How DormantFile compares
There are a few ways to file a dormant or non-trading company. Here is an honest side-by-side of the main ones — what each actually covers, how you file, and what it costs. Some are close to us; we have shown them fairly.
| Service | Accounts to Companies House | CT600 to HMRC | Micro-entity (FRS 105) | How you file | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DormantFile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct, self-serve — both sides in one flow, plus free deadline watchdog, hijack alerts and optional autopilot | from £19/yrtotal, no VAT |
| TinyTax | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct, self-serve | £20/yrex VAT |
| WeFile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct, self-serve | £15/filingpay per filing |
| EasyDigitalFiling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-serve, Corporation Tax-focused — no dormant-specific plan | £80–£119/filingex VAT |
| Inform Direct | Yes | You file it yourself | Yes | Self-serve company-secretarial software | £25/filingex VAT; micro-entity £45 |
| 1st Formations | Dormant AA02 only | You notify HMRC yourself | No | Email a questionnaire back, filed within 3 working days | £49.99/yrex VAT |
| FileDormantAccounts | Dormant AA02 only | No | No | Self-serve, Companies House only — same-day filing, refund if rejected | £8.99one-off |
| justdormantaccounts | Dormant AA02 only | No | No | Self-serve, Companies House only | £9one-off |
Prices and features as published by each provider and verified in August 2026 — please check each provider for the latest, as these change. DormantFile isn’t VAT registered, so £19 is the total you pay. Competitor prices are shown as each provider publishes them, excluding VAT where stated — most add 20% VAT at checkout.
WeFile charges per filing with no subscription, so a single dormant year can look cheaper than an annual plan; DormantFile’s price includes deadline reminders and carries your details forward year to year. EasyDigitalFiling has no dormant-specific plan — a dormant company uses its Corporation Tax or micro-entity tiers.
Head-to-head
Weighing us against one service in particular? Each of these compares the two of us honestly — including when they’re the better pick.
Where we’re different
TinyTax and WeFile also file both sides self-serve — they’re genuine alternatives. Here’s what you get with us that a general filing tool doesn’t give a dormant company.
Built only for dormant companies
We do one job. Accounts and the nil CT600 for dormant and non-trading companies, the nil CT600 for CICs, and accounts plus the nil SA800 for dormant LLPs — not VAT, not personal tax returns, not trading accounts. The whole product is shaped around your once-a-year filing.
Dormant LLPs, filed yourself
Not just limited companies. We file dormant LLP accounts self-serve: add the LLP, name the designated member who approves the accounts, and it goes straight to Companies House. There's no Corporation Tax leg — an LLP is tax-transparent, and any HMRC return would be the SA800 partnership return, due only if HMRC sends a notice to file — DormantFile files the nil SA800 when one does, or an accountant can ask HMRC to withdraw the notice instead.
Flat management and RTM companies
Companies limited by guarantee — the usual shape of a flat management or RTM company — file both sides here like any other company: dormant accounts when the service charges sit in the statutory trust, micro-entity accounts when they run through the company's own books, and the nil CT600 if HMRC asks for one. The accounts carry the correct legal form for a guarantee company.
CIC tax returns, and honesty about the rest
Community interest companies get their nil CT600 filed here — there's no CIC-specific box on the return, so HMRC takes it from software like any other company's. What we won't tell you is that we file a CIC's accounts: nobody's software can, because Companies House only accepts them with a CIC34 report and a £15 fee through its own routes. We file the return, track both deadlines, and send you to the right place for the other half.
A free watchdog, even between filings
Keep getting Companies House deadline reminders, confirmation-statement dates and strike-off alerts at no charge — you only subscribe in the year you actually file.
We watch for company hijacking
Neglected dormant companies are the classic hijacking target. We check your public record daily and email you about any filing you didn't make — officer changes, address moves, ownership changes — while there's still time to report it. No one else in this table does this.
Optional autopilot
Store your authentication code once and we prepare your dormant accounts each year — one click from you confirms and files them. Nothing is sent without that click. Turn it off any time.
Rejected returns are free to fix
If Companies House or HMRC rejects a return, you correct and resubmit as many times as you need until it's accepted — at no extra charge. Your subscription covers every attempt.
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