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

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

2. Do all companies have to deliver their Company Accounts UK to Companies House?
All limited and public limited companies must send their Company Accounts UK 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 UK'.

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

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