Confirmation statement filing in South Croydon

Confirmation statements for South Croydon 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 South Croydon businesses: local facts

South Croydon is in the Croydon council area, in the London region. Croydon has around 14,955 VAT- and PAYE-registered businesses, and 13,855 of them, about 93%, 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 Croydon are construction (2,370), professional, scientific and technical services (2,265) and wholesale and retail (1,995). If you work in construction in South Croydon, 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 South Croydon (Croydon 029) has 360 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 320 of them (89%) are micro businesses.

Croydon ranks 195 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 93% is above the 89% average across them. In professional, scientific and technical services (2,265 micro businesses in Croydon), 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 (1,995 micro businesses in Croydon), 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.