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Companies House guides for accounting practices

Practical notes for UK accounting practices on Companies House filing deadlines, client portfolio checks and director identity verification. Each guide links to the official GOV.UK source.

  • Companies House deadline monitoring

    Learn how accounting practices can monitor Companies House accounts and confirmation statement deadlines across client portfolios.

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  • Company portfolio monitoring for accountants

    Replace repeated manual Companies House checks with a prioritised, source-linked company portfolio for an accounting practice.

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  • Identity verification deadline for directors

    When existing directors and PSCs must verify their identity with Companies House, with dated GOV.UK sources, steps for accounting practices and answers.

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  • Accounts filing deadline and penalties

    When a UK company must file its accounts at Companies House, how first and shortened accounting periods change the date, and the late filing penalties.

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  • Confirmation statement deadline

    When a UK company must file its confirmation statement: the review period, the 14-day filing window, filing early, the fee and what happens if it is not filed.

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Reference

  • Evidence rules for Companies House data

    How CompanyGuard reads Companies House data, ranks deadlines, records changes, keeps missing evidence UNKNOWN and verifies a case before closing it.

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  • Companies House company status glossary

    What each Companies House company status and each CompanyGuard monitoring state means, generated from the values the product uses, with GOV.UK sources.

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Monitor a whole client portfolio

CompanyGuard keeps filing deadlines, material changes and source evidence for every client company in one action inbox.

CompanyGuard does not file documents and does not provide legal or accounting advice.