Dormant company accounts filing in Shoreham-by-Sea

Dormant company accounts for Shoreham-by-Sea

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 Shoreham-by-Sea businesses: local facts

Shoreham-by-Sea is in the Adur council area, in the South East region. Adur has around 2,425 VAT- and PAYE-registered businesses, and 2,165 of them, about 89%, 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 Adur are construction (490), professional, scientific and technical services (305) and wholesale and retail (295). If you work in construction in Shoreham-by-Sea, 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 23% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Shoreham-by-Sea (Adur 005) has 540 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 485 of them (90%) are micro businesses.

Adur ranks 1084 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 professional, scientific and technical services (305 micro businesses in Adur), 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 (295 micro businesses in Adur), 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.