Company law · Free compliance libraries
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Twenty-eight libraries are live and free.
Every country has its own company law. ComplianceSME built a free library for each. The United Kingdom's Companies Act 2006 library is live below. The libraries of all twenty-seven European Union member states are live beside it, each in its own language.
Twenty-seven EU country libraries are live and free.
How to open the free toolkitUnited Kingdom, Companies Act 2006
Every UK company is bound by the Companies Act 2006. The ComplianceSME agent toolkit for it is free.
Find the situation you are in below and open its section. It asks you one question at a time, produces your compliance documentation, and you get back to work. This library is arranged by what happens in real life, not by the order of the statute, so you go straight to the section you need.
Find your situation
The annual spine
FreeEvery company does these every year. Miss a filing deadline and the penalty is automatic, so this is where most companies get caught out.
Your confirmation statement is due
At least one every twelve months, filed within fourteen days of the review period ending. The online fee is £50, and £110 on paper. It must be filed even when nothing has changed.
Open the section → Annual accountsYour annual accounts are due
Nine months after your accounting reference date for a private company. Your first accounts are due twenty-one months after incorporation.
Open the section → Registers and recordsRegisters, office and email current
Keep the register of members, the registered office and the registered email address correct and up to date all year round.
Open the section →A law changes, the library follows
FreeThese happen when an event happens. Most carry a fourteen-day or one-month deadline. Run only the section that matches your event.
A director is joining or leaving
You have fourteen days to tell Companies House when a director is appointed, resigns, or has their details changed.
Open the section → SharesIssuing or transferring shares
New shares allotted are filed within one month. Transfers of existing shares are recorded in the register of members, not filed at the time.
Open the section → People with significant controlA PSC changes
Fourteen days to update your PSC register, then fourteen days to notify Companies House. Failing to do so is a criminal offence.
Open the section → Registered officeMoving your registered office
File the change within fourteen days. The move takes effect when Companies House registers it.
Open the section → Company nameChanging your company name
Passed by the members and filed with Companies House. The new name takes effect on registration. The online fee is £20.
Open the section → DividendsPaying a dividend
There is no Companies House filing, but the money must come out of profits and the record-keeping duty sits under Part 23.
Open the section → AuditorAppointing or removing an auditor
Whether you need a statutory audit, and how you appoint or remove an auditor, is governed by the Companies Act 2006.
Open the section →The uncommon events
FreeThe events a private company meets once in a decade are covered to the same depth as the annual ones. The section stays dormant until the event occurs.
Beyond the United Kingdom
FreeCompany law is national. Every European Union country writes its own. ComplianceSME publishes a free library for each. All twenty-eight are live.
The free toolkit
StartFree · Companies Act 2006 only
The Companies Act 2006 agent toolkit is free and needs a ComplianceSME account. The toolkit sits on your account, so your record stays in one place and updates reach it when the law changes.
The toolkit opens section by section. You open one section at a time, when you reach the situation it covers. Each situation page in this library names the section that covers it.
The toolkit is engineered for Claude and runs in a dedicated Claude account, and requires the Claude Max plan (£90 a month, paid directly to Anthropic) to operate. You ask the ComplianceSME connector for a section in Claude, and it interviews you one question at a time, then produces your documentation with the section citations.
The Compliance Complete account keeps the toolkit current. When the Companies Act 2006 changes, the toolkit on your account is updated.
Open a free accountThe Companies Act 2006 is one instrument. Every other regulation that binds your business has its own agent toolkit in the full register. See all toolkits in the register →