Limited Company Accounts · Northern Ireland
Limited company accounts in Dunloy
Running a limited company from Dunloy means two annual filings that have to agree with each other and with the director's own tax return. We prepare the accounts, the Corporation Tax computation and, in the bundle package, the director's Self Assessment, so the dividend figures match everywhere. One fixed fee, online, across Northern Ireland.
from £299 · fixed, per year
Next deadlines
- Company tax return (CT600) due 12 months after your year end (a 31 December year end files by 31 December)
- Confirmation statement due within 14 days of your review date, at least once every 12 months
- Companies House accounts due 9 months after your year end (a 31 December year end files by 30 September)
- Corporation Tax payment, 9 months and 1 day after your year end (a 31 December year end pays by 1 October)
Who this is for
Limited Company Accounts for Dunloy
Owner-managed limited companies in Dunloy of every kind: contractors and consultants trading through a company, trades and retail businesses, property companies, family firms with a handful of staff, and dormant companies that still owe Companies House a filing. If your company is small enough to file micro-entity or small company accounts, this is the service for you.
What is included
Everything inside the fixed fee
- Statutory accounts in the correct format (micro-entity, small company or dormant) with the notes Companies House requires
- Corporation Tax computation and CT600 return, including capital allowances and loss relief claims
- iXBRL tagging and electronic filing with both Companies House and HMRC
- A director's summary of profit, tax due, retained reserves and how much can safely be taken as dividends
- Director's loan account review and section 455 tax check
- Companies House and HMRC deadline tracking with reminders before each date
How it works
Limited Company Accounts from Dunloy, step by step
Scope the job
We find out what you need filed, when it is due and what state the records are in, and tell you which fixed-fee package applies.
Agree the price
The fee is confirmed in writing. There is no hourly billing and nothing added for questions during the work.
Hand over the records
Photographs, PDFs, software access or a spreadsheet, sent however suits you. We confirm what we have and what is missing within two working days.
Approve, then we submit
You review the draft with our explanation, sign off, and we file. Receipts, copies and the next deadlines come back to you immediately.
Why IGI
The IGI way of working, in Dunloy
One fixed fee for limited company accounts in Dunloy, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.
We work to the HMRC and Companies House calendar, not an appointment diary. Clients in Dunloy get reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before each date that applies to limited company accounts.
No appointments, no travel across Northern Ireland, no parking. Everything for limited company accounts in Dunloy happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.
A named person handles your limited company accounts from Dunloy and knows the file, so you are not re-explaining your business to a different helpdesk each time.
We explain limited company accounts in the words Dunloy business owners use, not in accountant's shorthand, and we show our working so you can check it.
You stay in control of limited company accounts: drafts go to Dunloy clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.
Local facts
About Dunloy
Dunloy is in Northern Ireland, in the BT44 postcode district, Northern Ireland. Tax for Northern Ireland businesses and individuals matches the rest of the UK in almost every respect: UK income tax bands, UK National Insurance, UK Corporation Tax, Stamp Duty Land Tax. The exception is VAT on goods, where the Windsor Framework arrangements for trade with the Republic of Ireland and the EU create specific rules that online sellers and distributors need handled correctly.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Ballymoney | 6 mi | NW |
| Kilrea | 7 mi | SW |
| Cullybackey | 9 mi | S |
| Portglenone | 10 mi | S |
| Ballymena | 11 mi | SE |
| Broughshane | 12 mi | SE |
| Ahoghill | 12 mi | S |
| Bellaghy | 15 mi | S |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
The Self Assessment calendar
Self Assessment runs on a fixed annual cycle. Registration by 5 October following the tax year, online filing and payment by 31 January, and a second instalment on 31 July for those making payments on account. The penalties for lateness are automatic and escalate monthly, which is why we file early and chase approvals well before the window closes.
Director's loan accounts
Money taken from a company has to be something: salary, dividend, expense reimbursement or loan. If it is a loan and remains outstanding nine months after the year end, the company pays tax at the dividend higher rate on it until it is repaid. Clearing the balance with a properly declared dividend before the deadline, where reserves allow, is routine year-end work.
Salary versus dividends
The salary-and-dividend split is the central planning decision for an owner-managed company. Salary costs employer National Insurance above £5,000 but is deductible; dividends are not deductible but attract lower personal rates and no National Insurance. The optimum changes each April with the thresholds and depends on the director's other income, so it should be set deliberately every year.
Corporation Tax rates and marginal relief
Companies pay Corporation Tax at 19% on profits up to £50,000 and 25% on profits over £250,000. Between those figures marginal relief applies, producing an effective rate that rises gradually and a marginal rate of 26.5% on each pound in the band. The thresholds are divided by the number of associated companies, so a director with two companies has thresholds of £25,000 and £125,000 for each.
The VAT registration threshold
The £90,000 VAT threshold is measured over any twelve consecutive months, which is why a strong quarter can tip a business over unexpectedly. Registration must follow within thirty days of the end of the month the threshold was crossed. Below the threshold, voluntary registration is worth considering when customers are VAT-registered businesses and costs carry VAT.
Closing a company
Voluntary strike-off is available only to solvent companies. One that owes money it cannot pay needs a creditors' voluntary liquidation through a licensed insolvency practitioner, and directors who dissolve an insolvent company face personal consequences. For a solvent company the process takes three to four months from filing the DS01, with notice to creditors and shareholders within seven days.
Switching accountants
You can switch accountant at any point in the year. The new firm requests clearance and your records from the old one, which cannot withhold your own documents though it may hold its own working papers until its fees are settled. Agent authorisations with HMRC and Companies House are transferred, and the next deadline is picked up without a gap.
Questions
Limited Company Accounts questions from Dunloy
What if my year end is awkward or I want to change it?
You can shorten your accounting period as often as you like and extend it once every five years, by filing form AA01 with Companies House. Extending a period can push the first filing deadline back. We advise on this before the first year end if it helps, at no extra charge.
What rate of Corporation Tax will my company pay?
Profits up to £50,000 are taxed at the 19% small profits rate, profits over £250,000 at the 25% main rate, with marginal relief in between so the effective rate rises gradually. The thresholds are divided by the number of associated companies, which catches directors who own more than one company.
Can you include my personal tax return?
The £389 bundle covers micro-entity accounts, the CT600 and the director's Self Assessment return together. It is cheaper than buying them separately and ensures the dividends and salary on the personal return match the company's records exactly.
Does the fee include Corporation Tax?
Yes. Both the £299 micro-entity and £449 small company packages include the Corporation Tax computation, the CT600 and electronic filing with HMRC. The standalone CT600 at £199 is for companies whose accounts are prepared elsewhere.
What is a director's loan account and why does it matter?
It records money moving between you and the company that is not salary or dividend. If you owe the company money at the year end and have not repaid it within nine months, the company pays 35.75% section 455 tax on the balance, refundable later. We review the account before finalising and tell you the options.
How do dividends work and how much can I take?
Dividends can only be paid from accumulated profits after Corporation Tax. We calculate the distributable reserves in your accounts and tell you the figure. Dividends need a board minute and a voucher each time; we provide templates. The personal tax on dividends depends on your other income, and the planning review covers that.
Is limited company accounts in Dunloy really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Dunloy pays and what a client in any other part of Northern Ireland pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.
Do you have an office in Dunloy?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Dunloy and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for limited company accounts is the same in Dunloy as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Get a fixed quote for Dunloy today
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.