Confirmation statement filing in Gravesend

Confirmation statements for Gravesend 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 Gravesend businesses: local facts

Gravesend is in the Gravesham council area, in the South East region. ONS figures for 2026 count 4,195 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses in Gravesham, and 3,875 of them (92%) employ fewer than ten people. Many are small enough to use the micro-entity regime.

The largest groups of micro businesses in Gravesham are construction (960), wholesale and retail (495) and professional, scientific and technical services (480). If you work in construction in Gravesend, 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 25% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Gravesend (Gravesham 002) has 795 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 715 of them (90%) are micro businesses.

Gravesham ranks 904 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 92% is above the 89% average across them. In wholesale and retail (495 micro businesses in Gravesham), 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. In professional, scientific and technical services (480 micro businesses in Gravesham), 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.