Guidance

Life of a company: annual requirements

• From: Companies House
• Part of: Life of a company: annual and event driven filing requirements, Companies House: guidance for limited companies, partnerships and other company types, and Running a company
• Published: 1 August 2014
• Last updated: 25 July 2017, see all updates

Rules and requirements on submitting annual accounts for companies registered in the UK.

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This guide is for directors, secretaries and persons acting as advisers to UK registered companies. It covers the rules governing filing of accounts of UK registered companies.

The Companies, Partnerships & Groups (Accounts & Reports) Regulations 2015 introduced a number of changes to accounts filing requirements. This guidance covers these changes and streamlines the guidance by removing information that is outdated or no longer relevant.

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Published: 1 August 2014

Updated: 25 July 2017

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1. 25 July 2017 Welsh guidance added
2. 10 April 2017 The Companies, Partnerships & Groups (Accounts & Reports) Regulations 2015 introduced a number of changes to accounts filing requirements. This revised version of the guidance covers these changes and streamlines the guidance by removing information that is outdated or no longer relevant.
3. 30 June 2016 New version relating to changes brought in by the The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act.
4. 21 July 2015 Guidance updated to version 4.5
5. 18 March 2015 Guidance updated from version 4.3 to version 4.4
6. 1 December 2014 Welsh translation added.
7. 1 August 2014 First published.

From: Companies House

Part of: Life of a company: annual and event driven filing requirements Companies House: guidance for limited companies, partnerships and other company types Running a company