Every company must send information to Companies House. This includes annual accounts and confirmation statements, and any changes to your company details.

You can use our online services to:

• file your accounts
• file your confirmation statement
• make changes to your company
• close your company

Benefits of online filing

By filing online, you’ll:

• save your company time and money
• get confirmation that we’ve received your submission
• avoid rejects and be less likely to get late filing penalties
• get access to additional online services

Save your company time and money

It costs less to file most information online compared with paper. For example, it costs £34 to file a confirmation statement online, but £62 to file a paper form.

We aim to process most online filings within 24 hours. Paper documents sent by post might take a week or more to process - so it’ll be a while before you find out if they’ve been accepted or rejected.

If you choose to file accounts on paper, you must send them to us in plenty of time before your filing deadline. You will not get any extra time to file if they are rejected. If your filing deadline has passed, the company’s record will show the accounts as overdue until they have been examined and accepted.

Avoid rejects and late filing penalties

Our online filing service has built-in checks to help you avoid errors and rejection. When we receive your online filing, we’ll send you an acknowledgement almost immediately.

We’ll also send a confirmation once we’ve accepted your filing. If your filing is rejected, you can quickly correct it and resend to us.

Use other online services

Online users also get access to additional services, including:

• protected online filing (PROOF) - helping to protect your company from unauthorised changes to your records by preventing the filing of certain paper forms

• email reminders - our free service that tells you when your company’s accounts and confirmation statement are due

How to file online

You’ll need to ‘Create an account’ for the Companies House WebFiling service. We’ll send you an authentication code when you register - you’ll need this code to file your company’s information online.

You can also file some company information using our Find and update company information service. You’ll need to register for this service separately.

Software filing

You can also use third party software software to file most of your Companies House information online.

You can:

• use software to file accounts
• use software to register or file changes to a company

What you can send to us online

Limited companies

Incorporation and names	Form
Incorporate a private company limited by shares or guarantee (or community interest company)	IN01
Notice of change of company name	NM01

Accounts	Reference
Audit exempt small full accounts (with abbreviated option)
Audit exempt abbreviated accounts
Micro-entity accounts
Change of accounting reference date	AA01
Dormant company accounts	AA02

Charitable companies must prepare full accounts that comply with both company law and charity law. You must file your accounts with Companies House and (if required by charity law) the relevant charity regulator:

• Charity Commission for England and Wales
• Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
• Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Company details	Reference
Confirmation statement	CS01
Return of allotment of shares	SH01

Officers	Reference
Appointment of director	AP01
Appointment of corporate director	AP02
Appointment of secretary	AP03
Appointment of corporate secretary	AP04
Terminate appointment of director	TM01
Terminate appointment of secretary	TM02
Change of particulars for director	CH01
Change of particulars for corporate director	CH02
Change of particulars for secretary	CH03
Change of particulars for corporate secretary	CH04

Addresses	Reference
Change of situation or address of registered office	AD01
Notification of single alternative inspection location (SAIL)	AD02
Change of location of the company records to the SAIL	AD03
Change of location of the company records to the registered office	AD04

Close a company	Reference
Apply to strike off a company from the register	DS01
Withdraw an application to strike off	DS02

Charges (mortgage)	Reference
Particulars of a charge	MR01
Particulars of a charge subject to which property or undertaking has been acquired	MR02
Statement of satisfaction in full or in part of a charge	MR04
Statement of property released	MR05

People with significant control (PSC)	Reference
Notice of individual PSC	PSC01
Notice of relevant legal entity (RLE)	PSC02
Notice of other registrable person (ORP)	PSC03
Change of details for PSC	PSC04
Change of details for RLE	PSC05
Change of details of ORP	PSC06
Ceasing to be a PSC	PSC07
Notice of PSC statements	PSC08
Update to PSC statements	PSC09

Company registers	Reference
Elect to keep register of directors information on the public register	EH01
Elect to keep directors’ residential addresses on the public register	EH02
Elect to keep register of secretaries information on the public register	EH03
Withdraw register of directors information from the public register	EW01
Withdraw usual residential addresses information from the public register	EW02
Withdraw register of secretaries’ information from the public register	EW03

Limited liability partnerships (LLPs)

Annual filings	Reference
Change of accounting reference date	LL AA01
Confirmation statement	LL CS01

Close an LLP	Reference
Apply to strike off an LLP from the register	LL DS01
Withdraw an application to strike off	LL DS02

LLP members	Reference
Appointment of member	LL AP01
Appointment of corporate member	LL AP02
Terminate appointment of member	LL TM01
Change of details of a member	LL CH01
Change of details of a corporate member	LL CH02

Addresses	Reference
Change of LLP registered office address	LL AD01
Notification of LLP SAIL	LL AD02
Change of location of the LLP records to the SAIL	LL AD03
Change of location of the LLP records to the registered office	LL AD04

Charges (mortgage)	Reference
Particulars of a charge	LL MR01
Particulars of a charge subject to which property or undertaking has been acquired	LL MR02
Statement of satisfaction in full or in part of a charge	LL MR04
Statement of property released	LL MR05

People with significant control (PSC)	Reference
Notice of individual PSC	LL PSC01
Notice of relevant legal entity (RLE)	LL PSC02
Notice of other registrable person (ORP)	LL PSC03
Change of details for PSC	LL PSC04
Change of details for RLE	LL PSC05
Change of details of ORP	LL PSC06
Ceasing to be a PSC	LL PSC07
Notice of PSC statements	LL PSC08
Update to PSC statements	LL PSC09

LLP registers	Reference
Elect to keep register of members information on the public register	LL EH01
Elect to keep members’ residential addresses on the public register	LL EH02
Withdraw register of members information from the public register	LL EW01
Withdraw usual residential addresses information from the public register	LL EW02

Upload a document to Companies House

We’ve introduced a service to Upload a document to Companies House.

Previously, you could only deliver our paper forms by post or in person at one of our offices. This service allows you to upload certain forms digitally and send them to us instantly.