{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-415A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-415A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/415A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "415A",
  "heading": "Directors' report: small companies exemption",
  "text": "(1) A company is entitled to small companies exemption in relation to the directors' report for a financial year if—\n(a) it is entitled to prepare accounts for the year in accordance with the small companies regime, or\n(b) it would be so entitled but for being or having been a member of an ineligible group.\n(2) The exemption is relevant to—\nsection 416(3) (contents of report: statement of amount recommended by way of dividend),and\n...\nsections 444 to 446 (filing obligations of different descriptions of company).\n(2) The exemption is relevant to section 416(3) (contents of report: statement of amount recommended by way of dividend).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 415A inserted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment) (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/393), reg. 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 415A(2) substituted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 55(2), 219(1)(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 415A(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1970), reg. 1(2)(3)4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 415A(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1970), reg. 1(2)(3)4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 415-416 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch 1 para. 10 (as amended (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Unregistered Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1972), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 380-416 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 10 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 415-416 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2008/1911, reg. 12B (as inserted (1.4.2019) by The Companies (Directors Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1155), regs. 2, 10) (as amended (6.4.2022) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/46), regs. 1(2), 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/415A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}