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Filing company accounts: your questions answered

Published in Company records on May 21, 2025 by Jayne Challinor

Covering issues such as: the consequences of filing your accounts late; how to extend your filing deadline; when you can change an accounting reference date; whether you need to file accounts if your company is dormant, and…

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Tags: company accounts, accounting reference date, annual accounts, Companies House, company records, company size, filing deadlines, financial statements, statutory accounts

Do my company accounts need to be audited?

Published in Company records on May 13, 2025 by Jayne Challinor

Most small, standalone (non-group) private companies are not required to complete a statutory audit of their financial statements. Indeed, a research paper published in January 2017 by the Department for Business, Energy and…

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Tags: company accounts, audit exemption, company size

How to calculate company size for year end accounts preparation

Published in Company records on May 7, 2025 by Jayne Challinor

The Companies Act 2006 may allow you to prepare and file a simpler set of year end accounts, dependent upon your company’s size. But how do you determine what size your company is for the purposes of accounts preparation?…

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Tags: accounting, annual accounts, company size, large companies, medium companies, micro entities, small companies, statutory accounts

Micro-entity accounts: your questions answered

Published in Company records on May 7, 2025 by Jayne Challinor

A micro-entity is a very small company or LLP. We will define the criteria for micro-entity status below. Micro-entities may be able to produce a much simpler set of year end accounts for their members and provide less…

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Tags: accounting, annual accounts, Companies House, company size, micro entities, statutory accounts

Understanding the Certificate of Good Standing for UK companies

Published in Company records on August 9, 2024 by Henry Catchpole

A Certificate of Good Standing is used to prove that a company is incorporated and authorised to conduct business in a specific jurisdiction. It is also known as a ‘Certificate of Authorisation’ or ‘Certificate of…

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Tags: certificate of good standing, Companies House, company records, incorporation

A Guide to Your Company Authentication Code For Secure Filings

Published in Company records, Company formation on July 25, 2024 by Jayne Challinor

Your company authentication code is a 6 character alphanumeric code provided by Companies House when your company is formed. It acts as an electronic signature. It must be provided every time you wish to file electronic documents…

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Tags: authentication code, Company Formation, company records

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