Companies House Confirmation Statement: Deadlines and Filing Checklist

A confirmation statement tells Companies House that the information held about your company is up to date. It is not your annual accounts or Corporation Tax return, and filing one does not replace either of those obligations.

Every company must file at least once a year, including dormant and non-trading companies. This guide focuses on the annual review and filing checklist; our separate director identity-verification article covers identity checks.

When is it due?

The review period is generally 12 months. You must file within 14 days after the end of that review period. Check your own company record and the Companies House filing service for the exact dates rather than assuming it shares your accounts deadline.

For example, a review period ending on 10 October normally gives a filing deadline of 24 October. This is an illustrative date: use the deadline shown for your company.

You can file early. Doing so can affect your next review period, so diarise the updated date after submission. A calendar reminder linked only to the date you incorporated may eventually be wrong.

What should you check?

Before submitting, review:

Registered office and registered email details.
Directors, secretary where applicable, and people with significant control.
The SIC codes describing your business activities.
Share capital, shareholdings and relevant shareholder information.
Statements and confirmations required by the current filing service, including lawful-purpose confirmation.

Some changes must be filed separately, before the confirmation statement. You cannot use the statement as a substitute for every change notification, and you should not wait until the annual review to report something that has its own deadline.

What does it cost?

Companies House’s fee changes from 1 February 2026 set the online confirmation-statement fee at £50. Fees and the applicable payment period are separate from the review-period rules: check the filing service before paying, especially if you file more than once in a year or use paper filing.

This fee is paid to Companies House. It is not the price of bookkeeping, annual accounts or tax-return preparation.

What happens if you miss it?

A late or missing confirmation statement can lead to a financial penalty, and Companies House may start action to strike the company off. Do not assume there is no consequence because the company is dormant or because its tax returns are up to date.

If you discover an overdue filing, confirm the register details, submit promptly and get advice on any notices already received. Keep evidence of acceptance, not just a screenshot showing you started the form.

A repeatable annual process

Check the public record and exact filing deadline.
Compare registered details with your current company records.
Submit any separately required changes.
Complete the confirmation statement using the current service.
Save the acceptance and payment receipt.
Set the next review reminder and keep other filing deadlines separate.

Our year-end accounts checklist helps organise accounting deadlines alongside this company-register task.

Ask about year-end accounts preparation and tax filing. Our £300 fixed-fee offer relates to those services, not a blanket bookkeeping package; confirm the scope of your enquiry separately.

Official guidance

October 2026 edition. Follow the current filing service and your company’s actual deadline.