Confirmation Statement Filing in Ashford – Keep Your Companies House Record Accurate

A confirmation statement is a filing made at Companies House that confirms the information held about your company is accurate and up to date. It is your opportunity to check the register — registered office, directors, shareholders, people with significant control and other company details — and to confirm it is correct or tell Companies House what has changed. It is not a set of annual accounts, and it is not a Corporation Tax Return; it is a separate filing with its own purpose.

If your company is registered at Companies House, it will generally need Confirmation Statement Filing at least once every 12 months, regardless of whether the company is based in Ashford or elsewhere in the UK. That includes companies that are actively trading, companies that are dormant, and companies that are not currently trading. The requirement is linked to the company being on the register, not to the level of business activity in the period.

UK companies generally need to file a confirmation statement at least once every 12 months. Companies House works to a review period that runs from the date of your last confirmation statement (or from incorporation for a new company), and you can file more than one confirmation statement within the same review period if your information changes and you want the register updated sooner. Your review period is not the same thing as your accounting period or your annual accounts deadline, so it is worth keeping the dates separately in your diary.

The confirmation statement is about the accuracy of your company record. Typical items to check include your registered office address, director and secretary details, shareholder and share capital information, people with significant control and the nature of their control, SIC codes and the company's statement of lawful purpose. If something has changed, some updates cannot simply be dealt with by the confirmation statement itself — certain changes may need to be reported to Companies House separately, and in some cases at the time they happen rather than waiting for the next confirmation statement. We can help you work out which route applies.

In most cases, yes. Being dormant or not trading does not normally remove the requirement to file a confirmation statement, because the filing is about confirming that the register is accurate rather than reporting trading activity. A dormant company may have fewer changes to report, but the confirmation statement itself is still generally due. Keeping the filing up to date also helps ensure future correspondence from Companies House reaches the right people at the right address.

They are two separate filings with two different purposes. A confirmation statement confirms that the information Companies House holds about your company is accurate and up to date, while annual accounts report your company's financial position and performance for an accounting period. Filing one does not satisfy the other, and the deadlines are calculated differently — your accounting period and accounts deadline are not the same as your confirmation statement review period. Many companies need to deal with both, which is why it helps to have a clear plan.

A confirmation statement is a Companies House filing about your company's details, whereas a Corporation Tax Return (CT600) is submitted to HMRC and reports your company's taxable profits and reliefs. They are handled by different authorities, cover different information and follow different deadlines. A confirmation statement does not report profit or tax, and a Corporation Tax Return does not update your company record at Companies House. Similarly, a VAT Return is a separate filing again.

A confirmation statement is a legal filing requirement, so failing to file it can lead to action from Companies House, and a company's standing on the register may be affected if the position is left unresolved. The exact consequences depend on the company's circumstances and how long the filing is outstanding, so we do not treat it as something to leave to chance. The practical answer is straightforward: keep the filing up to date, and if you have missed one, deal with it as soon as possible rather than waiting.

With a professional service, you send us the details of any changes to your company since the last confirmation statement — or simply confirm that nothing has changed — and we prepare and submit the confirmation statement on your behalf. We check the information against what Companies House holds, highlight anything that needs updating, and let you know if a change needs to be reported separately. To get started with Confirmation Statement Filing in Ashford, share your company name and number with us along with any updates, and we will take it from there with clear, transparent pricing.