📋 ANNUAL COMPLIANCE
Confirmation Statement
(CS01) Filing
Keep your UK company legally active. We prepare, verify, and electronically submit your mandatory annual Confirmation Statement to Companies House, preventing corporate strike-off.
What is a Confirmation Statement?
A Confirmation Statement (form CS01) is a legal document that every UK Limited Company must file at least once a year. It essentially tells Companies House: "The management and structural data you have on file for our company is correct."
It confirms who the directors are, where the registered office is located, the distribution of shares, the business activity (SIC codes), and the Persons with Significant Control (PSCs). It is entirely separate from your financial accounts.
Why Is It Critical?
- **Legal Mandate:** It is a criminal offense for directors to fail to file this document within 14 days of the due date.
- **Bank Verification:** Digital banks like Wise and Stripe routinely check Companies House. Missing this filing triggers account reviews.
- **Corporate Existence:** The most common reason companies are forcibly shut down by the UK government is a missing Confirmation Statement.
The Danger of Ignoring It
Companies House treats a missing CS01 as an indication that the company is no longer operating.
Compulsory Strike-Off
If the 14-day deadline passes without filing, Companies House will initiate the process to strike your company off the register, dissolving it entirely.
Asset Seizure
If a company is struck off, it ceases to legally exist. Any money left in its bank accounts, or any IP it holds, instantly becomes the property of the Crown (the UK Government).
Director Prosecution
Directors who continuously fail to file Confirmation Statements can face personal prosecution, fines, and being disqualified from acting as a company director in the future.
Complete Filing Management
We handle the paperwork so you can focus on building your business.
Data Verification
We extract your current registry data and provide a simple checklist for you to confirm if anything has changed.
PSC Register Update
Ensuring your 'Persons with Significant Control' data is accurate, an area under heavy scrutiny by regulators.
SIC Code Adjustments
If your business model has pivoted (e.g., from eCommerce to Software), we will update your industrial codes.
Electronic Submission
Direct integration with the Companies House portal for secure, immediate filing of the CS01 form.
Government Fee Management
We process and handle the official Companies House submission charge directly as part of our service.
Deadline Tracking
Once you are a client, we add you to our compliance calendar to alert you of future deadlines automatically.
Flat Filing Fee
CS01 FILING & VERIFICATION
*A single, straightforward fee to ensure your company stays active.
How The Filing Works
A fast, digital process that takes less than 5 minutes of your time.
Data Pull
We securely fetch your company's existing data from the Companies House public registry.
Review
We send you a summary of the current directors, address, and shareholders to review.
Updates
If anything has changed (like shares or business activity), we prepare the necessary update forms.
Submission
We file the CS01 electronically and pay the associated government fees on your behalf.
Confirmation
Within 48 hours, Companies House accepts the filing and we send you the official confirmation receipt.
Why Accuracy Matters
Your public registry profile is the foundation of corporate trust.
Banking Compliance
Payment processors continuously scrape Companies House data. If your filed business activity (SIC) does not match what you process through Stripe, your account will face severe restrictions.
Anti-Money Laundering
The UK government strictly enforces the accuracy of the PSC (Person with Significant Control) register to prevent financial crimes. Errors here trigger immediate HMRC flags.
Public Credibility
Before large international clients sign contracts or release payments, their finance teams check your public record. A clean, up-to-date registry proves you are a professional entity.
Frequently Asked Questions
A Confirmation Statement is a mandatory annual filing submitted to Companies House. It confirms that the information held on the public register about your company (directors, registered office, share capital, and PSCs) is accurate and up to date.
No. Annual Accounts contain your company's financial data (profit, loss, assets), while the Confirmation Statement contains only administrative and structural information (who owns and runs the company). Both are separate legal requirements.
You must file at least one Confirmation Statement every 12 months. Your 'review period' usually ends on the anniversary of your company's incorporation. You then have 14 days from that date to file the statement.
Failing to file your Confirmation Statement is a criminal offense under UK law. Companies House will begin procedures to strike off and dissolve your company. This will also cause your business bank accounts to be frozen.
Yes. Companies House charges an official filing fee (currently £34) to process the Confirmation Statement. Our £49 service fee includes managing the review process, handling the paperwork, and we pay the government fee on your behalf. (For some specific complex structures, the government fee may be handled separately, but for standard LTDs, we keep it simple).
Absolutely. Even if your company is completely dormant and has never traded, you are legally required to file a Confirmation Statement every year to maintain its active status on the registry.
PSC stands for 'Person with Significant Control'. This is usually anyone who holds more than 25% of the shares or voting rights in your company. We verify and update your PSC register as part of the statement.
A Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code defines your company's main business activity (e.g., software development, retail). You can update your SIC code when you file your Confirmation Statement.
While you confirm the registered address on the statement, if it has changed, you must officially notify Companies House using form AD01 before or at the same time as filing the Confirmation Statement. We handle this for you if needed.
Once you confirm that all details are correct, we submit the CS01 electronically. Companies House usually accepts it within 24 to 48 hours, and your public record is updated immediately.
Yes. When you use our service, we track your filing deadlines and will notify you via email and WhatsApp well before the 14-day deadline, ensuring you never face strike-off action.
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Annual Accounts
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Corporation Tax Return
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UK LTD Formation
Register a new UK Limited Company remotely with a premium London address.
PREVENT STRIKE-OFF
Deadline Approaching?
Let Us Secure Your Company.
Missing the 14-day filing window initiates the dissolution of your company. We handle the paperwork, verify your data, and file electronically to ensure zero downtime.
Quick processing · Prevents account freezing · Keeps your entity legal