Obtain a certificate of good standing

The certificate says the company has been in continuous existence since incorporation and that no action is under way to strike it off. Companies House will not issue one for a company with overdue filings, which makes it a useful health check as well as a document.

When it is due

Usually requested by an overseas bank, registry or counterparty, often alongside an apostille.

What we do

• The company's filing position checked first, and anything overdue put right
• The certificate ordered from Companies House and passed on
• Additional statements included where the recipient requires them — directors, shareholders, registered office
• Apostille arranged where the certificate is going abroad

What happens if it is not done

A refusal is itself information: it usually means something is overdue, which the party asking for the certificate will discover shortly afterwards. Better to find it first.

Questions

Related

• Confirmation statement — The annual filing that confirms the information Companies House holds about your company is correct. Due every year whether or not anything has changed.
• Identity verification — Directors and people with significant control must have a verified identity. We verify you as an authorised corporate service provider.
• Director appointments and resignations — Filing an appointment, a resignation or a change of a director's details at Companies House, with the statutory registers updated to match.
• Change of company name — Changing a registered company name by resolution, with the new certificate issued by Companies House.
• Issue of shares — Allotting new shares — to bring in an investor, reward a joiner, or restructure who owns what — with the return of allotment filed at Companies House.
• Transfer of shares — Moving existing shares from one holder to another — stock transfer form, board approval, register of members and the next confirmation statement.