Filing your company's confirmation statement

Every company, including dormant and non trading companies, must file a confirmation statement at least once every year. This confirms the information we hold about your company is up to date.

You must file a confirmation statement even if there have not been any changes to your company during the review period. You also need to state that the intended future activities of the company are lawful.

How to file your confirmation statement

File your confirmation statement with Companies House online.

You’ll need your password and authentication code. If you do not have these, you’ll need to register for online filing.

Updating your company’s details

Before filing your confirmation statement, you should check your company’s details. You must update your records if any information is incorrect or out of date.

File changes to your company’s details online.

Changes you must make before sending your confirmation statement

Before confirming your records are up to date, you must tell us about changes to your company’s:

• directors and secretary
• people with significant control (PSC)
• registered office address
• registered email address

Providing identity verification details

Before filing your confirmation statement, all company directors must verify their identity to prove who they are. See Verifying your identity for Companies House.

On your next confirmation statement, you’ll need to:   

• provide a unique identifier, called a Companies House personal code, for each director  
• tick a statement to confirm that each director has verified their identity   

PSCs must also verify their identity and provide their Companies House personal code. The period for doing this depends on your situation.

See When you need to verify your identity for Companies House.

Registered email address

You must provide a registered email address in your confirmation statement if you have not already provided one.

Companies House will use this email address to contact you about your company. Your email address will not be published on the public register.

Changes you can make when you file your confirmation statement

The confirmation statement has an additional information section. You can complete this if there have been changes to your:

• Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code
• statement of capital
• trading status of shares
• exemption from providing PSC information
• shareholder information

If nothing has changed

You must file a confirmation statement even if there have not been any changes to your company during the review period. This confirms that your records are up to date and the information we hold is correct.

When to file your confirmation statement

You can:

• check your confirmation date and filing deadline on the company information register
• sign up to get an email reminder when it’s time for you to file

You must review your records and file at least one confirmation statement every 12 months.

The review period ends 12 months after either:

• the date your company incorporated, if you’re filing your first confirmation statement
• the ‘confirmation statement date’ on your last confirmation statement

You can file your statement up to 14 days after the review period has ended.

If you file early

You do not have to wait until your current review period has ended before filing your confirmation statement. If you file early, you will need to choose a new confirmation statement date. Your next review period will start the day after this date.

Annual fee

It costs:

• £50 to file your confirmation statement online
• £110 to file a paper form CS01 by post

Payment period

Your payment period is separate from your review period. It tells you when your annual fee is due.

A payment period covers 12 months starting with the date of incorporation. For older companies, each payment period covers 12 months and ends on the anniversary of the return date of your last annual return (form AR01).

You only have to pay the annual fee with your first confirmation statement in the 12 month payment period. You can then file as many confirmation statements as you want in this payment period.

A new fee will be due when your company gets to the anniversary of the 12 month payment period.

Example

Your company’s payment period starts on 1 January 2022 and ends on 31 December 2022.

If you file your statement on 30 September 2022, you must pay the fee. If you file another statement on 1 December 2022, you do not have to pay again.

If you file a confirmation statement on 5 January 2023, you must pay the fee because it falls in a new payment period.

Confirmation statement: review periods and payment periods explained

Restoring a company

If you’re restoring a company to the register, you’ll need to file a paper form CS01.

When restoring a company, you must put the confirmation date that was due before it was struck off. If you’re not sure of the correct date, contact Companies House before filing your confirmation statement (form CS01).