Dormant company accounts filing in Keston

Dormant company accounts for Keston

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 Keston businesses: local facts

Keston is in the Bromley council area, in the London region. Bromley has around 14,715 VAT- and PAYE-registered businesses, and 13,635 of them, about 93%, 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 Bromley are professional, scientific and technical services (2,720), construction (2,545) and information and communication (1,435). For professional, scientific and technical services companies in Keston, 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 20% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Keston (Bromley 033) has 510 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 475 of them (93%) are micro businesses.

Bromley ranks 200 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 93% is above the 89% average across them. In construction (2,545 micro businesses in Bromley), Construction Industry Scheme deductions, retentions and stage payments can distort profit, so we reconcile your CIS statements before the accounts are prepared. In information and communication (1,435 micro businesses in Bromley), software subscriptions, equipment and contractor invoices are common, and contractors often ask about IR35, so we review both when preparing your return.