Confirmation statement filing in Shoreham

Confirmation statements for Shoreham 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 Shoreham businesses: local facts

Shoreham is in the Sevenoaks council area, in the South East region. ONS figures for 2026 count 6,730 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses in Sevenoaks, and 6,130 of them (91%) employ fewer than ten people. Many are small enough to use the micro-entity regime.

The largest groups of micro businesses in Sevenoaks are construction (1,220), professional, scientific and technical services (1,190) and wholesale and retail (660). If you work in construction in Shoreham, 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 Shoreham (Sevenoaks 008) has 575 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 535 of them (93%) are micro businesses.

Sevenoaks ranks 603 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 91% is above the 89% average across them. In professional, scientific and technical services (1,190 micro businesses in Sevenoaks), 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 (660 micro businesses in Sevenoaks), 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.