Trend: Companies late filing/defaulting on their Annual Return and Accounts since 2014
The below table summarises trends for accounts and confirmation statements.
As with many things at Companies House, the actual volumes seem higher but the actually % as per the total population at the time is only increasing slightly.
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Late Filing at Companies House over last 10 years (report date 18/12/2024) |
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2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
2022-23 |
2023-24 |
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|
CH Register |
3,194,329 |
3,427,437 |
3,642,216 |
3,763,975 |
3,920,184 |
4,053,549 |
4,408,052 |
4,492,565 |
4,640,620 |
4,870,366 |
|
Confirmation statement |
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Companies up-to-date with filing |
3,144,285 |
3,381,043 |
3,553,507 |
3,672,681 |
3,832,266 |
3,941,903 |
4,299,029 |
4,366,936 |
4,520,689 |
4,740,551 |
|
Companies late filing |
50,044 |
46,394 |
88,709 |
91,294 |
87,918 |
111,646 |
109,023 |
125,629 |
119,931 |
129,815 |
| Percentage late filing | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| Accounts | ||||||||||
| Companies up-to-date with filing | 3,166,706 | 3,403,572 | 3,573,460 | 3,703,828 | 3,864,159 | 3,999,372 | 4,312,977 | 4,419,742 | 4,573,265 | 4,785,813 |
| Companies late filing | 27,623 | 23,865 | 68,756 | 60,147 | 56,025 | 54,177 | 95,075 | 72,823 | 67,355 | 84,553 |
| Percentage up-to-date with filing | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% |