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How to complete Confirmation Statement

How to complete Confirmation Statement CS01 form for Companies House. You may submit your CS01 form online using Companies House web filing service or on paper by post.

The Confirmation statement replaces the annual return filing.

File Confirmation statement CS01 online

You would require your company authentication code to be able to file online. You follow on screen instructions to complete your CS01.

The online CS01 form populate your company information already on Companies House record. All you have to do is to check if the information is still valid. If there was changes since your last confirmation statement date, you would be able to file the relevant Companies House form straight away.

Say you have appointed a new company director, you would be able to file your AP01 form and the new director’s appointment will be updated on your CS01 form. It is that simple.

Likewise if certain compulsory information is omitted from your CS01 form, for example, if you have not yet submitted your Person with Significant Control (PSC) particulars, the system will prompt you to enter the information and it would not allow you to submit the CS01 form until you do.

Before you click submit, you must tick the box to declare all the information is accurate to the best of your knowledge. You would have to pay the statutory filing fee of £13 to Companies House online to complete your filing. Companies House will email you to confirm receipt of your submission and also to confirm if your filing has been accepted or rejected.

File CS01 on paper

More manual check is required when you file your Confirmation statement on paper.

Companies House will return your confirmation statement form if the CS01 form is incomplete and the information is incorrect. This is likely to happen if you put your new registered office address on your CS01 form but you did not file your AD01 form to change your registered office address with Companies House at the same time or beforehand.

Tips to help you

Company name and number

Make sure your company name and incorporation number match the information on Companies House website.

Business activity

You have provided the description of your company’s principal business activity and specify a SIC code. Choose the SIC code closely described your company’s business activity.

Registered office

The address entered in your confirmation statement CS01 form must match the registered office address held by Companies House.

If you are changing your company’s registered office address, you must complete the form called AD01 and send in together with your confirmation statement form.

Statement of capital

You must provide Shareholders details, classes of shares together with the voting right attached to each share.

Company directors and secretary

If there were changes in your company officers since the last confirmation statement date and you have not yet informed Companies House, you must fill in the appropriate forms below.

  • Use form AP01 if new director was appointed.
  • Use form CH01 if there was changes to director’s personal details.
  • For corporate director’s appointment, please use form AP02 and changes in details please use the form CH02.

Person with significant control (PSC)

You must disclose the person with significant control of your company and update Companies House if there were changes during the past 12 months.

Finally you must sign your confirmation statement form and enclosed the correct filing fee.

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