For limited company directors without an accountant
File your own company accounts and tax return
Answer plain-English questions about your year. We turn your answers into the accounts and Corporation Tax return, you check every figure, then we send them to Companies House and HMRC.
- Accounts for Companies House and the CT600 for HMRC, in one place
- Built for micro and dormant limited companies
- Reminders before every deadline
HMRC's free filing service closed
Every limited company now needs commercial software to file its Company Tax Return.
Companies House goes software-only
The free web and paper routes close for accounts. Every set of accounts must be filed with software.
How it works
Questions you can answer, not forms you have to decode
Answer the questions
We ask about your year in everyday language, a few at a time. Company details come straight from Companies House, and last year's figures carry forward.
Check the preview
See your accounts, tax calculation and CT600 exactly as they'll be sent. Change anything you need to.
Approve and we send it
Once you confirm, we submit to Companies House and HMRC and keep both receipts in your account.
Example question
During the year, did the company lend money to a director, or pay for something personal for one?
Why we ask: money a director owes the company at the year end can mean extra Corporation Tax under section 455, reported on the CT600A page. We work it out for you.
What's included
Both filings, every year, from one set of answers
Accounts for Companies House
Micro-entity and dormant accounts, tagged in the iXBRL format Companies House requires, ready for the April 2028 rules.
Company Tax Return for HMRC
The CT600, your tax computation and full accounts, with marginal relief, capital allowances and losses worked out.
Directors' loans
We spot loans to directors and prepare the CT600A page when one is needed.
Deadline reminders
Accounts are due 9 months after your year end and tax is payable 9 months and 1 day after. We remind you well before both.
Next year, faster
Your figures roll forward as last year's comparatives, so the second year takes a fraction of the time.
Your records, kept
Every file you sent and every receipt, stored for at least six years.
You stay in charge
Your company, your figures, your sign-off
FileYourOwn prepares and sends your filings. You remain responsible for the figures, as every director is, so you check and approve everything before anything goes anywhere.
- Nothing is sent until you approve itYou review the key figures and confirm before every submission.
- You see exactly what goesThe accounts and return you preview are the ones we submit.
- Proof of filingCompanies House and HMRC receipts are saved to your account.
Pricing
One yearly price per company, both filings included
Prepare and preview for free. You pay when you're ready to submit.
Dormant company
£19 a year
- Dormant accounts to Companies House
- Nil CT600 to HMRC, if HMRC asks for one
- Deadline reminders
Trading micro company
£79 a year
£59 for your first year if you join the waiting list
- Micro-entity accounts to Companies House
- CT600, tax computation and accounts to HMRC
- Amendments in the same year at no extra cost
- Deadline reminders
More than one company? Each extra company is £49 a year.
Is it right for you?
Made for straightforward limited companies
A good fit
- Private limited companies run by their directors
- Micro-entities: turnover up to £1 million, balance sheet up to £500,000, 10 staff or fewer
- Dormant companies
- Directors who keep their own books, in a spreadsheet or software like Xero, QuickBooks or FreeAgent
Not yet
- Research and development tax relief claims
- Groups of companies and group relief
- Charities and audited accounts
- Property sales, overseas income or an open HMRC enquiry. For these, talk to an accountant.
Questions
Before you sign up
Is FileYourOwn approved by Companies House and HMRC?
Not yet. Software has to pass testing with both before it can file live returns. We're building FileYourOwn now and will complete that testing before launch. We'll email everyone on the waiting list when it's ready.
Do I need to understand accounting?
No. If you know what your company earned and spent, and what it owns and owes at the year end, you can answer the questions. Each question explains why we ask it.
What if I get something wrong?
Our checks flag figures that don't add up before you submit, and you can amend a return after filing. The figures remain your responsibility as a director, so if your situation is complicated, get advice from an accountant.
Can I use it for this year's return?
We're launching for HMRC returns first, because HMRC already requires software. Join the waiting list and we'll tell you as soon as you can file.