Companies House: Annual Return Changes

From 30 June 2016, the annual return that all UK companies must file at Companies House has been replaced by a confirmation statement.

The basic difference between the annual return and the confirmation statement is that the confirmation statement will not require previously delivered information to be repeated, making it simpler to complete. Instead a company will confirm that the relevant information has either been delivered to Companies House as required during the year or (if it cannot give this confirmation) is being delivered with the confirmation statement.

The confirmation statement covers the same areas of information regarding the company, its directors and shareholders as the annual return, but also reflects recent changes in company law. In particular: