Your year-end accounts
We prepare statutory accounts from your records. They include a balance sheet, a profit and loss account and notes. A director’s report is included unless the company is a micro-entity.
What a year end with us covers
This page is for limited companies. If you trade as a sole trader, see Self Assessment and tax returns.
Your Corporation Tax return
We prepare your Company Tax Return, which is how the tax is worked out. You must file it even if the company made a loss.
Companies House filing
We file your annual accounts. Give us your Companies House authentication code and we can send them for you.
Kept in Xero
Your records live online, so you and your accountant look at the same figures all year.
Get your fixed fee
Tell us your year end and what you use for bookkeeping. We quote one fee before any work starts.
- ICAEW Chartered Accountant (ACA)
- AML supervised by AAT
- Over 4 years in financial services
- Works in Xero
- Fixed fee, agreed before work starts
Your deadlines depend on your year end
There is no single date for every company. Each deadline counts from your own dates, so we work them out with you once we know your year end.
Checked on 18 October 2026. Source: gov.uk, accounts and tax returns for private limited companies. More on annual accounts and Corporation Tax.
- 21monthsafter you registered with Companies House
- File your first accounts with Companies House.
- 9monthsafter your financial year ends
- File your annual accounts with Companies House.
- 9months and 1 dayafter your Corporation Tax accounting period ends
- Pay Corporation Tax, or tell HMRC that the company owes none.
- 12monthsafter your Corporation Tax accounting period ends
- File your Company Tax Return.
Your Corporation Tax accounting period is normally the same 12 months as your financial year. You can file with Companies House and HMRC together or separately. gov.uk says there are penalties for filing late with either.
What we need from you
Your accounts are only as good as the records behind them. If your books are in Xero, we work from them directly.
- Access to your Xero file, or your bookkeeping records if you use something else.
- Your Companies House authentication code, so we can file your accounts.
- Any letters from HMRC or Companies House about the company.
- Anything that changed in the year, such as new directors, loans or large purchases.
How the fixed fee works
We do not publish prices. Every company is different, so we quote once we know what yours involves.
- You tell us what you need. A call, a WhatsApp message or the quote form is enough.
- We agree one fixed fee. You hear the figure before any work starts.
- The fee is fixed once the services are agreed. You know what you will pay.
Questions people ask
Answers drawn from gov.uk, with the link beside each one.
Do I file a Company Tax Return if the company made a loss?
Yes. gov.uk says you must file the return even if the company makes a loss or has no Corporation Tax to pay.
Will HMRC send me a Corporation Tax bill?
No. gov.uk says you do not get a bill. You have to work out the tax through your Company Tax Return, pay it, or report that you have nothing to pay, by the deadline.
Who has to receive a copy of the accounts?
gov.uk says you must always send copies of the statutory accounts to all shareholders, to people who can go to the company’s general meetings, to Companies House, and to HMRC as part of your Company Tax Return.
Can I send simpler accounts to Companies House?
Small companies and micro-entities may be able to send abridged accounts to Companies House, but still send full statutory accounts to members and to HMRC. gov.uk sets the size tests. We check which apply to your company.
Can you file at Companies House for me?
Yes. gov.uk says you can give your accountant your Companies House authentication code so they can file your accounts, and appoint an agent to file your Company Tax Return.
How much will it cost?
We do not publish prices. You ask for a quote, we agree one fixed fee with you, and the work starts only after you accept it.
Checked on 18 October 2026.
Talk to us about your accounts
WhatsApp or call and tell us about your company. You hear one fixed fee before we start.
- ICAEW Chartered Accountant (ACA)
- AML supervised by AAT
- Over 4 years in financial services
- Works in Xero
- Fixed fee, agreed before work starts