Budget 2026: what it means for you and your business —
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A confirmation statement confirms that Companies House holds correct information about your company — directors, PSCs, registered office and share capital. It contains no financial figures and is a separate obligation from your annual accounts, with its own deadline. LMJ Group files it for you, maintains your statutory registers, and keeps you compliant with the new identity-verification requirements for directors and PSCs.
An annual filing confirming that the information Companies House holds about your company is correct: directors, people with significant control (PSCs), registered office address, SIC codes and share capital.
It contains no financial information — it is entirely separate from your annual accounts, with its own deadline. Both must be filed. Companies regularly file one and forget the other.
Failing to file is a criminal offence by the company and its directors, and leads to strike-off action.
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act introduces mandatory identity verification for company directors and people with significant control — a fundamental change to how Companies House operates, rolling out through 2026.
In practice, every director and PSC will need to verify their identity, either directly with Companies House or through an Authorised Corporate Service Provider. Failure to do so will prevent filings and can constitute an offence.
Many owner-managers have not yet acted on this. If you have not verified, or do not know whether you need to, ask us.
Companies must maintain registers of members (shareholders), directors, directors’ residential addresses, secretaries, and people with significant control. These must be kept up to date and available for inspection.
In practice, most owner-managed companies’ registers are either out of date or missing entirely — which becomes a serious problem at exactly the wrong moment: during due diligence on a sale, or a funding round, when a buyer’s solicitor asks to see them.
Appointments and resignations of directors; changes of registered office; share allotments, transfers and buy-backs; changes to articles; changes to PSC information; and dormant company filings.
Each has its own deadline, and most are short — a change of director must be notified within 14 days.
Every deadline tracked — confirmation statement, accounts, and everything in between.
ECCTA identity verification — we tell you what you need to do, and when.
Registers kept properly — so they survive scrutiny during a sale or funding round.
Registered office facility available — keep your home address off the public record.
Fixed annual fee.
This page provides general information about the 2026/27 UK tax year and is not advice on your particular circumstances. Tax and regulatory rules change frequently. Please contact us before acting, or refraining from acting, on anything set out here. LMJ Group is a firm of Chartered Accountants regulated by the ICAEW. LMJ Group is not a registered auditor and does not provide audit services. Last reviewed: July 2026.
