Confirmation statement filing in Eastbourne

Confirmation statements for Eastbourne companies

A confirmation statement tells Companies House that the information it holds about your company is correct: registered office, directors, shareholders and people with significant control. It is due at least once every 12 months, and the statement must be filed within 14 days of the end of your review period. Missing it can lead to the company being struck off.

Companies House confirmation statement for Eastbourne businesses: local facts

Eastbourne is in the South East region. Eastbourne has around 3,075 VAT- and PAYE-registered businesses, and 2,710 of them, about 88%, have fewer than ten employees (ONS UK Business Counts, 2026). That is the group the micro-entity rules were written for.

The largest groups of micro businesses in Eastbourne are construction (450), professional, scientific and technical services (420) and wholesale and retail (360). For construction companies in Eastbourne, Construction Industry Scheme deductions, retentions and stage payments can distort profit, so we reconcile your CIS statements before the accounts are prepared. That puts construction at 17% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Eastbourne (Eastbourne 011) has 640 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 525 of them (82%) are micro businesses.

Eastbourne ranks 1061 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 88% is in line with the 89% average across them. In professional, scientific and technical services (420 micro businesses in Eastbourne), fee income, work in progress at the year end and how directors are paid are the key decisions, so we plan these with you before the accounts are finalised. In wholesale and retail (360 micro businesses in Eastbourne), closing stock and the VAT treatment of different product lines are the usual pressure points, so we value stock carefully and check your VAT records.