Bench + Annual Company Accounts: Complete Workflow
Preparing for annual company accounts and using Bench? Preparing annual accounts for Companies House requires reconciling a full year of bank transactions. Many small companies still rely on PDF statements from their bank. BankScan AI bridges the gap between your bank's PDF statements and Bench's import feature.
BankScan AI → Bench for Annual Company Accounts
Convert bank statement PDFs to CSV formatted for Bench import. Convert your full year of bank statements to Excel for fast reconciliation, trial balance preparation, and Companies House filing.
How It Works
Upload your bank statement PDF
Supports all major banks. Upload Full financial year (12 months), aligned to the company's accounting reference date of statements.
AI formats for Bench
Output as CSV with Date, Description, Amount — Bench bookkeepers handle column mapping during their review process — dates in MM/DD/YYYY.
Import and use for annual company accounts
Upload into Bench and use the reconciled data for annual company accounts.
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Bench + Annual Company Accounts Features
- Bench ready — Output formatted as CSV matching Bench's expected column structure
- Smart integration — Bench bookkeepers can use BankScan AI's pre-structured data to speed up categorisation, reducing the typical 5-day turnaround to 1-2 days for historical catch-up bookkeeping.
- Built for Annual Company Accounts — Convert your full year of bank statements to Excel for fast reconciliation, trial balance preparation, and Companies House filing.
Import for Annual Company Accounts into Bench
After converting your bank statements for annual company accounts:
- Share BankScan AI's converted CSV files with your Bench bookkeeper via the Bench portal
- They import the data into your Bench account for categorisation and reconciliation
Common Import Issues
Bench's human bookkeepers handle most import issues. Main challenge is when bank feeds disconnect — BankScan AI serves as the backup data source for gap periods.
Bench Import for Annual Company Accounts
Accounts must be filed within 9 months of the accounting year-end for private companies; late filing penalties start at 150 GBP and escalate to 1,500 GBP
Convert for Bench + Annual Company Accounts