1. Establish who has the responsibility for filing.

2. Information filed by companies may conveniently be divided into six categories which include: Memorandum and Articles, Details of directors and the company secretary, Annual Return, Accounts, Forms, Resolutions.

3. Technical requirements. If a form exists for the purpose, it must be used.

4. Time limits exist for all filing.

5. Forms may be ordered by post or telephone for postal delivery or they may be collected from any Companies House office.

6. Completed forms can be taken to the Companies House Office in person.

7. Electronic filing is only available for the most commonly used forms but it will progressively be extended to all the forms and all filing.

8. In theory at least, any late filing may result in a prosecution. This may be of the company itself, the directors or both.

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