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Confirmation statement filing service

The annual filing that confirms the information Companies House holds about your company is correct. Due every year whether or not anything has changed.

A confirmation statement is not accounts and it is not a tax return. It is a declaration that the register is accurate: registered office, officers, people with significant control, SIC codes, share capital and shareholders. If something changed during the year and was never filed, this is where it surfaces.

When it is due

Once a year, within 14 days of the end of your review period. The review period starts the day the company was incorporated, or the day after your last statement.

What we do

  • We check the register against what you tell us before anything is filed
  • Changes to SIC codes, shareholders and share capital filed on the statement itself
  • Separate filings raised where a change cannot go on the statement — an officer or a registered office change
  • The Companies House fee paid on your behalf and shown at cost
  • Your next review date recorded and reminded before it falls due

What happens if it is not done

Failing to file is a criminal offence by the company and its officers, and it is the usual first step towards Companies House proposing to strike the company off. A company in that state cannot borrow, is often refused banking, and its assets can pass to the Crown if dissolution completes.

Questions

Is a confirmation statement the same as annual accounts?
No. They are separate filings on separate deadlines. Accounts report the company's finances; a confirmation statement confirms the register is correct.
Do I file one if the company is dormant?
Yes. A dormant company files a confirmation statement and dormant accounts. Dormancy removes almost nothing from the filing calendar.
What if nothing changed this year?
You still file. That is the point of it — you are confirming that nothing changed.
Can I file it early?
Yes. Filing early starts a new twelve-month review period from that date.

Related

  • Identity verification — Directors and people with significant control must have a verified identity. We verify you as an authorised corporate service provider.
  • Director appointments and resignations — Filing an appointment, a resignation or a change of a director's details at Companies House, with the statutory registers updated to match.
  • Change of company name — Changing a registered company name by resolution, with the new certificate issued by Companies House.
  • Issue of shares — Allotting new shares — to bring in an investor, reward a joiner, or restructure who owns what — with the return of allotment filed at Companies House.
  • Transfer of shares — Moving existing shares from one holder to another — stock transfer form, board approval, register of members and the next confirmation statement.
  • Dormant company accounts — Accounts for a company that has had no significant accounting transactions in the financial year.

Confirmation statement

£45 + VAT

plus £50 Companies House fee
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Every fee is on the pricing page. Statutory fees are passed on at cost.

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Confirmation statement

Tell us the company number and what needs doing. If it is already late, say so — that changes the order things have to happen in, not whether we will help.

Confirmation statement enquiry

Tell us what you are trying to do and we will reply with what is involved. No obligation, and we will say so plainly if what you need is not something we do.

Permanent once registered — it cannot be moved later.
We use what you send to reply to you, and we keep it for as long as we need to. See the privacy notice.

Start with the name.

Run it through the checker — statutory rules first, then the Companies House register — and we will tell you plainly what stands in the way. Nothing to pay to find out.

Check a company name