Companies House Filing Requirements & Deadlines

9 April 2023 (Updated 19 May 2023)

Running a Business

By Abira Pirabakaran

In this article, we will outline what Companies House expects regarding annual accounts. Whether this is your first year of trading or not, please keep reading.

Companies House is a separate entity from HMRC and thus has different requirements.

They expect confirmation statements and annual accounts, both of which must be prepared even if the company is dormant.

Confirmation Statement:

Confirmation statements must be filed once every 12 months and they confirm any changes made to your company in the period. Please note that we do not offer the functionality for filing confirmation statements yet.

Annual Accounts:

With regards to annual accounts, this reports the financial performance of the organisation at the end of its financial year.

The type of account is dependent on the size of company. Micro-entities should prepare micro entity accounts, which are simpler than small company accounts. But both entities must prepare abridged accounts, which is just the balance sheet.

Large companies, however, are required to submit full statutory accounts, which include both the profit and loss statement and balance sheet.

Filing Deadline:

Companies House expects annual accounts to be filled 9 months after the end of the company’s accounting period.

For example, if your accounting period is 1 May 2020 to 30^th April 2021. Companies House expects accounts by 31^st January 2022.

If this is the company’s first year of filing, your first accounts are due 21 months after the date of incorporation.

Please note that Companies House expects accounts to be IXBRL-tagged. Our system will enable you to meet your filing requirements successfully.

Please visit our article on HMRC’s filing requirements here (new tax article to hyperlink).

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