Confirmation statement filing in Fareham

Confirmation statements for Fareham 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 Fareham businesses: local facts

Fareham is in the South East region. In Fareham, 3,835 of the 4,380 VAT- and PAYE-registered businesses in the 2026 ONS count have fewer than ten employees, around 88%. If you run a company in Fareham, you are in good company.

The largest groups of micro businesses in Fareham are construction (760), professional, scientific and technical services (680) and wholesale and retail (445). If you work in construction in Fareham, 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 20% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Fareham (Fareham 008) has 675 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 535 of them (79%) are micro businesses.

Fareham ranks 911 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 (680 micro businesses in Fareham), 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 (445 micro businesses in Fareham), 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.