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File Accounts for Dormant Companies

Are annual accounts coming up for your dormant company? We can help you file accounts for your dormant company with ease.

What are Dormant Company Accounts?

Your company is known as dormant if it is not doing business (trading), however, you must still file your annual accounts. We can file your Dormant Company Accounts for you, ensuring your company stays compliant with Companies House.

By choosing one of our packages, we can assist with the process of submitting dormant accounts to Companies House, saving you time from having to do it yourself. After all, not everyone will know how to file dormant accounts.

Rest assured that we can do this on your behalf, streamlining the process.

How It Works:

Choose your package
We prepare and file dormant company accounts for you

If you didn’t form a company with us, we require a few additional details for the dormant accounts form, to ensure your accounts are filed correctly.

Important: A Confirmation Statement is a snapshot of general information about a company (not financial information) and must be filed with Companies House on an annual basis. If you are unsure which is due please contact us and we can check for you.

Dormant Company Accounts

For companies Limited by Shares and Limited by Guarantee. Includes preparation and filing of the Dormant Company Accounts to Companies House

£79.99 ^+VAT

Dormant Company Accounts Express Service

Express service for companies Limited by Shares and Limited by Guarantee. Includes preparation and filing within 24 hours of purchase to Companies House (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays).

£99.99 ^+VAT

Need Dormant Company Accounts filed and a Confirmation Statement too?

Our bundle services are an ideal and cost-effective solution. Two products combined in a single package for a special price if you need to file both Dormant Company Accounts and a Confirmation Statement.

Confirmation Statement & Dormant Company Accounts Bundle

For companies Limited by Shares and Limited by Guarantee. If a company has never traded it must file a confirmation statement and a version of company accounts designed for dormant companies, dormant company accounts. With this service we’ll prepare and file both of these for you. Companies House fee included.

£99.99 ^+VAT

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Dormant Company Accounts
Filing Requirements

Dormant company accounts are annual accounts (one of your filing obligations as a limited company with Companies House) that can only be filed by companies that are exempt from audit (ie. a dormant company).

Company accounts must be filed for every financial year. If you are filing your first accounts they must be filed within 21 months of the date of incorporation. Every subsequent filing of accounts must be done within 9 months from the Accounting Reference Date (ARD). If you are unsure of your ARD you can login to your account to view it.

Yes, you will be able to use our Dormant Company Accounts service even if you had not formed your company through our services; we just need a few details from you.

We need:

Company Name
Company Number
Webfiling Authentication Code
Share Capital
Knowledge of whether shares are paid or unpaid

You can not use this service if:

The company has ever traded, even in a previous financial year
The company has filed a Return of allotment of shares document (SH01) with Companies House
You do not have a valid Companies House webfiling authentication code (we will normally have the code if the company was formed by us)

Unfortunately, dormant company accounts cannot be filed online for LLPs. The online filing service is only available to Ltd by Shares and Guarantee companies.

You would need to submit the accounts on paper directly to Companies House. Please see Companies House's guidance here.

If a company files their dormant company accounts after the due date, Companies House will impose a penalty:

Lateness:

Less than one month - £150
More than one month but not more than three months - £375
>More than three months but not more than six months - £750
>More than six months - £1500

If company accounts are overdue the only ways to avoid the penalty are:

Dissolve the company instead of filing accounts
File the accounts and then appeal against the penalty (appeals may not be successful)

Simple Tip: You can find your filing date on your account with us or on Companies House's public register.

If a company files accounts after the due date, Companies House will impose a penalty fine:

Lateness:

Less than one month - £150
More than one month but not more than three months - £375
>More than three months but not more than six months - £750
>More than six months - £1500

If company accounts are overdue the only ways to avoid the penalty are:

Dissolve the company instead of filing accounts
File the accounts and then appeal against the penalty (appeals may not be successful)

Simple Tip: You can find your filing date on your account with us or on Companies House's public register.

The key to keeping on top of your annual requirements for your UK limited is to make a note of upcoming deadlines, filing all paper correspondence and keeping a record of your company’s financial information.

Confirmation Statement
Annual Accounts
Corporation Tax
Self Assessment tax return
Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
Quarterly VAT Returns

For more information please visit A Limited Company's Annual Requirements.

Regardless of whether your company is dormant (not trading), you still have annual requirements that your company must complete as you would do for a fully trading company. You don't have to pay Corporation Tax or send a Tax Return if you're dormant.

Your annual dormant company requirements with Companies House are:
Confirmation Statement - You will need to choose the dormant SIC code (99999)
Dormant Company Accounts - The accounts will be marked as 'nil'
*A special bundle of both of these services can be purchased from any of the above links

You will need to notify HMRC that you are dormant to avoid the requests to submit Tax Returns.

Every year, all UK Limited companies must provide the following to Companies House:

Confirmation Statement - A general snapshot of your Limited Company. A statement to confirm the information held at Companies House is correct.
Annual Accounts - Every limited company must provide a breakdown of the financial information about your company over the accounting year. If you're a dormant company, you must file Dormant Company Accounts instead.

We can help with filing of a Confirmation Statement of Annual Accounts of a dormant company only currently.

For more information on your annual requirements and to find out about other filing obligations of a Limited Company, please visit A Limited Company's Annual Requirements.

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Are annual accounts coming up for your dormant company? We can help you file accounts for your dormant company with ease.

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Confirmation Statement & Dormant Company Accounts Bundle

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File Accounts for Dormant Companies

Are annual accounts coming up for your dormant company? We can help you file accounts for your dormant company with ease.

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Confirmation Statement & Dormant Company Accounts Bundle

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