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Company Accounts: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review the requirement for small businesses to file profits and losses with Companies House.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
11 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review the requirement for small businesses to file profits and losses with Companies House.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Business and Trade is currently engaging with stakeholders on proposed changes in filing requirements at Companies House, to ensure they strike the right balance between tackling economic crime and avoiding undue burden on business. As ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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