Late micro-entity accounts filing in Bognor Regis

Late accounts for Bognor Regis micro-entities

Late filing penalties for a private company start at £150 if the accounts are up to a month late, then £375 for one to three months, £750 for three to six months and £1,500 beyond six months. The penalties double if you are late two years running. They are charged to the company, and Companies House only considers an appeal for a reasonable excuse, so speed matters.

Late accounts filing for Bognor Regis businesses: local facts

Bognor Regis is in the Arun council area, in the South East region. Arun has around 5,600 VAT- and PAYE-registered businesses, and 5,025 of them, about 90%, 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 Arun are construction (1,035), wholesale and retail (745) and professional, scientific and technical services (720). If you work in construction in Bognor Regis, 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 21% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Bognor Regis (Arun 017) has 445 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 390 of them (88%) are micro businesses.

Arun ranks 712 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 wholesale and retail (745 micro businesses in Arun), 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. In professional, scientific and technical services (720 micro businesses in Arun), 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.