Limited Liability Partnership Annual Return

Every limited liability partnership must deliver an annual return to Companies House within 28 days of its made-up date (see question 2). A limited liability partnership's designated members are responsible for ensuring that the annual return:

is delivered to Companies House within 28 days after the anniversary of incorporation or the anniversary of the made-up date of the last annual return; and
gives a true picture of the membership of the limited liability partnership at the made-up date.

Remember: It is a criminal offence not to deliver the limited liability partnership's annual return within 28 days of the made-up date, for which designated members may be prosecuted.

1. What is an annual return (Form LLP363)?

An annual return is a snapshot of information at the made-up date (see question 2). It is separate from a limited liability partnership's annual accounts. An annual return must contain the following information:

the name of the limited liability partnership;
its registered number;
its registered office address;
the address where certain limited liability partnership registers are kept if not at the registered office;
the name and address of each member;
if only some members are designated members, which of them are designated members.

In some cases there may be information on related undertakings annexed to the annual return.

2. What is the made-up date?

This is the date at which all the information in an annual return must be correct. The made-up date is usually the anniversary of:

the incorporation of the limited liability partnership; or
the made-up date of the previous annual return registered at Companies House.

3. When must the annual return be delivered to Companies House?

All annual returns must be delivered to Companies House within 28 days of the made-up date given on the form.

4. Completing the annual return Form LLP363

All the details you give on Form LLP363 must confirm the limited liability partnership information already held on the Companies House public record at the made-up date. The details you should give are stated under question 1 of this section. You may only change the details by sending one or more of the following statutory form(s) with the document:

change of registered office address. Use Form LLP287;
appointment of a member. Use Form LLP288a;
termination of an appointment of a member. Use Form LLP288b;
change of details of a member or designated member, for example, address. Use Form LLP288c;
location, or change of location, of the register of debenture holders. Use Form LLP190.

Companies House will not register an annual return Form LLP363 if it shows information that differs from the public record unless Companies House have been notified of the change on the appropriate statutory form.

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