Searching the Companies House register
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
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.
How to use and manage the personal code you receive when you verify your identity for Companies House.
A list of company formation agents and company secretarial agents you can use to incorporate your company.
You need to prove who you are to set up, run, own or control a company in the UK.
How to find an ACSP, what an ACSP needs to verify your identity for Companies House, and what happens after an ACSP verifies your identity.
We assess the impact of the identity verification service and the Registrar's verification routes on directors, people with significant control (PSCs), and equivalent officers for other entities in scope.
Rules outlining the form, manner of delivery and method of authentication for documents delivered to Companies House in electronic or paper format.
This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have had their ACSP status either suspended or ceased (removed).
What the company register is, what details you need to give to Companies House, and how the public can access this information.
How to use our service to register as as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP), also known as a Companies House authorised agent.
What AML details to check before you apply to be an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP).
Use this service to verify your identity for Companies House.
Quarterly release of information about the size of the register of companies, including number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of being removed.
Quarterly data on the number and percentage of director and person with significant control (PSC) appointments that comply with identity verification requirements.
The services that Companies House offers in the Welsh language.
What the confirmation statement is and how to send your statement to Companies House.
How to prepare and file annual accounts with Companies House for your UK registered company.
How to correct the date of birth for a director or person with significant control (PSC) if it was filed incorrectly with Companies House.
Information and ongoing updates about the Companies House WebFiling service issue discovered on 13 March 2026.
Registration and filing obligations of an overseas company that opens an establishment in the UK.
Technical specifications for developing software to send information to Companies House digitally.
How Companies House will use its enforcement powers to issue financial penalties.
Join our user panel to help us better understand our customers, and complete our customer satisfaction survey to tell us what you think of our services.
Actions Companies House takes to reduce its impact on the environment.
Quarterly data on the number and percentage of director and person with significant control (PSC) appointments that comply with identity verification requirements.
Quarterly release of information about the size of the register of companies, including number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of being removed.
A transition plan outlining our indicative timeline for commencing the key provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (2023).
Quarterly release of information about the size of the register of companies, including number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of being removed.
Management information tables for Companies House April 2024 to March 2025. Companies House publishes this information annually.
Quarterly release of information about the size of the register of companies, including number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of being removed.
Yearly release of information about the companies register, including incorporations, removals, insolvencies and liquidations, and other corporate body types.
Quarterly release of information about the size of the register, including the number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of being removed.
Quarterly release of information about the size of the register, including the number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of being removed.
How Companies House identifies records of historical value for archival preservation.
Yearly release of information about the companies register, and other corporate body types. We have made revisions to this release. See the revision notice for more details.
Management information tables focusing on metrics used to monitor our operational work completed for the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
Quarterly release of information about the size of the register, including the number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of being removed.
Research into the value of the company register information for tackling crime.
Management information tables for Companies House, April 2023 to March 2024. Companies House publishes this information annually.
Quarterly release of information about the size of the register, including the number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of being removed.
Quarterly release about the UK register of companies, including its size and the number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of being removed.
Factsheets giving details of the different measures contained in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.
Quarterly release providing information about the number of companies on the register, newly incorporated companies, and removals from the register.
Quarterly release providing information about the number of companies on the register, newly incorporated companies, and removals from the register.
How Companies House is committed to the principles of environmentally sustainable procurement.
We assess our regulatory impact on businesses using business impact target (BIT) assessments.
We're seeking views on a new set of principles to limit corporate director appointments.
We're seeking views on new powers for Companies House to query, remove and amend information on the public register.
We're seeking views on how to improve the quality and value of financial information available on the UK companies register.
We're consulting on new proposals to enhance the role of Companies House, increase the transparency of UK corporate entities and help combat economic crime.
We want your feedback about our official statistics publications, to make sure the data we publish is relevant to our users.
A policy on the appropriate level of information security.
A corporate policy to establish a framework for the creation and management of records within Companies House.
Rydyn ni’n cynnig newid maint a fformat ein datganiadau ystadegol a pha mor aml rydyn ni’n eu cyhoeddi.
We're proposing to change the size and format of our statistical releases and the frequency we publish them.
Objectives to attain and maintain high standards of health and safety performance throughout Companies House.