REMINDER - Company accounts filing deadline
As part of the phased implementation of the Companies Act 2006, the dates by which small limited companies must file their accounts at Companies House changed.
These changes applied to all accounting periods that start on 6 April 2008 or later and therefore will be coming into effect now.
The main change is that the normal filing deadline for years other than the first year was shortened from 10 months to 9 months.
For PLC's the filing deadline has been reduced from 7 to 6 months.
31 March is a popular year end date with many companies as it coincides with the UK tax year. Companies with this date will now find that their accounts filing deadline is 31 December instead of 31 January, and will need to plan ahead to make sure they are not caught out by Christmas holidays and postal delays.
