Guys,
as a regular chilli grower, don't forget that chillies are perennials and your plants can be kept growing over winter. Bring them in, prune them back (not too hard) and put in a sunny, frost free room of conservatory and keep them watered. Then, come February/March next year, re-pot them and and give them s much sun as you can (indoors). As soon as the risk of frost is over, you can get them out and you will get chillies months before before people growing fresh plants from seeds.
I also have a small Thai chill that I have on my kitchen window sill that has been growing, and fruiting, for 5 years or more and produces fruit all the year round (small but potent).
Malc