What is a corporate director?

Published in Company officers on October 27, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

A UK company can appoint another company as a director. This appointee is known a corporate director: a company, or another body corporate with its own legal personality, appointed to sit on the board of a UK company and act as a…

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Corporate director reforms under ECCTA

Published in Company officers on October 27, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

The advent of identity verification for directors and persons with significant control (PSCs) has dominated the Companies House reform agenda in the last year. That does not, however, mean the end of implementation of the Economic…

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How will the ECCT Act impact companies?

Published in News and opinion on November 3, 2023 by David Hill

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) is now law and will have significant impact on how companies interact with Companies House. Here we give a summary of how it will most directly affect the running of…

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Tags: ECCTA, accounts, Companies House, corporate directors, PSCs, register of members, registered office address

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What is a shadow director?

Published in Company officers on February 16, 2023 by David Hill

A shadow director is a person or company that has significant influence over a company’s affairs without being formally appointed as a director. This is sometimes so they can have control over a company without their name being…

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Tags: corporate directors, directors, register of directors

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: changes coming to Companies House

Published in News and opinion on January 19, 2023 by David Hill

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (ECCT Bill) is a set of proposed legislative changes that will turn Companies House from a passive register into a more active gatekeeper. It grants new powers to the registrar to…

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Tags: ECCT Bill, overseas entities, Companies House, corporate directors, limited partnership, residential address

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

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