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Preparing and filing Annual Account
A summary of the basic rules on filing Annual Account is enclosed below. It applies to all Annual Account irrespective of whether any Annual Account filing exemptions apply to the content of the Annual Account.

1. What does a set of Annual Account include?
Generally, Annual Account must include:
(a) a profit and loss account within the Annual Account
(b) a balance sheet signed by a director within the Annual Account;
(c) an auditors' report signed by the auditor within the Annual Account (if appropriate);
(d) a directors' report signed by a director or the secretary of the company;
notes to the Annual Account; and
(e) group Annual Account (if appropriate).

2. Do all companies have to deliver their Annual Account to Companies House?
All limited and public limited companies must send their Annual Account to Companies House. If they are eligible and wish to, medium-sized, small, very small and dormant companies may prepare and file 'abbreviated Annual Account'.

3. What period must the Annual Account cover?
A company's first Annual Account cover the period starting on the date of incorporation, not the first day of trading. They end on the accounting reference date (ARD) or up to 7 days either side of that date. Subsequent Annual Account start on the day after the previous Annual Account ended. They finish date for the Annual Account on the accounting reference date or up to 7 days either side of it.

4. How long do I have to file my company's first Annual Account?
If you are filing your company's first Annual Account and they cover a period of more than 12 months, your Annual Account must be delivered to the Registrar within 22 months of the date of incorporation for private companies and 19 months for public companies or 3 months from the accounting reference date, whichever is longer.

5. How long do I normally have to file my Annual Account?
Unless you are filing you company's first Annual Account the time normally allowed for delivering Annual Account to Companies House is:
(a) for a private company, 10 months from the accounting reference date;
(b) for a public company, 7 months from the accounting reference date.

6. What if the Annual Account are delivered late?
There is an automatic civil penalty for late filing of Annual Account. The amount is dependant on how late the Annual Account arrive and whether the company is private or public.