Year-end Accounts, Statutory Reporting and Companies House Compliance

Every limited company has to prepare year-end accounts, file them at Companies House and keep its statutory records in order. It is the part of the job most owners would happily never think about again, and it is exactly the part where a missed deadline or a careless filing costs real money and, worse, credibility with your bank, your customers and anyone who looks you up.

We take it off your plate. Your year-end accounts are prepared properly, reviewed by a Chartered Accountant, explained to you in plain English and filed on time.

What is included

Accountancy and statutory reporting

• Preparation of financial statements under UK GAAP and IFRS
• Consolidation and multi-entity or group reporting
• Compliance with new and emerging accounting standards

Company secretarial and Companies House compliance

• Companies House filings
• Statutory record keeping

Year-end accounts, done properly

Most small and medium-sized companies in the UK report under UK GAAP, the set of accounting standards known as FRS 102 and FRS 105, depending on their size. Some businesses, particularly those with international owners, investors or parent companies, report under IFRS. We work in both.

We prepare the full set of year-end accounts from your records, check them properly, and sit down with you to go through them before anything is signed or filed. You should understand your own accounts, and you should be comfortable with every number in them. Where the year has thrown up something that needs a judgement, such as a large contract, a new loan or a change in the business, we explain the options and what each one means.

The same accounts are the starting point for your company's corporation tax return. Our tax compliance and advisory service picks up from here.

Group and multi-entity reporting

If your business runs through more than one company, the reporting gets harder quickly. Intercompany balances need to agree, trading between companies needs eliminating, and a group with overseas entities has currencies to translate. Omar Ahmed Khan ACA, who leads this work, has prepared consolidated reporting for large multi-entity, multi-currency groups and presented it at board level. We bring that experience to smaller groups, so the consolidation is right and the story it tells is clear.

Keeping up with accounting standards

Accounting standards change. FRS 102 has been through a significant update, with changes to how leases and revenue are accounted for taking effect for many businesses from 2026, and small company thresholds and Companies House filing rules are also changing. We keep track of what applies to you, tell you in good time, and handle the transition, so a change in the rules never lands on you as a surprise at year end.

Companies House and company secretarial work

Alongside the accounts, a company has ongoing obligations to Companies House. We look after them for you:

• Annual accounts, filed within the deadline, which for most private companies is nine months after the end of the financial year.
• Changes during the year, such as a new director, a change of registered office or a share issue, filed when they happen.
• Statutory registers, the company's own records of its members, directors and people with significant control, kept up to date.

We keep a calendar of every deadline for your company and start the work well before each one, so you are never chasing us, and nobody is chasing you.

Why it is worth getting right

Late filing at Companies House brings automatic penalties that increase the later the accounts arrive, and repeated lateness can put a company at risk of being struck off the register. Accounts and filings are also public. Lenders, customers, suppliers and investors look you up, and a clean, on-time filing history quietly tells them you are a business that has its house in order.

Who does the work

Your year-end accounts are prepared under the supervision of Omar Ahmed Khan ACA, an ICAEW Chartered Accountant with deep technical experience in UK GAAP and IFRS reporting and group consolidations, gained at Deloitte, one of the Big 4, and at mid-tier firms. CrestWell is regulated by ICAEW. You deal with Omar directly.

Getting started

1. A free consultation, to understand your company or group and its year end.
2. A look at your records and deadlines, including anything already overdue.
3. An agreed timetable and fee, confirmed in writing before we start.
4. Accounts prepared, explained and filed, with a reminder calendar for the year ahead.

We are based in Crawley and work with companies across Crawley, East Grinstead, Horsham, Haywards Heath and Horley, and with clients across the UK and abroad, travelling for the meetings that matter.