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How to file your company annual accounts with Companies House

Working out your Corporation Tax rate and getting reliefs and other deductions from your Corporation Tax bill

• Rates

  The Corporation Tax rate for company profits is 25% You pay Corporation…

• Expenses

  Limited companies may be able to deduct some of the costs of running a…

• Allowances and reliefs

  A limited company may be able to claim allowances and reliefs to reduce a…

Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline

• Overview

  Your company’s annual accounts - called ‘statutory accounts’ - are…

• Micro-entities, small and dormant companies

  You might be able to send simpler (‘abridged’) accounts to Companies House…

• Corrections and amendments

  You can send amended accounts to Companies House: on paper through filing…

• Penalties for late filing

  You’ll have to pay penalties if you do not file your accounts and tax…

How to pay Corporation Tax: payment reference number, online, Bacs or CHAPS, Direct Debit, cheque or at your bank.

Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company.

Paying Corporation Tax when your limited company sells an asset for more than it paid - includes chargeable gains, intangible assets, working out inflation

Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company.

Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace

Tax and reporting rules for employers paying income tax on a directors' behalf

• Updated: 17 July 2025