Confirmation statement filing in Wickford

Confirmation statements for Wickford 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 Wickford businesses: local facts

Wickford is in the Basildon council area, in the East of England region. ONS figures for 2026 count 7,805 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses in Basildon, and 6,915 of them (89%) employ fewer than ten people. Many are small enough to use the micro-entity regime.

The largest groups of micro businesses in Basildon are construction (1,945), wholesale and retail (925) and professional, scientific and technical services (895). For construction companies in Wickford, 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 28% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Wickford (Basildon 008) has 395 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 370 of them (94%) are micro businesses.

Basildon ranks 528 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 89% is in line with the 89% average across them. In wholesale and retail (925 micro businesses in Basildon), 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. In professional, scientific and technical services (895 micro businesses in Basildon), 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.