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Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
Your company’s annual accounts - called ‘statutory accounts’ - are…
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You can send amended accounts to Companies House: on paper through filing…
You’ll have to pay penalties if you do not file your accounts and tax…
How to send information to Companies House through our extensible markup language (XML) schemas, by purchasing software or developing your own.
Information on the performance and expenditure of Companies House from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.
How to file annual accounts with HMRC and Companies House
Information on the performance and expenditure of Companies House from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.
Information on the performance and expenditure of Companies House from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year
Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
File your Company Tax Return with HMRC, and your company accounts with Companies House
How to file your company annual accounts with Companies House
Information on the performance of Companies House from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.
Information on the performance of Companies House for 2014 to 2015.
Information on the performance of Companies House for 2017 to 2018.
Find Companies House-recognised filing software to manage your company accounts, returns and tax accounts
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