Can I file UK company tax myself from overseas, or do I need an accountant?

Filing yourself means preparing statutory accounts to the correct format, computing corporation tax adjustments such as capital allowances and disallowable expenses, and submitting through commercial software since HMRC withdrew its own free CT600 filing tool for anything beyond the simplest company.

It is achievable for a very simple dormant or micro company, but becomes materially harder once there is payroll, VAT, foreign currency transactions or cross-border tax questions, all of which are common for non-resident-owned companies.

A UK accountant handling non-resident clients monitors post at the registered office, tracks every deadline across Companies House, HMRC corporation tax and VAT, and applies rules such as disregarded income and treaty relief that self-filing software will not flag on its own.

For an overseas owner, the value is less about the filing itself and more about someone in the UK time zone catching problems, chasing missed post and translating UK-specific requirements into plain guidance before they become penalties.

Our fixed monthly packages for a UK limited company start at £89 plus VAT and run to £169 and £289 plus VAT as bookkeeping, VAT, payroll and reporting are added. One-off filings are sold at fixed prices, and the Companies House fees we pay for you are charged at cost with no VAT added. Overseas owners are quoted on exactly the same published prices as UK-resident clients.

Rates, thresholds and deadlines here reflect the 2026/27 UK position and current Companies House and HMRC guidance. Check GOV.UK, or ask us, before relying on them for your own company.