Dormant company accounts filing in Shoreham

Dormant company accounts for Shoreham

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 businesses: local facts

Shoreham is in the Sevenoaks council area, in the South East region. Sevenoaks has around 6,730 VAT- and PAYE-registered businesses, and 6,130 of them, about 91%, 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 Sevenoaks are construction (1,220), professional, scientific and technical services (1,190) and wholesale and retail (660). If you work in construction in Shoreham, 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 20% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Shoreham (Sevenoaks 008) has 575 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 535 of them (93%) are micro businesses.

Sevenoaks ranks 603 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 91% is above the 89% average across them. In professional, scientific and technical services (1,190 micro businesses in Sevenoaks), 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 (660 micro businesses in Sevenoaks), 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.