Fiscal Dates

Easter Monday 2027

United Kingdom · Monday, March 29, 2027 · FM12, Q4 of FY2026

Mon
Weekday 2027
FM12
Fiscal Month
Q4
Fiscal Quarter
2d
To FY2026 Year-End
Country
United Kingdom
Calendar date 2027
2027-03-29 (Monday)
Fiscal year
FY2026 (open year)
Fiscal month / quarter
FM12 of 12 · Quarter Q4 · printable monthly template
Source
UK Government bank holidays

About Easter Monday

Public holiday in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (not Scotland).

This page is the 2027-specific edition: it shows the actual weekday, the observed date if a weekend rule applies, and the placement of the holiday inside the United Kingdom fiscal year that contains it. For the canonical, year-agnostic overview see the main Easter Monday page.

2027 weekday and observance

In 2027, Easter Monday falls on Monday, March 29. Falling on a Monday, this holiday compresses the work week to four days and pushes any month-end activity that would normally close on Monday into the following day. Plan for late-Tuesday banking value dates.

No weekend-shift rule applies in 2027 because the holiday falls on a regular weekday. Both the calendar date and the observed date are Monday, March 29, 2027. Treat it as a non-working day in payroll, vendor payment scheduling, and any business-day calculation that drives accruals or settlement.

Where it lands in FY2026

For organisations on the United Kingdom fiscal calendar, Easter Monday 2027 sits in fiscal month 12 (FM12), inside quarter Q4 of FY2026. From this date, you have approximately 2 days remaining until fiscal year-end on March 31, 2027. That distance matters because year-end close planning typically begins 60 to 90 days out — meaning if FYE is within that window, this holiday already sits inside the close-planning runway and any client-facing or vendor-facing deadlines that touch it should be pre-cleared rather than rescheduled later.

For the same holiday in adjacent fiscal years see: Easter Monday 2025 · Easter Monday 2026 ·

Operational impact for finance teams

For finance and operations teams, Easter Monday 2027 reduces the working-day count for FM12 by one. If the holiday falls within two business days of a fiscal month-end, expect downstream impact on accrual timing (revenue cutoff, inventory counts, AP cutoffs) and on banking value dates. Wire transfers and ACH/Faster Payments typically settle the next business day; international wires may slip two days when both origin and destination observe the holiday. See our guide on mapping holidays to fiscal months for a worked example of folding observance dates into the close calendar.

If your business operates payroll on a biweekly cadence aligned to the OPM federal schedule, check the 2027 pay period schedule for the pay period containing this date — the payday for that period may shift to the preceding business day.

Other holidays in April 2027

Cross-references