Annual Return - Ltd Company

Companies Act 2006 - 1 Oct 2009

Companies to use new statutory forms for filing statutory information to Companies House.
Directors to provide service address for public record instead of residential address.
Companies to provide Single Alternative Inspection Location - SAIL address if company records and registers are not kept at registered office.

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Reminders for Directors

Registrar of Companies issue late filing penalties from £150 to £7,500 to companies if file company accounts late.

Companies House maintains companies information for public inspection.
Companies House will remove Companies and LLP if Annual Return was not filed on time.
Small and medium sized companies are eligible to file abbreviated accounts to Companies House which put less information for public records.

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VAT Administration and Obligations

Small businesses must register for VAT if sales are expected to be more than £68,000.
VAT Registered companies must file VAT returns to HMRC promptly.
Small companies may opt for VAT cash Accounting Scheme if sales are below £1.3 million.

Annual Return Filed Late

Companies House will send Annual Return reminders near to the statutory filing date. The reminders are normally delivered to your company's registered office address and copies will also be sent to the company directors.

Your company will automatically be placed on proposal to be struck off first then be official removed from Companies House register if there is no response from your company.

The directors also commit a criminal offence under the company law for failing to file Annual Return to Companies House.

If your company is dormant or it has not been traded for at least three months you can apply for your company to be removed from Companies House legally. The benefits of dissolving your company voluntarily are that you are not required to file accounts or annual return after your company is closed down.

There is also late filing penalty for submitting accounts late to Companies House. The penalty start from £150 to £1500 dependent how many months late.

Annual Return Services

Annual Return Filed Late