Dividend Voucher Generator.
A compliant dividend voucher and matching board minute, generated in your browser.
Live preview — voucher and matching board minute. Keep both with the company's records; dividends can only be paid from accumulated profit.
Documents are generated entirely in your browser and never uploaded anywhere. Everything runs in your browser — your figures never leave it. Estimates are general information, not advice: ask us about your own position.
Paper it properly
The paperwork HMRC expects to exist.
A dividend is not a bank transfer with a hopeful label. Company law expects a decision — a board minute for an interim dividend, a resolution for a final one — and a dividend voucher recording who was paid, from which share class, on what date. When HMRC looks at an owner-managed company, this paperwork is precisely what they ask for; without it, drawings risk being reclassified as a director's loan or salary, with tax consequences to match.
This generator produces both documents at once, and does the boring parts for you: search your company and it pulls the registered office, directors and shareholders (persons with significant control) straight from Companies House. Add your own logo for the letterhead, choose a template, paper and accent — the live preview shows the finished A4 — and print edge to edge. Everything runs in your browser; your figures never touch our servers.
One honest caveat, printed on the document itself: this is a self-service tool. Roseworth has not reviewed your figures — whether the company has distributable reserves to pay the dividend at all is an accounts question, and that part is our day job.
Common questions.
Is a dividend voucher legally required?
The voucher is the accepted evidence of a dividend — shareholders need it for their Self Assessment, and HMRC expects to see vouchers and minutes when reviewing a company. Skipping the paperwork is how legitimate dividends get reclassified as loans or salary during an enquiry.
What is the difference between an interim and a final dividend?
Interim dividends are declared by the directors during the year and paid when the board decides — this tool's minute covers that case. Final dividends are recommended by directors and approved by shareholders, usually alongside the annual accounts. Most owner-managed companies pay interims.
Can the company pay a dividend at all?
Only from accumulated realised profits — distributable reserves. Paying a dividend the reserves cannot cover makes it unlawful, repayable, and taxable in unpleasant ways. If you are not certain of the reserves position, check before you pay; that is an accounts question, and precisely the sort we answer quickly for clients.
Where does my data go when I use this tool?
Nowhere. The Companies House lookup fetches public register data; everything you type stays in your browser and the document is generated locally when you print. We never see your figures.
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