As well as
filing accounts with Companies House, there is a requirement to check that the information Companies House has about your company is correct every year. The filing of an annual company confirmation statement facilitates this. Companies House can prosecute a company and its officers for failing to file a confirmation statement, and the company can be struck off.
Companies House guidance on the confirmation statement entitled “
Filing your company's confirmation statement” has been revised. The section about payment periods has been reviewed and updated with more precise guidance.
A confirmation statement should be filed at
Companies House once every 12 months. Rather than resubmitting data every year, the confirmation statement only needs to be updated if you have changes to report. If there are no changes, you must confirm the correct information and submit the statement. The due date is usually a year after either the date your company incorporated or the date your last annual fee was paid. You are required to file your confirmation statement within 14 days of the due date.
The following details need to be checked:
- the details of your registered office, directors, secretary and the address where you keep your records;
- your statement of capital and shareholder information if your company has shared;
- your SIC code (the number that identifies what your company does); and
- your register of 'people with significant control' (PSC).
- any necessary updates, such as changes to the statement of capital, shareholder information and SIC codes, can be made when submitting the confirmation statement. The confirmation statement can be filed online (at the cost of £13) or by post (at the cost of £40).
If you are looking for assistance with
filing your accounts to Companies House, then please speak with your local
Moore adviser, we can take the burden off of you when it comes to ensuring that you file your conformation statements on time, at Companies House.