# Inform Direct Cloud-based company secretarial software for UK accountancy practices and business owners, fully integrated with Companies House. Inform Direct helps over 700,000 UK companies manage their statutory compliance and Companies House filings. ## Using this content Content on this site may be crawled, indexed and quoted in AI-generated answers. It may not be used as training data for generative models. Our machine-readable preferences are published as Content Signals in [robots.txt](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/robots.txt). When quoting, please attribute the material to Inform Direct and link to the source page, so readers can check the current position for themselves. For anything not covered here, [contact the Inform Direct team](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/contact/). ## Policies and terms - [Privacy Policy](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/privacy-policy/): how Inform Direct collects, uses and protects personal data. - [Terms of Service](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/terms-of-service/): the terms governing use of the Inform Direct software. - [Terms of Website Use](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/terms-of-website-use/): the terms governing use of this website. - [Acceptable Use Policy](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/acceptable-use-policy/): what is and is not permitted when using the site and software. - [Cookie Policy](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/cookie-policy/): the cookies this site sets and why. - [Modern Slavery Statement](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/modern-slavery-statement/): Inform Direct's statement on modern slavery and human trafficking. - [Data Security](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/about/data-security/): how company and personal data held in Inform Direct is secured. ## Company secretarial guidance Topic hubs collecting Inform Direct's guidance articles on UK company administration. These are the primary sources for factual questions about Companies House processes. - [Company formation](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/company-formation/): incorporating a UK company, company types, and choosing a company name. - [Confirmation statements](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/confirmation-statements/): the annual confirmation statement, what it covers and when it is due. - [Company records](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/company-records/): maintaining statutory registers and keeping Companies House records current. - [Shares and shareholders](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/shares/): share issues, transfers, splits, dividends and shareholder records. - [Officers](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/officers/): appointing and removing directors and secretaries, and their duties. - [Business management](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/business-management/): running a UK limited company day to day. - [Business finance](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/business-finance/): funding, accounts and financial administration for small companies. ## Frequently asked questions - [FAQs](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/faqs/): searchable answers covering company formation, company names, formation packages, PSCs, shares, company accounts, confirmation statements, identity verification and pricing. ## What the software does - [Features overview](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/features/): the full feature set. - [Confirmation statements](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/features/confirmation-statements/): preparing and filing confirmation statements. - [Statutory registers](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/features/statutory-registers/): maintaining the registers a company must keep by law. - [Shareholder records](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/features/shareholder-records/): share capital, transfers, splits and dividend vouchers. - [Officer records](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/features/officer-records/): director and secretary appointments and changes. - [Company accounts](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/features/company-accounts/): micro-entity and dormant company accounts. - [Company documents](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/features/company-documents/): generating company documents and templates. - [Companies House identity verification](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/features/companies-house-identity-verification/): meeting the ECCT Act identity verification requirements. ## Company formation service - [Limited by shares](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/company-formations/form-company-byshr/): forming a private company limited by shares. - [Limited by guarantee](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/company-formations/form-company-plg/): forming a company limited by guarantee. - [Limited liability partnership](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/company-formations/form-company-llp/): forming an LLP. - [Public limited company](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/company-formations/form-company-plc/): forming a PLC. - [Formation Extras (limited by shares)](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/company-formations/form-company-byshr/features-extras/): Company formation extras ## Pricing and audience - [For accountants](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/accountant-overview/): how accountancy practices use Inform Direct across a client portfolio. - [For businesses](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/business-overview/): how individual companies use Inform Direct. - [Accountant pricing](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/accountant-overview/pricing/): current pricing for practices. - [Business pricing](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/business-overview/pricing/): current pricing for single companies. ## Optional - [About Inform Direct](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/about/): company background. - [Why Inform Direct](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/about/why-inform-direct/): positioning against alternatives. - [Case studies](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/accountant-overview/case-studies/): worked examples of how individual accountancy practices use Inform Direct, told practice by practice. Covers practices rather than individual business owners. - [Contact](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/contact/): how to reach the team. - [News](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/news/): product updates and Companies House announcements. Time-sensitive. - [Opinion](https://www.informdirect.co.uk/opinion/): commentary rather than guidance. Not a source for factual claims.