Companies House filing requirements

Companies House filing requirements

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I'm led to believe that there are 5 things that Companies House check on filed accounts, what are these.

Given that we now present almost all our accounts digitally for the minor few we do present on paper do these still need to be signed.

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By Accountant A
05th Oct 2018 12:32

CW2012 wrote:

I'm led to believe that there are 5 things that Companies House check on filed accounts, what are these.

That's a new one on me. Where did you hear that?

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By CW2012
05th Oct 2018 12:56

On a course yesterday. I didn't get chance to ask what these 5 things were

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By Tim Vane
05th Oct 2018 13:15

My guess: Company name, signature, balance sheet date, s476/477 statement, statement of compliance with small companies/micro companies etc regime.

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By thevaliant
05th Oct 2018 14:32

I'd probably (mostly) agree. They DO only check so far. I think it's:

Company name
Company number (on balance sheet)
Signed on balance sheet (or e-filed signature)
Date
EITHER: Audit report, or valid exemption for no audit report

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By thevaliant
08th Oct 2018 13:40

Late addition -
With respect to my last point, audit report or valid exemption for no audit report; this isn't quite true.

As long as you claim AN exemption applies, Companies House accept this. Medium sized but claim S477 - Accepted. Member of a large group and claim S477 - accepted. Companies House do no checking to see if you are entitled to the exemption, only that you claim it.

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