At the end of its financial year, your limited company must prepare full (‘statutory’) annual accounts.

You then use this information to:

• send accounts to Companies House
• pay Corporation Tax - or tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that your limited company doesn’t owe any
• send a Company Tax Return to HMRC

Get more time to file your accounts

Companies House may extend your accounts deadline if both:

• an event you couldn’t control stops you from sending your accounts
• you apply for more time before the filing deadline

Email or write to Companies House, explaining what’s happened and how much more time you’ll need to file your accounts.