Illustration comparing Companies House and HMRC dormant company rules side by side

Dormant Company Accounts Explained | UK Filing Guide 2026

Somewhere in London right now, a director is staring at a Companies House email with the subject line “Accounts overdue” and thinking: but my company hasn’t done anything. That’s the trap. Dormant company accounts exist precisely for businesses that haven’t traded — and yet the filing obligation doesn’t care that nothing happened. Companies House still […]