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

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

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

3. What period must the Companies Accounts cover?
A company's first Companies 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 Companies Accounts start on the day after the previous Companies Accounts ended. They finish date for the Companies 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 Companies Accounts?
If you are filing your company's first Companies Accounts and they cover a period of more than 12 months, your Companies 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 Companies Accounts?
Unless you are filing you company's first Companies Accounts the time normally allowed for delivering Companies 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 Companies Accounts are delivered late?
There is an automatic civil penalty for late filing of Companies Accounts. The amount is dependant on how late the Companies Accounts arrive and whether the company is private or public.