Confirmation statement filing in Welling

Confirmation statements for Welling 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 Welling businesses: local facts

Welling is in the Bexley council area, in the London region. ONS figures for 2026 count 8,680 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses in Bexley, and 7,950 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 Bexley are construction (2,045), professional, scientific and technical services (1,090) and wholesale and retail (1,025). If you work in construction in Welling, 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 26% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Welling (Bexley 016) has 505 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 465 of them (92%) are micro businesses.

Bexley ranks 400 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 professional, scientific and technical services (1,090 micro businesses in Bexley), 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 (1,025 micro businesses in Bexley), 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.