Companies House Compliance Catch Up Service

A Companies House compliance catch up service helps businesses bring overdue filings, company records and statutory information up to date. It can be particularly useful when a company has missed several deadlines, received Companies House correspondence or is at risk of strike-off.

For directors, overseas owners and property investors, a structured compliance review can identify outstanding obligations and help restore the company's records to an organised position.

What Is a Companies House Compliance Catch Up Service?

A compliance catch up service involves reviewing a company's Companies House position and dealing with outstanding corporate requirements.

Depending on the company's circumstances, this can include:

• Overdue confirmation statements

• Late annual accounts

• Director changes

• Company secretary changes

• PSC information

• Registered office details

• Shareholder information

• Share capital records

• Companies House correspondence

• Overseas company filings

• Other outstanding statutory filings

Every company must file a confirmation statement at least once each year, even when there have been no changes.

Bringing Overdue Filings Up to Date

The first step is to establish exactly what is outstanding.

A professional compliance review can examine the company's filing history and identify overdue accounts, confirmation statements and other required documents.

Once the outstanding requirements have been identified, the company can work through them systematically rather than submitting individual filings without understanding the wider compliance position.

Late Annual Accounts

Late accounts can result in automatic financial penalties.

For a private company, the current penalties range from £150 for accounts up to one month late to £1,500 when they are more than six months late. The penalty can be doubled where accounts are filed late in two consecutive years.

Filing the accounts as soon as possible is therefore an important part of bringing a company back into compliance.

Late Confirmation Statements

A confirmation statement that remains outstanding can create additional enforcement risks.

Companies House can issue a financial penalty and may begin strike-off proceedings where a company fails to file its confirmation statement.

A compliance catch up service can help review the company's information before the overdue statement is submitted, ensuring that changes to directors, PSCs and other company details are properly addressed.

Company at Risk of Strike-Off

If Companies House has already started compulsory strike-off action, the matter becomes more urgent.

The company should establish why the strike-off process began and address the underlying issue. This may involve filing overdue accounts or confirmation statements, correcting the registered office or responding to Companies House correspondence.

Where the company has already been dissolved, restoration rather than a normal compliance catch-up may be required.

Director and PSC Compliance

Companies House compliance also involves keeping information about directors and People with Significant Control accurate.

Identity verification requirements now form part of the Companies House compliance framework for relevant directors and PSCs. Professional administration can help coordinate the process, although individuals must complete their own identity verification where required.

Compliance Catch Up for Overseas Companies

International businesses can have additional UK reporting requirements.

An overseas company with a UK establishment may have Companies House filing obligations, while an overseas entity owning UK property can have separate Register of Overseas Entities requirements.

Fraser Bond provides corporate administration support for overseas businesses, international investors and UK property companies dealing with UK compliance requirements.

Professional Companies House Compliance Support

Fraser Bond can help businesses review their Companies House position, organise outstanding filings and establish a system for monitoring future deadlines.

Support can include:

• Companies House compliance reviews

• Overdue filing coordination

• Confirmation statement support

• Registered office administration

• Director and PSC administration

• Company secretarial support

• Overseas company administration

• Coordination with accountants and solicitors

Where specialist accounting or legal work is required, Fraser Bond can coordinate with the appropriate professional advisers.

Get Your Company Back Up to Date

If your company has accumulated overdue Companies House filings, dealing with the issue promptly can help reduce the risk of penalties, enforcement action and strike-off.

Fraser Bond can provide practical compliance catch up support tailored to UK companies, overseas businesses and property investment structures.

Why Choose Fraser Bond?

Fraser Bond combines UK corporate administration with property and international business expertise. This provides practical support for companies that need to resolve accumulated filing issues and establish a more reliable compliance process going forward.