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Preparing and filing company accounts
A summary of the basic rules on filing company accounts is enclosed below. It applies to all company accounts irrespective of whether any company accounts filing exemptions apply to the content of the company accounts.

1. What does a set of company accounts include?
Generally, company accounts must include:
(a) a profit and loss account within the company accounts
(b) a balance sheet signed by a director within the company accounts;
(c) an auditors' report signed by the auditor within the company accounts (if appropriate);
(d) a directors' report signed by a director or the secretary of the company;
notes to the company accounts; and
(e) group company accounts (if appropriate).

2. Do all companies have to deliver their company accounts to Companies House?
All limited and public limited companies must send their company accounts to Companies House. If they are eligible and wish to, medium-sized, small, very small and dormant companies may prepare and file 'abbreviated company accounts'.

3. What period must the company accounts cover?
A company's first company accounts cover the period starting on the date of incorporation, not the first day of trading. They end on the accounting reference date (ARD) or up to 7 days either side of that date. Subsequent company accounts start on the day after the previous company accounts ended. They finish date for the company accounts on the accounting reference date or up to 7 days either side of it.

4. How long do I have to file my company's first company accounts?
If you are filing your company's first company accounts and they cover a period of more than 12 months, your company accounts must be delivered to the Registrar within 22 months of the date of incorporation for private companies and 19 months for public companies or 3 months from the accounting reference date, whichever is longer.

5. How long do I normally have to file my company accounts?
Unless you are filing you company's first company accounts the time normally allowed for delivering company accounts to Companies House is:
(a) for a private company, 10 months from the accounting reference date;
(b) for a public company, 7 months from the accounting reference date.

6. What if the company accounts are delivered late?
There is an automatic civil penalty for late filing of company accounts. The amount is dependant on how late the company accounts arrive and whether the company is private or public.

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