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CIC accounts and community interest reports

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What makes a CIC different

A CIC is a limited company with a social purpose, defined by its asset lock — its assets and profits must serve the community, not private shareholders. For accounts and tax it behaves like an ordinary company (it pays Corporation Tax and is not a charity), but it carries one extra annual obligation: the CIC34 report to the CIC Regulator, filed via Companies House.

What a CIC files each year

  • Annual accounts — 9 months after year end
  • CIC34 community interest report — how the CIC benefited the community, plus director pay and any asset transfers, filed with the accounts (with the Companies House CIC fee)
  • Confirmation statement — every 12 months
  • CT600 Corporation Tax return — to HMRC, 12 months after year end

What we do

  1. Prepare the CIC’s year-end accounts
  2. Draft the CIC34 community interest report with you
  3. Prepare and file the CT600 Corporation Tax return
  4. File accounts + CIC34 at Companies House and track every deadline

Fixed £399 + VAT for a micro CIC; larger or grant-funded CICs quoted individually. Call 0114 327 1480.

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