# Company accounts by software from April 2028 - DIY Accounting Submit

Source: https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/company-accounts-by-software-from-april-2028.html

From April 2028 every company files its accounts at Companies House in iXBRL format using commercial software. The web and paper services close for accounts. Submit builds the iXBRL accounts and files them.

- [File company accounts](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/micro-entity-accounts.html)

## What changes

GOV.UK gives the change below. The notice is dated 23 October 2026.

from April 2028, we will require all UK registered companies to file their accounts in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL) format using commercial software.

[gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-update-to-accounts-filing-from-april-2028](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-update-to-accounts-filing-from-april-2028) Retrieved 13 November 2026

From this date, our web and paper-based filing systems will be closed for accounts filings.

[gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-update-to-accounts-filing-from-april-2028](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-update-to-accounts-filing-from-april-2028) Retrieved 13 November 2026

## What stays

Companies House keeps its web service for filings that are not accounts.

Companies House web filing services will remain available and fully supported for non-accounts filings, including confirmation statements and updates to director details.

[gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-update-to-accounts-filing-from-april-2028](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-update-to-accounts-filing-from-april-2028) Retrieved 13 November 2026

## What Submit files

Submit turns the figures you give it into iXBRL accounts. See [micro-entity accounts](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/micro-entity-accounts.html) and [small company accounts](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/small-company-accounts.html).

Every date for a company is on the [MTD calendar](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/mtd-calendar.html).

Submit files annual accounts at Companies House.

## Which date applies

Earlier plans gave a date in 2027. This page follows the GOV.UK notice above, read on the date shown with its quote. Check that page for the current date.

## Ready to file

- [File company accounts](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/micro-entity-accounts.html)

See every date on the [MTD calendar](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/mtd-calendar.html).