First-year accounts for limited company in Nelson

First-year accounts for new Nelson companies

Your first accounts normally cover a little over twelve months, running from the day you incorporated to your accounting reference date, and the period can never be longer than 18 months. For most companies the first accounts are due 21 months after incorporation. You must also register for Corporation Tax within three months of starting to trade.

First company accounts for Nelson businesses: local facts

Nelson is in the Pendle council area, in the North West region. ONS figures for 2026 count 3,135 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses in Pendle, and 2,785 of them (89%) employ fewer than ten people. Many are small enough to use the micro-entity regime.

The largest groups of micro businesses in Pendle are wholesale and retail (590), construction (395) and professional, scientific and technical services (300). If you work in wholesale and retail in Nelson, 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. That puts wholesale and retail at 21% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Nelson (Pendle 011) has 305 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 270 of them (89%) are micro businesses.

Pendle ranks 1055 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 construction (395 micro businesses in Pendle), Construction Industry Scheme deductions, retentions and stage payments can distort profit, so we reconcile your CIS statements before the accounts are prepared. In professional, scientific and technical services (300 micro businesses in Pendle), 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.