What are a director’s responsibilities when filing accounts at Companies House?
At end of the financial year, your private limited company must file accounts every year at Companies House. Company accounts are documents prepared at the end of a financial year which show how a company has performed over the accounting period. All limited companies must deliver accounts to Companies House. It does not matter whether you’ve been successful, breaking even, not trading, or dormant.
What are the General duties of a director?
As well as your responsibilities as a director to Companies House, you must perform a set of 7 duties under the Companies Act 2006. These still apply even if you’re not active in your role as director, someone else tells you what to do, you act as a director but have not been formally appointed or you control a board of directors without being on it.