First Direct Statements for Annual Company Accounts
Preparing First Direct bank statements for annual company accounts? 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.
Convert First Direct Statements Instantly
BankScan AI converts your First Direct statement PDF to a clean Excel spreadsheet in seconds — handling DD MMM YYYY and minimalist single-column layout with transaction type codes and running balance, similar to HSBC but with simplified headers automatically. Convert your full year of bank statements to Excel for fast reconciliation, trial balance preparation, and Companies House filing.
About First Direct Statement Format
First Direct statements follow an HSBC-family format but with a distinct minimalist layout. BankScan AI detects the variant automatically.
Getting Your First Direct Statement for Annual Company Accounts
Log in to First Direct Online Banking, go to 'Statements', select the account and date range, and download as PDF. First Direct also supports OFX export under 'Download transactions' for direct import into accounting software. Download Full financial year (12 months), aligned to the company's accounting reference date of statements.
How It Works
Upload your First Direct statement
Drop your First Direct (HSBC) statement PDF. Supports PDF. Need Full financial year (12 months), aligned to the company's accounting reference date? Upload them all.
AI extracts every transaction
Our AI handles First Direct's DD MMM YYYY and minimalist single-column layout with transaction type codes and running balance, similar to HSBC but with simplified headers — extracting Opening and closing bank balances, total income received, ca.
Use for annual company accounts
Download formatted Excel ready for annual company accounts. Full year reconciled to the nominal ledger, with month-end balances matching bank reconciliation statements, ready for trial balance extraction
First Direct + Annual Company Accounts Features
- First Direct optimised — Handles DD MMM YYYY dates and minimalist single-column layout with transaction type codes and running balance, similar to HSBC but with simplified headers
- Built for annual company accounts — Convert your full year of bank statements to Excel for fast reconciliation, trial balance preparation, and Companies House filing.
- Period coverage — Convert Full financial year (12 months), aligned to the company's accounting reference date of First Direct statements in minutes
Convert First Direct for Annual Company Accounts — Fast
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
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