# Small company accounts for Companies House - DIY Accounting Submit

Source: https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/small-company-accounts.html

Submit turns the figures you give it into small company accounts and files them with Companies House. You choose the accounting period, enter the figures, check the answers and file.

- [File small company accounts](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/companies-house/fileSmallCompanyAccounts.html)

## What you need before you start

- Your company number.
- The accounting period and the figures for the format you choose: full accounts, or filleted accounts.
- The name of the director who approves the balance sheet, and the date of approval.
- A Google or Microsoft account to sign in to Submit.

## The steps

- Find the company Screenshot: Find the company Open File Small Company Accounts to find the company.
- Enter the company number Screenshot: Enter the company number Type the company number.
- Look up the company Screenshot: Look up the company Look up the company with Companies House.
- Confirm the company name Screenshot: Confirm the company name Companies House confirms the company name.
- Set the accounting period Screenshot: Set the accounting period Set the accounting period.
- This year's profit and loss Screenshot: This year's profit and loss Start with the profit and loss for this year.
- Profit worked out Screenshot: Profit worked out The form works out gross profit, operating profit and profit for the year.
- The balance sheet Screenshot: The balance sheet Then the balance sheet: assets, then what the company owes.
- Net assets must balance Screenshot: Net assets must balance This checks net assets against capital and reserves.
- Add last year Screenshot: Add last year Add last year's figures for comparison.
- Describe the company Screenshot: Describe the company Say what the company does and how it states its figures.
- Name the directors Screenshot: Name the directors Name the directors.
- Name the approving director Screenshot: Name the approving director Name the director approving the accounts.
- Accept the statements Screenshot: Accept the statements Accept the statutory statements.
- Preview Screenshot: Preview Preview the iXBRL before anything is filed. These are the accounts as they will be filed. Nothing has gone to Companies House yet.
- File it Screenshot: File it Type the company's Companies House authentication code. Filing costs one token. Submit the filing to Companies House.
- Companies House checks it Screenshot: Companies House checks it The filing goes to Companies House.
- Companies House has the filing Screenshot: Companies House has the filing Companies House has the filing and reports the outcome here.
- Open your copy Screenshot: Open your copy Open your copy of the filing.
- The filed accounts Screenshot: The filed accounts Your copy shows the filed accounts, the submission number and the status.
- Kept on your receipts Screenshot: Kept on your receipts Your copy stays on your receipts page.

Watch the video: [How to file small company accounts](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/videos-ch.html#file-small-company-accounts).

## Price

The Resident Ltd bundle covers this filing and costs **£9.99 a year or £0.99 a month**.

## When it is due

A private limited company files its annual accounts with Companies House within 9 months of the end of its financial year.

File annual accounts with Companies House 9 months after your company’s financial year ends

[gov.uk/prepare-file-annual-accounts-for-limited-company](https://www.gov.uk/prepare-file-annual-accounts-for-limited-company) Retrieved 13 November 2026

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

## Ready to file

- [File small company accounts](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/companies-house/fileSmallCompanyAccounts.html)

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- [When are your company's accounts and confirmation statement due?](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/company-filing-deadlines.html)

Each filing and the channels that offer it are in the [availability table](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/mtd-calendar.html#availability).