Annual filings, accounts and reports

Once you have incorporatedThe legal process to have formed a company. your companyA private company limited by shares incorporated and registered in England and Wales. , you will need to file a confirmation statementA statement which a company must deliver to Companies House every year. It confirms that all the information the company is required to deliver to the registrar has been delivered or is being delivered along with the confirmation statement. It replaces the old Annual Return. and accounts each year at Companies HouseThe registrar of all companies in the UK. Companies House incorporates and dissolves limited companies, registers the information companies are legally required to supply, and makes that information available to the public.. This section will tell you how to file each of these documents. Bigger companiesPrivate companies limited by shares incorporated and registered in England and Wales. must also send in directorsThe directors of a company are the individuals who make up the company's board of directors. Directors may be natural persons or companies, but each company must have at least one director who is a natural person. The board is the main decision-making body of the company. ' and strategic reports. It is a criminal offence to fail to file any of these properly.

This section assumes your companyA private company limited by shares incorporated and registered in England and Wales. not listed or part of a group. If it is, you should seek advice from an accountant or financial adviser about what annual filings to make.