Company Documents Help
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| Q. | What are company documents and where do the documents come from? |
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These are the actual documents, annual accounts, change of directors etc, that a company files with Companies House. All documents are from Companies House and are genuine documents filed by the companies and converted to PDF for you to download. |
| Q. | What documents are available? |
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All limited companies, whether or not they are trading, must keep accounting records. For a full list of documents which may be filed by a company see Documents to Download. |
| Q. | What is the Annual Accounts? |
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Annual Accounts is a generic term for the financial documents that companies in the UK are required to file each year. Most Annual Account filings will include a Profit & Loss account, a Balance Sheet, a Director's Report and Auditor's Statement. This does however, depend on the filing requirements of the subject company. Certain information may be omitted from the accounts of medium-sized and small companies. See Company Filing Requirements. Limited companies have up to 10 months after the financial year end to file accounts for that year, so the first accounts for a new company are due 22 months after incorporation. PLCs must file within 7 months of year end. 95% of companies file their accounts on time. Companies that do not file accounts on schedule incur fines from Companies House on a sliding schedule, and will eventually be dissolved if they do not comply. See Accounts for more. |
| Q. | Do all companies file accounts? |
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All limited and unlimited companies, whether they are trading or not, must keep accounting records. The amount of information filed varies and depends on the size of the company. See Company Filing Requirements for more information. |
| Q. | What is the Annual Return? |
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A prescribed form which must be filed annually with Companies House by a limited company. Contains a summary of the current:
Please see Annual Return for more information. |
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