Annual Return
What is an annual return (Form 363s)
It is a form that every company - even those that are dormant - must send to Companies House each year. The annual return must be accurately completed to a particular date, the made-up date. This is:
- 12 months after the date of the made-up date of the previous annual return or
- in the case of a company's first annual return, the anniversary of the date of incorporation.
The annual return form and annual document-processing fee must reach Companies House within 28 days after its made-up date.
Shortly before it becomes due, an annual return is sent to your registered office, showing the made-up date. The annual return contains pre-printed information about the company already on our records.
If the company is not trading and is no longer required, please visit our dormant company pages.
We can either forward the return to you for completion - or alternatively we can complete it. We will:
- Check the information already pre-printed on the Annual Return
- Enter any changes to that information
- Enter details of your company's principal business activities
- Enter details of share capital
- Enter details of current shareholders
- Enter details of any former shareholders
- Complete and sign the Declaration or forward to you for your signature
- Return the full Annual Return with the fee payment