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

A confirmation statement is a filing made to Companies House that confirms the information the register holds about your company is accurate and up to date. It covers details such as the registered office address, directors, shareholders, share capital, people with significant control and principal business activity. It is not a financial document — you do not report profit, loss, turnover or tax on it. A confirmation statement is a separate requirement from statutory annual accounts and from a Corporation Tax Return, and it does not replace either of them.

Any company registered at Companies House, including those based in Rickmansworth, generally needs to file a confirmation statement at least once every 12 months. This applies to trading companies, dormant companies and non-trading companies alike, because the requirement is linked to being on the register rather than to business activity. If you are unsure whether your company is up to date, it is worth checking the filing history on Companies House before your next review period ends.

UK companies generally need to file a confirmation statement at least once every 12 months, even if nothing has changed at all. The 12 months is measured from the end of your previous review period, not from your company's year end or your accounting period, so the confirmation statement deadline and the annual accounts deadline are separate dates. You can file more than one confirmation statement within a review period if something changes, and filing an extra statement does not reset the annual review period.

Before filing, it is worth reviewing the details Companies House already holds: registered office address, directors and their service addresses, the company secretary if you have one, shareholders and the statement of capital, people with significant control, and your SIC codes. If everything is correct, the confirmation statement simply confirms that position. If something has changed, the change may need to be reported to Companies House separately using the relevant form rather than waiting for, or relying on, the confirmation statement itself.

Yes, in most cases. A dormant company — one that is not trading and has no significant accounting transactions — normally still needs to file a confirmation statement at least once every 12 months. Dormancy affects what you report in your annual accounts and how you deal with Corporation Tax, but it does not usually remove the confirmation statement requirement. Companies House still needs confirmation that the details on the register remain correct.

A confirmation statement confirms that the register information is accurate; annual accounts report the company's financial position and performance for an accounting period. They are two separate filings with separate deadlines, and filing one does not satisfy the other. Annual accounts are prepared to an accounting standard and filed with Companies House, and a copy also feeds into your Corporation Tax position. The confirmation statement, by contrast, contains no figures about profit, turnover or assets.

No. A confirmation statement is filed with Companies House and confirms company information. A Corporation Tax Return (CT600) is filed with HMRC and reports the company's taxable profits and the tax due. VAT Returns are separate again and are filed with HMRC under the VAT regime. Some companies need to file all of these, and each has its own deadline and its own rules, so it helps to keep them clearly separate in your company calendar.

If a confirmation statement is not filed when it is due, the company's filing obligations remain outstanding and Companies House may take further action in line with its published procedures. The company record also becomes out of date, which can cause friction when dealing with banks, lenders, customers or suppliers who check Companies House. The practical answer is to file as soon as you notice the review period has passed, and to tell us if anything else about the company has changed so it can be corrected at the same time.

We start by reviewing the information currently held on the Companies House register for your company, then confirm with you whether anything has changed — directors, shareholders, addresses, PSCs or SIC codes. If the details are correct, we prepare and submit the confirmation statement. If something needs updating, we explain what needs to be reported and how, so your register entry reflects the true position. You get the practical benefit of a submission prepared by people who do this regularly, with clear, transparent pricing and no jargon.

Get in touch and tell us your company name and number, along with any changes since your last filing. We will check the register, let you know what is needed, and take care of the confirmation statement submission on your behalf. If you also need help keeping other Companies House information up to date, we can handle that alongside the filing, so everything is dealt with in one go rather than piece by piece.