK Government bank holidays
About Easter Monday
Public holiday in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (not Scotland).
Where it lands in your fiscal year
For organisations operating on the United Kingdom fiscal calendar, Easter Monday falls in March or April — it moves with Easter, so it lands in fiscal month FM12 (quarter Q4) or FM1 (quarter Q1) depending on the year. Treat the date as a non-working day in payroll calendars, exclude it from business-day counts when scheduling close milestones or accrual postings, and check vendor terms for any "next business day" payment clauses that would shift settlement.
If the holiday falls on a weekend, observance rules vary: the United States federal government observes the nearest preceding Friday or following Monday; the United Kingdom typically grants a substitute weekday. Check the country's official observance rules before locking payroll runs.
Operational impact for finance teams
For finance and operations teams, Easter Monday reduces the working-day count for FM1 by one. If the holiday falls within two business days of a month-end, expect downstream impact on accruals (revenue cutoff, inventory counts, AP cutoffs) and on banking value dates. Wire transfers and ACH/Faster Payments usually settle the next business day; international wires may slip two days when origin and destination both observe the holiday. See our guide on mapping holidays to fiscal months for a worked example of how to fold observance dates into the close calendar.
Open the calendar
See this holiday highlighted in context on the printable monthly template:
Open April template → Full United Kingdom fiscal year →
Year-by-year observance
Pick a specific year to see the actual weekday, weekend-observance shift (if any), and where the holiday lands inside that year's fiscal quarter:
Other holidays in United Kingdom
- January 1 — New Year's Day
- Friday before Easter (March/April) — Good Friday
- 1st Monday of May — Early May Bank Holiday
- Last Monday of May — Spring Bank Holiday
- Last Monday of August — Summer Bank Holiday
- December 25 — Christmas Day
- December 26 — Boxing Day