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

A confirmation statement, often called a CS01, is a statutory filing made to Companies House that confirms the information already held about your company is correct and up to date. It is not a set of accounts and it does not report profit, losses or tax. Instead, you confirm details such as the registered office address, directors, shareholders, people with significant control and SIC codes, and you note whether anything has changed since the last statement. Where a change needs to be reported — for example a new director or a share transfer — that is usually notified separately using the relevant Companies House form.

Any company registered at Companies House generally needs Confirmation Statement Filing at least once every 12 months, and that includes companies based in Hawarden and elsewhere in Flintshire. It does not matter whether the company is actively trading, dormant, or has not yet started trading. Limited liability partnerships have comparable obligations. The requirement follows the fact that the entity is registered at Companies House rather than how busy it is, so if you are unsure whether it applies to you, it is worth checking your position rather than assuming you are exempt.

For most companies the confirmation statement must be filed at least once every 12 months, counted from the date of the previous confirmation statement — a period often described as the review period. You can file more than once within a review period if your company information changes and you want the public record updated sooner. This 12-month rhythm runs separately from your accounting period and from your annual accounts deadline, so filing your accounts does not automatically deal with your confirmation statement.

The statement covers the core information Companies House holds about your company: the registered office address, directors and secretaries, shareholders and share capital, people with significant control and the nature of their control, and your SIC codes. It also asks you to confirm certain compliance matters where the form requires it. Some changes can be reflected as part of the confirmation statement process, while others — such as an appointment or resignation of a director, a change of registered office, or a change of company name — normally have to be reported to Companies House separately. Working out which is which is one of the reasons many businesses prefer to have the filing handled for them.

In most cases, yes. A dormant or non-trading company is still registered at Companies House and will generally need to complete Confirmation Statement Filing every 12 months, even if nothing at all has changed. Being dormant affects what you do about accounts and tax, but it does not usually remove the confirmation statement requirement. A dormant company still has a registered office, directors, shareholders and typically a person with significant control, and those details still need confirming.

These are three separate filings with different purposes and different recipients. The confirmation statement goes to Companies House and confirms that the company information on the public register is accurate. Annual (statutory) accounts also go to Companies House and set out the company's financial position and results for its accounting period. A Corporation Tax Return, usually the CT600, goes to HMRC and reports taxable profits and calculates Corporation Tax. Completing one does not satisfy the others, and each has its own deadline based on the company's own dates.

If a confirmation statement is not filed, the information Companies House holds about your company can become out of date, and because confirmation statements are a statutory filing, Companies House can take action where filings remain outstanding — including starting the process to strike the company off the register. What actually happens depends on your company's circumstances and how overdue the filing is, so if you have missed one or more confirmation statements it is sensible to resolve it promptly rather than leave it. If you are unsure of your position, seek advice or check the current Companies House guidance before deciding what to do.

We begin by reviewing the information Companies House currently holds for your company, so we can see what needs confirming and what may need changing. We then explain, in plain English, which updates can be handled through the confirmation statement and which have to be reported separately, and we prepare and submit the filing for you. All you need to do is get in touch with your company details and any changes that have happened, and we will take it from there. It is a straightforward, fixed-fee approach with transparent pricing and no jargon, whether your company is active, dormant or simply has nothing new to report.