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By definition, a dormant company will have no ‘significant accounting transactions’ during the period. There is little guidance on what is deemed to be ‘significant’, but when deciding you should consider whether such a transaction would be entered into its accounting records. You may also disregard the following specific transactions:

  • Receipts from shareholders for the payment of their shareholdings
  • Fees paid to Companies House for a change of company name, the re-registration of a company and filing annual returns; and
  • Payment of a civil penalty for late filing of accounts.

Bank charges do not meet the above definition, and therefore, the company is not dormant. It should therefore abide by the normal obligations for a small private limited company.

If you do not intend to make use of the company for some time, it may be advisable to source a business bank account that does not incur bank charges. You may then be able to take advantage of the reduced filing requirements for a dormant company.

 

Date published 5 Dec 2012

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