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Types of limited company accounts and the details they should include

Published in Company records on May 28, 2025 by Jayne Challinor

Every year, companies must prepare statutory accounts for their members and must also file a version of these with Companies House. However, dependent upon the type and size of the company, different limited company accounts…

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

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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

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

Inform Direct product update – April 2024

Published in Inform Direct news on April 3, 2024 by Jayne Challinor

This month we’re pleased to introduce an exciting and much requested new feature. Subscribers using their own presenter code can now upload an iXBRL-tagged company accounts file to Inform Direct and authorise us to submit this…

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Tags: company accounts, accounts, medium companies, micro entities, news, small companies, statutory accounts

The balance sheet explained: Liabilities

Published in Company records on February 2, 2024 by David Hill

This article gives some simple examples of how to break down liabilities on the balance sheet for a UK company. It deals with micro-entity accounts because they are the simplest example. Also, micro-entities are by far the most…

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Tags: company accounts, accounts, micro-entity accounts, statutory accounts

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