To a large extent a Confirmation Statement (Companies House form CS01) can be considered equivalent to the Annual Return (Companies House form AR01) which it superseded from 30th June 2016.


All UK companies are required to check and confirm that all information previously submitted to Companies House is up to date and accurate. When you file a Confirmation Statement you are confirming that all necessary filings since the last Confirmation Statement have been correctly made. It is also the opportunity to report any share transfers that occurred in the confirmation period. 


What is a confirmation period?


If there are any unreported changes to any of the following then the relevant filing must be made at the same time as the Confirmation Statement:



For more information please see the below relevant guide(s):


A Confirmation Statement must be filed at least once every 12 months although can be filed more frequently if needs be. When do I file a Confirmation Statement?


How much will it cost to file a Confirmation Statement?


How do I use Inform Direct to File a Confirmation Statement?


Note: The hope of HM Government is that companies will file more frequently than annually and so the information publicly held for each company will become much more current.