Dormant Private Company Formation & Annual Filing Requirements

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Dormant company annual filing requirements

Dormant private company annual filing requirements: a dormant company is a registered private company that has no financial transactions, other than the issue of share capital on incorporation. Due to the lack of financial transactions, it is easy to assume that a dormant company has no annual filing requirements. However, its filing requirements are not dissimilar to those of trading entities. The main filing requirements for non-trading companies are as follows: -

Dormant company annual returns

Every company, including dormant and non trading companies, must file a confirmation statement at least once every year. A CS01 confirmation statement is a UK company's annual declaration to Companies House that its information on record is up to date. It's a yearly administrative check that confirms details like the company's registered office, directors, shareholders, and business activities. This filing is required even if no changes have occurred during the review period, and failing to submit it can result in a penalty or the company being struck off the register.

All UK companies, including dormant companies, must file a confirmation statement with Companies House. It equests the following information: -

The company's name and number
Details of the company's structure
The date the annual return is made up to
The company's registered office address
The location of the company's registers
Details of the company's directors
Details of the company's secretary
Details of the company's shareholders
The value and number of shares the company has issued and the rights attached to them
Details of the company's principal business activities

The form can be completed by hand and sent to Companies House or it can be completed online using our services.

Dormant company annual accounts

All UK companies, including dormant private companies, are required to file a set of annual accounts with Companies House. The annual account form deals with a private company's annual accounts and requests the following information:

A balance sheet confirming that your company was dormant for the accounting period
Details of figures from previous accounting years

The form can be completed by hand and sent to Companies House or it can be completed on-line using the Coddan service.