Confirmation statement filing in Stourbridge

Confirmation statements for Stourbridge 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 Stourbridge businesses: local facts

Stourbridge is in the Dudley council area, in the West Midlands region. Dudley has around 10,100 VAT- and PAYE-registered businesses, and 8,815 of them, about 87%, 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 Dudley are wholesale and retail (1,725), construction (1,660) and professional, scientific and technical services (1,080). For wholesale and retail companies in Stourbridge, 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. That puts wholesale and retail at 20% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Stourbridge (Dudley 035) has 500 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 445 of them (89%) are micro businesses.

Dudley ranks 358 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 87% is below the 89% average across them. In construction (1,660 micro businesses in Dudley), Construction Industry Scheme deductions, retentions and stage payments can distort profit, so we reconcile your CIS statements before the accounts are prepared. In professional, scientific and technical services (1,080 micro businesses in Dudley), 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.