Confirmation statement filing in York

Confirmation statements for York 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 York businesses: local facts

York is in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. ONS figures for 2026 count 7,165 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses in York, and 6,185 of them (86%) employ fewer than ten people. Many are small enough to use the micro-entity regime.

The largest groups of micro businesses in York are professional, scientific and technical services (1,155), construction (890) and wholesale and retail (740). If you work in professional, scientific and technical services in York, 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. That puts professional, scientific and technical services at 19% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around York (York 013) has 1,320 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 990 of them (75%) are micro businesses.

York ranks 594 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 86% is below the 89% average across them. In construction (890 micro businesses in York), Construction Industry Scheme deductions, retentions and stage payments can distort profit, so we reconcile your CIS statements before the accounts are prepared. In wholesale and retail (740 micro businesses in York), 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.