A confirmation statement is a yearly filing at Companies House that confirms the details held about your company are still correct. Every UK company has to file one at least every 12 months, and it costs £50 to file online. It is often confused with annual accounts, but it is a different thing entirely: it isn't about your finances, only about whether your company's recorded details are accurate.

What it actually confirms

The statement confirms (or updates) details including your registered office address, your directors, your people with significant control (PSCs), your shareholders and share capital, your SIC codes describing what the company does, and your registered email address.

When it's due

Every company must file a confirmation statement at least once every 12 months. The review period runs from incorporation (or the date of your last statement) and you then have 14 days after the end of that period to file. You can also file early, at any point, if something's changed and you'd rather update it straightaway.

The filing fee

There's a filing fee for each 12-month review period — currently £50 for digital filing, having risen from £34 from 1 February 2026. It's payable once per 12-month period, even if you choose to file more than one confirmation statement within that period because details changed partway through.

Who files it?

A director can file it, or someone the company authorises, such as its accountant. Because it confirms legal details and has a criminal penalty for failure, it is worth having someone responsible for the date. If you would rather not keep track of it yourself, we can file it for you as part of our company secretarial service.

What happens if it's late?

Filing a confirmation statement is a legal requirement, not an optional administrative task. Failing to file is a criminal offence on the part of the company's officers, and persistent failure can ultimately lead to Companies House striking the company off the register — which is a far more serious outcome than the filing itself.

Is this the same as my annual accounts?

No. Annual accounts report your company's financial position and go to Companies House (and HMRC, in a different form) on their own separate deadline. A confirmation statement doesn't involve any financial figures at all — it's purely about whether your company's recorded details are still correct.

What if something's changed since my last statement?

Some changes — a new director, a change of registered office — need to be filed separately as they happen, rather than waiting for your next confirmation statement. The statement itself is then where you confirm everything, including those updates, is correctly reflected as at that date. Directors and people with significant control now also have to verify their identity with Companies House, which we cover in our ID checks article and, with the transition ending on 17 November 2026, in our latest Spotlight on identity verification.

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