Confirmation Statement Filing in Ashbourne — Keep Your Companies House Record Accurate

A confirmation statement is a filing made at Companies House to confirm that the information held about your company is correct and current — for example your registered office address, directors, shareholders and People with Significant Control. It contains no financial figures and is not a set of accounts. Your annual accounts are a separate filing that reports your company's financial position, and they are usually prepared alongside a Corporation Tax Return for HMRC. A confirmation statement does not replace either of those obligations, and filing one does not mean your other Companies House or tax duties are complete.

The requirement comes from how the company is registered rather than where it is based, so a company registered in Ashbourne follows the same rules as any other UK limited company. In practice, most companies registered at Companies House need to file a confirmation statement, including companies that trade locally, companies that operate entirely online, and companies that are dormant or not currently trading. If you are unsure whether your company falls within the requirement, it is worth checking your position rather than assuming you are exempt.

A company generally needs to file a confirmation statement at least once every 12 months, measured across what Companies House calls a review period. This is separate from your accounting period and from your annual accounts deadline, so the dates do not necessarily line up. You are also allowed to file more than one confirmation statement within a review period if your company information changes and you want the public record updated sooner — for example after appointing a director or issuing new shares.

It is worth working through the company's statutory information carefully: the registered office address, the details of directors and the company secretary if there is one, shareholders and share capital, People with Significant Control, and the SIC codes describing the company's activities. You then confirm that this information is correct, or you correct it. Some changes cannot simply be announced through the confirmation statement — certain events, such as appointing or removing a director or changing the registered office, need to be reported to Companies House separately, often using a different form. A good confirmation statement service will flag which changes fall into which category.

Yes — being dormant or not trading does not normally remove the obligation to file a confirmation statement. Dormancy affects other things, such as what your accounts may look like and how you deal with HMRC, but the confirmation statement is about the company's statutory information at Companies House, which still needs to be confirmed. Dormant companies are among the most likely to miss the filing simply because nothing else is happening in the business, so it is often sensible to have someone keep an eye on it for you.

The confirmation statement is a legal filing obligation, so failing to submit one means your company is not meeting its Companies House duties. Companies House can take action where filings are outstanding, and the company's record can show as overdue, which may affect how lenders, banks and counterparties view it. Rather than relying on vague assumptions about consequences, the practical approach is to file on time and to deal with any missed filings as soon as possible — in most cases, filing late is straightforward once someone sits down and works through the details with you.

They are two completely separate filings with two different recipients. The confirmation statement confirms your company information at Companies House, while a Corporation Tax Return (often referred to as a CT600) reports your company's taxable profits to HMRC and is submitted separately, usually along with a set of statutory accounts. Filing your confirmation statement does not satisfy any Corporation Tax requirement, and submitting a Corporation Tax Return does not satisfy your confirmation statement obligation. Both sit alongside annual accounts and any VAT Returns that apply to the company.

The process is deliberately simple. You share your company details with us, we check them against what Companies House currently holds, and we highlight anything that looks out of date or that may need reporting separately. From there we prepare the confirmation statement, submit it, and confirm when the filing has been accepted. Where information needs updating, we can help with those Companies House information updates too. To get started, get in touch with Micro Entity Accounts, tell us about your company, and we will explain what is needed and how the fees work before anything is submitted.