Companies House Archives

Micro-entity accounts: your questions answered

Published in Company records on June 6, 2022 by Jayne Challinor

A micro-entity is a very small company or LLP. We will define the criteria for micro-entity status below. Micro-entities may be able to produce a much simpler set of year end accounts for their members and provide less…

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Tags: accounting, annual accounts, Companies House, company size, micro entities, statutory accounts

How to correct a date of birth at Companies House

Published in Company officers on February 4, 2022 by Alex Deal

A date of birth must be provided to Companies House for all directors, persons of significant control (PSCs) and LLP members whether they join a company on incorporation or later.…

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Tags: Date of birth, Companies House, company officers, PSCs

How to change your company name

Published in Company records on April 30, 2021 by Jayne Challinor

Whether part of a re-branding exercise or simply to correct an error – it’s easy to change your company name. Indeed, according to Companies House almost 60,000 UK companies changed their name in the year to December 2020 and…

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Tags: Companies House, company names, company records

Companies House Maintenance Periods

Published in Inform Direct news on March 4, 2021 by Ben Robinson

Companies House have advised there will likely be multiple periods of downtime at short notice over the coming months.…

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Tags: Companies House, news

Changes to Companies House submissions as a result of Brexit

Published in News and opinion on January 6, 2021 by Philip Newman

Brexit has brought about numerous changes for all businesses that applied from the end of the transitional period at 11pm on 31 December 2020.…

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Tags: Brexit, Companies House, corporate directors, corporate LLP members, corporate officers, news

Corporate transparency and registry reform

Published in News and opinion on November 24, 2020 by Philip Newman

With its Corporate transparency and registry reform consultation now completed, the government is looking at making significant changes to how Companies House operates in maintaining the UK’s register of companies.…

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Tags: AML Check, Companies House, confirmation statement, filing deadlines, news

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