Confirmation statement
When your confirmation statement is due
In short: a confirmation statement is due within 14 days after the review period ends. That period is usually 12 months. There is no automatic late penalty, and an overdue statement should still be filed. We can file it for you.
How to find the confirmation statement date
- Take the company number from the certificate or from any Companies House letter.
- Open the company overview on Find and update company information.
- Read the date labelled as the next confirmation statement date.
- That date is the end of the 14-day filing period, not the start of the review period.
If you cannot see the date, order the filing and put the company number in the form. We will check the public record with you before we file.
The review period
Every UK company has a confirmation statement review period. The first one starts on the date of incorporation. Later ones start the day after the statement date of the last confirmation statement. The period is normally 12 months.
The statement is due no later than 14 days after the review period ends. That 14-day window is the filing period. Companies House shows the next statement date on the company overview at Find and update company information (opens in a new tab).
Filing before the due date
Yes. A confirmation statement can be filed at any time during the review period. The next review period then starts the day after the statement date, so filing early brings the following deadline forward. We can file it before the due date.
There is no need to file on day one of a new company. There is also no prize for leaving it until the last afternoon of the 14 days, when a missing authentication code or a wrong company number can push you over the date.
If the date has already passed
Unlike accounts, a late confirmation statement does not attract an automatic late-filing penalty. It is still an offence for the company and its officers not to file.
Companies House can chase the company and, if filings stay outstanding, start the process to strike it off the register. If yours is due or overdue, order it and say so in the notes.
Send us the outstanding statement rather than waiting for the next year. Order it and put “overdue” in the notes, with the company number. The order also needs the authentication code and each director’s personal code. Official guidance is on GOV.UK: confirmation statement (opens in a new tab).
Dormant companies and new companies
A company that has not traded still files a confirmation statement. So does a company that files dormant accounts. The accounts are a different form, with a different deadline, and they are not part of this service.
A newly formed company does not file a confirmation statement on day one. The first one falls at the end of the first review period. Come back for the statement when that date is near.
What we need in order to file
- The company name and the eight-character company number.
- The registered office postcode, so the right company is matched.
- Whether anything on the record has changed since the last statement.
- A way to reach you if a detail does not match the register.
The order form asks for the company authentication code and a personal code for each director. We use them only to file. The how it works page sets out the check, the payment, and the filing. The price is on the confirmation statement cost page: £9.99 plus the £50 Companies House fee.