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Ceased or suspended Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)
This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have had their ACSP status either suspended or ceased (removed).
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesList of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)
This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have registered as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP). This is also known as an authorised agent.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesSet up and run a limited liability partnership (LLP)
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing designated members and registering with Companies House.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesObjections to company strike off to be submitted online only from 1 December 2026
Objections to limited companies being struck off the Companies House register will need to be submitted through our online service only. We will no longer accept objections by email.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesChanges to how you sign in to the Find and update company information service
GOV.UK One Login will become the main sign-in option for the Find and update company information service.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesOrder certified documents and certificates from Companies House
How to order certified copies of certificates and documents held on the Companies House register.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesCIC Accounts User Feedback
Companies House want to hear your experiences of using the Package Accounts Upload Service
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesApply to protect your details on the Companies House register
For company directors, LLP members or people with significant control (PSCs) who are at serious risk and want to protect their personal information from the public.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesFit and proper criteria for Authorised Corporate Service Providers
How the registrar will assess whether an applicant, or existing Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP), is fit and proper to carry out the functions of an ACSP.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesDirectors disqualified for a total of 70 years following Companies House prosecutions
Twenty three company directors were disqualified in the first 6 months of this year for persistent or serious non-compliance with their responsibilities.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesWhen you need to verify your identity for Companies House
When you need to verify depends on your role, and when you started that role.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesPeople with significant control (PSCs)
How to identify and record the people who own or control your company.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesIncorporated companies in the UK by jurisdiction and month: quality and methods guide
What the company statistics cover, how Companies House produces them and their quality and comparability. It includes definitions and latest, past and future changes.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesIncorporation and names
Sets out the main requirements for incorporating and naming a company in the UK, including business names and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesReporting scams pretending to be from Companies House
What to do if you think you've noticed a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesHow to prove your identity for Companies House at the Post Office
How to complete your identity verification in person at a Post Office, once you've entered your photo ID details online.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesCompanies House personal codes for identity verification
How to use and manage the personal code you receive when you verify your identity for Companies House.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesAsk Companies House for information about a trust
How to submit a request to Companies House to get trust information for an overseas entity, and what details we'll share.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesCompanies House fees
A list of all the fees Companies House charges, and how we determine these fees.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Companies House updatesFiling your Companies House accounts
How to prepare and file annual accounts with Companies House for your UK registered company.
9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Starting a companyWhat insurance does a newly formed company actually need?
One type is a legal requirement, several are contractual requirements, and the rest depend on what you would lose.
8 September 2026 · 5 min read
Filings and deadlinesDoes your company have to pay the ICO data protection fee?
Most companies that process personal data must pay it, most do not know it exists, and it is enforced.
7 September 2026 · 4 min read
Filings and deadlinesYou missed the confirmation statement deadline. Now what?
What actually happens when a confirmation statement is late, how strike-off proceedings start, and how to stop them.
7 September 2026 · 5 min read
Company namesDo you need a trade mark as well as a company name?
Registering at Companies House gives you a company name and no brand rights whatsoever. Here is the difference, and when it matters.
5 September 2026 · 5 min read
Non-residentOpening a UK business bank account as a non-resident
Forming the company is the easy part. This is what actually decides whether you get an account, and what to do when you are declined.
4 September 2026 · 6 min read
Filings and deadlinesHiring your first employee: what a company must do
PAYE, pensions, insurance and the contract — the four things that must exist before the first payday, not after it.
3 September 2026 · 6 min read
Filings and deadlinesChanging your company's year end
You can shorten an accounting period almost freely and lengthen it only within limits. Here is what those limits are.
1 September 2026 · 4 min read
Filings and deadlinesIdentity verification for directors: what changed and what you must do
Directors and people with significant control must now have a verified identity. Here is who it applies to, how it is done, and what a verified status does and does not cover.
31 August 2026 · 5 min read
Starting a companyDoes your company need a company secretary?
Optional for a private company since 2008 — but the work the role used to do still has to be done by somebody.
30 August 2026 · 4 min read
Filings and deadlinesThe PSC register: who counts, and how it goes wrong
People with significant control is the transparency rule most often filed incorrectly — and getting it wrong is a criminal offence, not an administrative slip.
28 August 2026 · 5 min read
Company namesCompany name rules: "same as", "too like" and sensitive words
Why a name that looks available gets rejected, why one that is accepted can still be taken away, and why neither has anything to do with trade marks.
27 August 2026 · 6 min read
Addresses and privacyRegistered office, service address or trading address: which do you need?
Four addresses do four different jobs. Buying the wrong one is the most common mistake in company formation, and the most expensive to unwind.
23 August 2026 · 5 min read
Starting a companyHow to register a company in the UK
The eight things Companies House needs, what each one commits you to, and the decisions that are permanent.
19 August 2026 · 7 min read
Starting a companyChoosing SIC codes, and why they matter more than you think
Picked in thirty seconds at formation, then read for years by banks, insurers and lenders as a statement of what you actually do.
14 August 2026 · 4 min read
Filings and deadlinesThe director's loan account, explained
What happens when money moves between you and your company without being salary or a dividend — and the tax charge that catches people out.
12 August 2026 · 5 min read
Filings and deadlinesHow to pay yourself a dividend, properly
Dividends are not "taking money out of the account". Here is what makes one lawful, and what happens when it is not.
10 August 2026 · 5 min read
Filings and deadlinesDo I need to register my company for VAT?
When registration becomes compulsory, when volunteering helps, and when it quietly costs you a fifth of your margin.
8 August 2026 · 5 min read
Starting a companyWhat a shareholders' agreement actually covers
The document nobody wants to pay for, and the one that decides what happens when two founders stop agreeing.
6 August 2026 · 6 min read
Starting a companyHow many shares should you issue when you form a company?
Why one share is the most commonly regretted decision at formation, and what to do instead — at exactly the same cost.
4 August 2026 · 5 min read
Starting a companySole trader or limited company: which should you be?
The differences that actually matter — liability, tax, credibility and paperwork — and the point at which incorporating usually starts to pay.
2 August 2026 · 6 min read
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