How We Research & Review

CompanyMinder's guides, tools, and document generators exist to help UK directors get their statutory records right. Because the cost of a wrong figure or an out-of-date rule is real — a penalty, a rejected filing, an unlawful distribution — we are deliberate about where our information comes from and how often we check it. This page explains that process so you can judge the work for yourself.

Primary sources only

Every statutory claim, tax figure, deadline, and document requirement is traced to a primary authority — not a secondary blog or a paraphrase. The sources we rely on are:

• legislation.gov.uk — the verbatim text of the Companies Act 2006, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, and related statutory instruments.
• gov.uk / Companies House — filing requirements, deadlines, penalty schedules, and identity-verification guidance.
• gov.uk / HMRC — dividend tax rates, allowances, and income-tax bands for the current tax year.

Research, write, review, update

Each guide follows the same loop: we research the requirement against the primary source, write it in plain English with the section references shown, and review it for accuracy before publishing. Every guide carries a published date and, where it has been re-checked, a last-reviewed date so you can see how current it is.

Keeping figures current

Tax rates and allowances change. Our document generators and calculators use a versioned rule engine: the figures in force are recorded against a dated ruleset, and we review them after each HMRC and Companies House change (and at minimum at the start of every tax year). Documents you generate record which ruleset produced them, so your records remain replayable.

Information, not advice

CompanyMinder provides tools and information, not legal, financial, or tax advice. We aim to be accurate and current, but your circumstances may need professional judgement — for advice specific to your situation, consult a qualified accountant or solicitor. Read more in our about page.