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Latest Guidance

For the latest guidance on on accounts and accounting reference dates please refer to our guidance ‘GP2 Life of a Company Part 1 Annual Requirements’ (Companies Act 2006) below:

GP2 Life of a Company Part 1 Annual Requirements (Companies Act 2006) HTML
GP2 Life of a Company Part 1 Annual Requirements (Companies Act 2006) PDF

Archived Guidance

Archived guidance (pre – Companies Act 2006) can be found on the UK Government Web Archive:

Archived Guidance – GBA3 Accounts and Accounting Reference Dates (Companies Act 1985) HTML
Archived Guidance – GBA3 Accounts and Accounting Reference Dates (Companies Act 1985) PDF