Confirmation Statement Filing Again?

[coronasan]

I have received an email requesting I file my company confirmation statement again this year, seven months after the last one. I usually waste my £13 every March, although it is now £34 for the privilage.

Is this a new thing? It is hardly an annual fee if it can be charged more than once a year. I always thought it was a waste of time anyway.

[ladymuck]

I knew it had gone up but have not heard anything about multiple confirmation statements in a given year.

Does this contain any info that might shed some light on it for you?

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/confirma...ement-guidance

[WTFH]

I have received an email requesting I file my company confirmation statement again this year, seven months after the last one. I usually waste my £13 every March, although it is now £34 for the privilage.

Is this a new thing? It is hardly an annual fee if it can be charged more than once a year. I always thought it was a waste of time anyway.

It is an annual thing, but there's a difference between when it is due and when you submit it.

Best place to check is CoHo - maybe the last one was put in with the wrong date?

[coronasan]

Thanks, that tells me that I do not have to pay. So I will have a go at just submitting the statement, even though nothing has changed as usual.

Payment period

Your payment period is separate from your review period. It tells you when your annual fee is due.

A payment period covers 12 months starting with the date of incorporation. For older companies, each payment period covers 12 months and ends on the anniversary of the return date of your last annual return (form AR01).

You cannot change your payment period.

You only have to pay the annual fee with your first confirmation statement in the 12 month payment period. You can then file as many confirmation statements as you want in this payment period.

A new fee will be due when your company gets to the anniversary of the 12 month payment period.

Example

Your company’s payment period starts on 1 January 2022 and ends on 31 December 2022.

If you file your statement on 30 September 2022, you must pay the fee. If you file another statement on 1 December 2022, you do not have to pay again.

If you file a confirmation statement on 5 January 2023, you must pay the fee because it falls in a new payment period.

[coronasan]

I phoned Companies House and they have said that the last time I completed my Confirmation Statement, I changed "a date at the top of the screen" that meant it was only valid until October this year. Don't remember doing that. So from now on, my confirmation statement date is every October.

So watch out!