Earlier this year the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act gave Companies House more powers to improve the accuracy of the data they hold and crack down on misuse of the register, today they have announced the implementation of new penalties for non-compliance from Companies. Companies that do not comply with their legal duties (for Read more about Companies House implements new powers with new non-compliance penalties[…]

Recent changes to the registered office addresses rules mean that companies must have an ‘appropriate address’ as their registered office or face fines of up to £1,000 The address you register must be: a physical address in the UK in the same country your company is registered in, for example a company registered in Scotland Read more about Companies House update – registered address[…]

Companies House fees are set to increase from 1 May 2024. Below is Company incorporation and registration fees for the UK. Transaction Channel New fee Incorporation Digital £50 Incorporation (same day) Software £78 Incorporation Software £50 Incorporation Paper £71 Registration under s1040 (Part 33 Chapter 1) CA06 Paper £71 Re-registration of a company under Part Read more about Companies House fees increasing from 1 May 2024[…]

Companies House will soon be introducing a new WebFiling account which will have improved security features and will give you more freedom to self-manage your account. New benefits will include: multi-factor authentication the ability to link your company to your WebFiling account to give you more control over your filings the ability to digitally authorise Read more about Companies House will soon be introducing a new WebFiling account[…]

Compamies House website will be under going essential maintenance and will affect their online services on Saturday 10 July. Their WebCHeck service will be unavailable from 8am to 12pm, and their CHD service will be unavailable from 12pm to 4pm. There may be some disruption to their Webfiling and XML Gateway (software filing and search) Read more about Companies House – upcoming essential maintenance[…]

Improvements to Companies House’s online services came into effect yesterday (2 June 2021) this will help prevent unauthorised company name changes. PROOF is a free service which lets you protect your company from unauthorised or fraudulent changes to your records. It prevents the filing of certain paper forms, such as changes to your company’s registered Read more about Changes to Companies House protected online filing (PROOF) service will enhance security of company filings[…]