Confirmation statement: due date, fee and checks

What is a confirmation statement?

It confirms that the information Companies House holds about your company is up to date, and that the company’s intended future activities are lawful. It used to be called the annual return.

It is a different filing from your annual accounts and has its own date, so a company can be up to date with one and late with the other. Our guide to your deadlines shows how the dates differ.

When is it due?

Your review period ends 12 months after the date the company was incorporated, for the first statement, or 12 months after the confirmation statement date on your last statement.

You can file up to 14 days after the review period ends. You can check your confirmation date and filing deadline on the Companies House register, and sign up for email reminders.

Illustrative example: if your last confirmation statement date was 15 June 2026, your next review period ends on 15 June 2027 and the last day to file is 29 June 2027 (14 days later). Always check your own dates on the register.

How much does it cost?

The Companies House fee is £50 online or £110 on paper form CS01 by post (fees updated 1 February 2026).

The fee is charged once per 12-month payment period, which runs from the date of incorporation and cannot be changed. If you file a second statement in the same payment period, there is no second fee.

How do I file it?

You file your confirmation statement on GOV.UK. The steps are:

1. Every director verifies their identity with Companies House, using GOV.UK One Login.
2. Before confirming your records, tell Companies House about any changes to your company’s directors and secretary, people with significant control (PSCs), registered office address and registered email address.
3. Update anything else in the statement itself, such as the SIC code describing what the company does, the statement of capital, shareholder information and the trading status of shares.
4. On your next statement, give each director’s Companies House personal code and confirm that each has verified their identity.
5. Pay the fee and file.

If you have not given a registered email address yet, you must give one. It is not published on the public register.

What about director identity verification?

Companies House says it will not accept the confirmation statement until every director has verified their identity.

People with significant control must also verify their identity, on a timetable that depends on their situation. Each person only needs to verify once. The confirmation statement guidance has the detail.

What if I miss it?

GOV.UK says you can be fined up to £5,000 and your company may be struck off the register if you do not file your confirmation statement.

A struck-off company is dissolved, and restoring it later means filing a paper CS01 with the confirmation date that was due before it was struck off. If you are late, file as soon as you can.

How can Wenzo help?

Our packages cover your annual accounts and Corporation Tax return, with bookkeeping included in the £199 package (turnover up to £90,000) and the £499 package (turnover above £90,000). You pay when you approve.

The confirmation statement is a separate Companies House filing and is not included in those prices, so you can file it yourself online for £50 using your Companies House authentication code. Dormant companies file one too, as our dormant company accounts guide explains.

When we prepare your accounts we keep the accounts and tax dates apart from the confirmation statement date so nothing is mixed up.

See all three prices, check your other dates with the deadline checker, or call us on 020 7123 9335.

Article reviewed 28 October 2026

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