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

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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
• 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