For dormant & non-trading UK companies
Dormant company compliance,sorted.
Find your company and we’ll show you what needs doing.
Free check. No account needed. Uses official Companies House data.
How it works →Everything you need to look after a dormant company.
Once you know what your company needs, DormantFile takes care of it, and keeps an eye on it after.
File
File without becoming an accountant.
Your accounts go to Companies House, and your tax return to HMRC when it asks for one. Each takes about two minutes, as a few questions you can answer.
Step 1: Answer plain questions
Did any money move in or out this year? You answer questions about your company, not accounting forms.
Step 2: Check it before it goes
You see the exact accounts we'll send, as you'd print them. Nothing is sent until you say so.
Step 3: Filed direct, and you'll know
It goes straight to Companies House, and to HMRC when it has asked for a tax return. We email you when it's accepted.
- Money moved but the company didn't trade, like repaying a Bounce Back Loan? We file short micro-entity accounts instead.
- When HMRC writes asking for a Company Tax Return, we file that too, showing nothing to pay. For an LLP, it's the Partnership Tax Return.
What we file for your type of company
For companies that aren't trading. You don't need to pick: the check reads your company's type from Companies House.
Dormant limited company
Dormant at Companies House and HMRC
- Companies House
- Dormant accounts — including any figures still on the balance sheet from trading years
- HMRC
- Nil CT600 — a Company Tax Return with nothing to pay — when HMRC asks for one
Non-trading, with a loan
Such as a Bounce Back Loan
- Companies House
- FRS 105 micro-entity accounts — short accounts showing the loan, because it can't file as dormant
- HMRC
- Nil CT600 — a Company Tax Return with nothing to pay — when HMRC asks for one
Dormant or non-trading LLP
Limited liability partnership
- Companies House
- Dormant LLP accounts — or FRS 105 micro-entity LLP accounts if it has transactions on its books — approved by a designated member (one of the members responsible for the LLP's filings)
- HMRC
- Partnership Tax Return with nothing to pay (a nil SA800), when HMRC asks for one
Flat management or right-to-manage (RTM) company
Limited by guarantee — no shares
- Companies House
- Guarantee-company accounts — the right form for a company with no shares
- HMRC
- Nil CT600 — a Company Tax Return with nothing to pay — when HMRC asks for one
Community interest company
The tax return only — not its accounts
- Companies House
- Not supported — a CIC's accounts must go with a community interest report (CIC34), which no software can send
- HMRC
- Nil CT600 — a Company Tax Return with nothing to pay — when HMRC asks for one
Watch
Filing is one day. We watch the other 364.
All year, we keep an eye on the company and tell you when something needs you. You don't have to keep remembering it all yourself.
- 1Reminders 90, 30, 14, 7, 3 and 1 day before your accounts and confirmation statement are due — and we remind you about any Corporation Tax or partnership return deadline you add.
- 2Each director's ID check, read from the register: who has verified, who still has to, and by when.
- 3The public register, checked daily for changes to its directors, address, owners or name, and for any strike-off notice. We email you if one appears.
Letters
Government letter? Show us.
Photograph it and we'll tell you what it is — then do something about it.
- 1What it is, in plain English, and the one thing worth doing next.
- 2A penalty? We check your filing history and Companies House's public record for a reason to appeal, and write the letter if there is one. The check is free with a free account; the letter is £9.99.
- 3On a plan, the tax reference and period printed on an HMRC letter are offered as actions you confirm, and the return it asks for is filed.
- 4On a plan, every letter is kept with the company it's about.
Free to try — two letters a day, no account needed. On a plan we keep every letter and file the return a notice asks for, from £19/year.
Private storage · Read by an AI model · Nothing filed without you
And the smaller things that become big problems if you forget them.
- Deadlines in your calendarEvery date we track, in Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar, through one private link. On every plan.
- Filing history and receiptsEvery filing, acceptance and rejection in order, with its submission reference and a copy of what was sent.
- Rejected? Resubmit freeWe tell you why in plain English. Fix it and send it again, as often as you need. Your plan covers every attempt.
- Penalty appeal lettersWe check a penalty against your record for a reason to appeal, free with an account. If there is one, the letter is £9.99.
- Directors' ID checksEach director verifies with Companies House themselves. We show who has, who still has to, and by when.
- Catch up on missed yearsWe find every year of accounts you haven't filed, and you can clear them in one sitting.
- AutopilotEach year we prepare the dormant accounts and email you. One click and they're filed.
- More than one companyPlans for up to 10 companies, or 100 for accountants, all on one dashboard.
Built specifically for dormant companies.
Accounting software does a lot, because a trading business needs a lot. A dormant company needs a handful of things done right, so DormantFile does those and leaves out the rest.
Accounting software is built for trading
- Bookkeeping
- Invoices
- Payroll
- VAT
- Bank feeds
- Accounts for a trading business
A dormant company needs this, and only this
- What needs filing
- When it's due
- Filing it
- Knowing it was accepted
- Keeping an eye on the company
- Making sense of the letters
Is your company trading? Then you need an accountant or accounting software — we only file for companies that aren't.
Can you trust it with your filings?
Here's exactly what happens to your filings and your details.
You approve every filing
Nothing is sent until you've checked it and said so. Autopilot asks too: it emails you each year and files only when you confirm.
HMRC login never stored
Your HMRC login (your Government Gateway user ID and password) is used once, when you file, and never saved. Your Companies House code isn't kept either, unless you save it for autopilot. Then it's encrypted.
Filed direct with Companies House and HMRC
Through their own filing services, the same ones the big accounting software uses.
A record of every filing
Once a filing is accepted, you get a receipt with its submission reference, and we keep a copy of what was sent.
Card payments go straight to Stripe; we never see your card details. How we handle your data
- companies kept in good standing
- 160+
- from sending to accepted, typically
- 1 min
- on Trustpilot, from 8 reviews
- 4.3/5
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Super easy, super helpful.
So easy to use! Made my yearly accounts filing do much easier! Highly recommended!
Built by someone who wanted this to be simpler too.
I'm Ben Davies, a UK software engineer. I look after dormant companies of my own, and when HMRC closed its free filing service I built DormantFile to file them: from scratch, for dormant and non-trading companies and nothing else.
If you email us, you'll hear back from me. We aim to reply within one working day.
Ben Davies · Founder & developer
Look after your dormant company from £19 a year.
Prepare and preview free — subscribe when you're ready to submit. Your plan covers the whole year, however many tries a filing takes.
Every paid plan includes
- Annual accounts to Companies House
- Nil tax return to HMRC — CT600, or SA800 for an LLP
- Catch up on any year you've missed
- Deadline reminders, director ID checks and register watch
- Optional autopilot for dormant accounts
- AI compliance assistant — personalised to your company data
More than one company? Multiple: up to 10 companies, £39 a year. Agent for accountants: up to 100 companies, £49 a year. Compare plans and 3-year prices
You're probably wondering
The things we'd want to know before signing up. See all FAQs →
How do I know if my company is dormant?
A company is dormant if nothing significant went through its books all year: no sales, no spending, no money in or out. A few payments don’t count, such as the confirmation statement fee or a late-filing penalty. Dormant doesn’t mean empty, either. A company that traded once and still owes money, is owed money or holds assets can be dormant, as long as nothing about those figures changes. Not sure? Try the Am I dormant? checker.
What exactly does DormantFile file?
Your company’s annual accounts, to Companies House: dormant accounts, or short micro-entity accounts if money moved but the company didn’t trade. And when HMRC writes asking for one, its Company Tax Return (form CT600) showing nothing to pay — or, for an LLP, its Partnership Tax Return (SA800). We don’t file the confirmation statement, a community interest company’s accounts, or accounts for a company that’s trading.
Do I need to file with HMRC?
Only if HMRC has asked. A Company Tax Return is due when HMRC writes asking for one (a ‘notice to deliver’), usually every year until it records the company as dormant. No letter, no tax return. Your accounts go to Companies House either way.
What if my company has a Bounce Back Loan?
If the company is repaying one, it isn’t dormant, even if you make the repayments yourself: the money still moves through the company’s books. It can still file short micro-entity accounts (FRS 105) instead, and we file those for you.
Is my HMRC login stored?
No. To file a tax return you enter your HMRC login (your Government Gateway user ID and password). It’s used once, when you file, and deleted straight away. Your Companies House code is only kept if you save it for autopilot, and then it’s encrypted. How we handle your data.
What happens if a filing is rejected?
We show you why in plain English. Fix it and resubmit, free, as many times as you need: your plan covers every attempt. A rejected filing doesn’t count as accepted, so the 14-day refund still applies while you put it right.
See what your company needs.
Find your company and we’ll show you its deadlines, anything overdue, and what we can file for it.
Free check. No account needed. Uses official Companies House data.