Dormant company accounts filing in Hawick

Dormant company accounts for Hawick

A company is dormant for Companies House purposes if it has had no significant accounting transactions during the period. It still has to file accounts and a confirmation statement every year, because being dormant does not stop the deadlines. Dormant accounts are far simpler than trading accounts, so the work is quick, but a missed deadline carries the same penalties.

Dormant company accounts for Hawick businesses: local facts

Hawick is in the Scottish Borders council area, in Scotland. ONS figures for 2026 count 5,000 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses in Scottish Borders, and 4,490 of them (90%) employ fewer than ten people. Many are small enough to use the micro-entity regime.

The largest groups of micro businesses in Scottish Borders are agriculture, forestry and fishing (1,130), construction (630) and wholesale and retail (570). For agriculture, forestry and fishing companies in Hawick, seasonal income, grants and farm equipment need careful year-end treatment, so we tie your accounts to bank records and an asset register. That puts agriculture, forestry and fishing at 25% of the local micro-business base.

Scottish Borders ranks 793 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 90% is in line with the 89% average across them. In construction (630 micro businesses in Scottish Borders), 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 (570 micro businesses in Scottish Borders), 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.

Scottish companies are registered with Companies House in the same way as English ones and the filing deadlines are identical. Scottish income tax bands apply to salary, but dividends and Corporation Tax follow UK rules.