Summer Bank Holiday
United Kingdom · August 25 · Fiscal month FM5 · Quarter Q2
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- August 25
- Falls in fiscal month
- FM5 of United Kingdom fiscal year
- Falls in fiscal quarter
- Q2
- Source
- UK Government bank holidays
About Summer Bank Holiday
Last Monday in August in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland; first Monday in August in Scotland.
Where it lands in your fiscal year
For organisations operating on the United Kingdom fiscal calendar, Summer Bank Holiday falls in fiscal month 5 (FM5), inside quarter Q2. 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, Summer Bank Holiday reduces the working-day count for FM5 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 August 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:
Summer Bank Holiday 2023
Summer Bank Holiday 2024
Summer Bank Holiday 2025
Summer Bank Holiday 2026
Summer Bank Holiday 2027
Other holidays in United Kingdom
- January 1 — New Year's Day
- April 18 — Good Friday
- April 21 — Easter Monday
- May 5 — Early May Bank Holiday
- May 26 — Spring Bank Holiday
- December 25 — Christmas Day
- December 26 — Boxing Day