C5C6C7C8Part 15Accounts and reports

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6

Pt. 15 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by The Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/569), regs. 4, 7, Sch. Pt. 1

C7

Pt. 15 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 16 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)

Chapter 10Filing of accounts and reports

Filing obligations of different descriptions of company

C1C2C3C4I1C9444Filing obligations of companies subject to small companies regime

1

The directors of a company subject to the small companies regime—

a

must deliver to the registrar for each financial year a copy of F8the balance sheet drawn up as at the last day of that year, and

b

may also deliver to the registrar—

i

a copy of the company's profit and loss account for that year, and

ii

a copy of the directors' report for that year.

2

F5Where the directors deliver to the registrar a copy of the company’s profit and loss account under subsection (1)(b)(i), the directors must also deliver to the registrar a copy of the auditor's report on F1the accounts (and any directors' report) that it delivers.

This does not apply if the company is exempt from audit and the directors have taken advantage of that exemption.

F32A

Where the balance sheet or profit and loss account is abridged pursuant to paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 to the Small Companies and Groups (Accounts and Directors’ Report) Regulations ( S.I. 2008/409 ) , the directors must also deliver to the registrar a statement by the company that all the members of the company have consented to the abridgement.

F23

F6 ... the copies of accounts and reports delivered to the registrar must be copies of the company’s annual accounts and reports.

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5

Where the directors of a company subject to the small companies regime F10...—

a

do not deliver to the registrar a copy of the company's profit and loss account, or

b

do not deliver to the registrar a copy of the directors' report,

the copy of the balance sheet delivered to the registrar must contain in a prominent position a statement that the company's annual accounts and reports have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

F45A

Subject to subsection (5C), where the directors of a company subject to the small companies regime do not deliver to the registrar a copy of the company’s profit and loss account—

a

the copy of the balance sheet delivered to the registrar must disclose that fact, and

b

unless the company is exempt from audit and the directors have taken advantage of that exemption, the notes to the balance sheet delivered must satisfy the requirements in subsection (5B).

5B

Those requirements are that the notes to the balance sheet must—

a

state whether the auditor’s report was qualified or unqualified,

b

where that report was qualified, disclose the basis of the qualification (reproducing any statement under section 498(2)(a) or (b) or section 498(3), if applicable),

c

where that report was unqualified, include a reference to any matters to which the auditor drew attention by way of emphasis, and

d

state—

i

the name of the auditor and (where the auditor is a firm) the name of the person who signed the auditor’s report as senior statutory auditor, or

ii

if the conditions in section 506 (circumstances in which names may be omitted) are met, that a resolution has been passed and notified to the Secretary of State in accordance with that section.

5C

Subsection (5A) does not apply in relation to a company if—

a

the company qualifies as a micro-entity (see sections 384A and 384B) in relation to a financial year, and

b

the company’s accounts are prepared for that year in accordance with any of the micro-entity provisions.

6

The copies of the balance sheet and any directors' report delivered to the registrar under this section must state the name of the person who signed it on behalf of the board.

7

The copy of the auditor's report delivered to the registrar under this section must—

a

state the name of the auditor and (where the auditor is a firm) the name of the person who signed it as senior statutory auditor, or

b

if the conditions in section 506 (circumstances in which names may be omitted) are met, state that a resolution has been passed and notified to the Secretary of State in accordance with that section.