Does DormantFile support CIC companies?
By DormantFile · Updated 24 August 2026
For the Company Tax Return: yes. For the accounts: no — and neither we nor any other software can change that.
DormantFile files a CIC's nil Company Tax Return with HMRC exactly as it does for a standard limited company or a company limited by guarantee: there's no CIC-specific box on the CT600, so HMRC accepts it from software like any other company's. Add the CIC by name or number, confirm your own UTR and Government Gateway details, and it files the same two-minute way.
What we can't do — and no filing software can — is file the CIC's annual accounts with Companies House. That isn't a feature we've chosen to skip; it's Companies House's own rule. Every CIC must deliver its accounts together with a CIC34 community interest report and a £15 fee, and Companies House only accepts that package:
- By post, as one package with a cheque, or
- Through its own online CIC service, which supports full and accountant-prepared package accounts and takes the fee by card
WebFiling, the AA02 form and the software filing route that services like ours use for everyone else are all closed to CICs — even fully dormant ones.
So a CIC's two annual obligations end up going through two separate routes: the Company Tax Return through DormantFile, the accounts (with the CIC34 and £15 fee) yourself, through an accountant, or through one of the routes above.
What we'd suggest for the accounts side:
- Filing yourself? Our guide to filing CIC accounts walks through both routes, the CIC34, and what a dormant CIC files — plus how the CT600 fits alongside them.
- Rather not deal with it? An accountant can prepare the accounts and CIC34 as a package for upload — for a dormant CIC this is a small, fixed-fee job for most firms.
- CIC with no future activity? A long-dormant CIC risks trouble with the community interest test. Converting to an ordinary limited company is worth considering — and once converted, we can file both sides for it.
Read the full guide: How to file CIC accounts — including for a dormant CIC