Your confirmation statement, checked before it goes
TaxPip tracks when the confirmation statement is due and lists what to check before you file it. Preparing and sending the statement is planned, but it is not available.
To Companies House14 days after the review period
Who needs it
Every UK limited company files a confirmation statement at least once a year, to confirm that the details Companies House holds are up to date. It is not on the accounts cycle: its review period runs from the date the company was incorporated.
The statement is due within 14 days after the end of the review period. Every director has to have verified their identity, and Companies House will not accept a confirmation statement until they have. The confirmation statement guide has the detail.
How it works here
The register first
TaxPip reads the company's profile from Companies House: its name, registered office, officers, persons with significant control, and the date the statement is due.
Say what has changed
You mark what is different. Anything that has to be told to Companies House is listed with Companies House's own checklist.
Every director checked
Each director's identity verification is checked before anything is sent, with the personal code Companies House gives them.
File it, and keep the result
You, or your accountant, file the statement with Companies House's own online service. TaxPip shows the date it is due and reminds you before it. Sending it from TaxPip is planned, but it is not available.
What to have ready
- The company's authentication code from Companies House.
- A personal code for each director, from their identity verification.
- The company's registered email address.
What you will see once it is sent
Sending a filing from TaxPip is planned, but it is not available. When it is, every filing is saved before it is sent and followed until the authority has decided. These are the only states it can be in, and they only move forward.
Sending
Saved first, then sent. A crash cannot leave a filing that nobody has a record of.
Received
The authority has the message and has not decided.
Accepted
The authority has accepted it. The answer is kept with the filing.
Or it stops somewhere else
Rejected
The authority has said why not, and its reason is shown as it was sent.
Refused
The authority refused the message itself, so nothing was filed.
Unknown
The reply was lost, so there is no telling whether it arrived. It is never sent a second time by itself: you ask the authority, or say it never arrived.
What it covers, and what it does not
A statement with nothing unusual in it.
A change to the statement of capital, or to shareholder information, is not covered. Use Companies House's own service for it.
The register as it stands.
TaxPip shows what Companies House holds. The directors are responsible for it being right.
The fee is Companies House's.
It is paid to Companies House when the statement is filed.
A working draft.
No accountant has reviewed the calculations. Check the figures, or have them checked, before anything is sent.
Questions
What if the statement is late?
Late filing carries penalties. TaxPip shows the date and reminds you before it, and does not work out the penalties. The guide says what is at stake.
Can the statement be filed on paper?
Yes. Companies House takes a paper form, the CS01, and says that filing online is quicker, easier and costs less.
Who submits the confirmation statement to Companies House?
You do, or your accountant. TaxPip does not prepare or send the statement: it tracks the date and lists what to check. Sending it is planned, but it is not available.
Keep reading
- The confirmation statement: what it is and when
What a company's confirmation statement is, how the review period and deadline work, what to update first, and what happens if it is not filed.
- Filing deadlines for a UK limited company
When a private limited company files accounts, pays Corporation Tax, files its CT600 and sends its confirmation statement, and how the dates work.
- Annual accounts for a UK micro company
Micro-entity (FRS 105) annual accounts built from your books and tagged in iXBRL, ready to file with Companies House. Free during early access.
Try it on your own books
Free during early access. An account takes an email address and a code: there is no password, no card to enter, and nothing is charged.