Consultation outcome

Company filing requirements

From:
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Published
7 October 2013
Last updated
25 June 2014 — See all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Company filing requirements - Red Tape Challenge: government response

Ref: BIS/14/635

PDF, 219 KB, 36 pages

Detail of outcome

How we plan to proceed with the following policies:

  • replace the annual return with more flexibility to confirm companies’ basic information is correct and complete at any point
  • allow companies to keep certain information on the public register instead of company registers
  • provide a new a means of resolving disputes about directors’ appointments
  • simplify the removal of inaccurate registered office addresses from the public register
  • reduce the strike off period down from approx 6 months to 3 months

Read alongside the government response to the Transparency and Trust discussion paper.

Read the related impact assessments.

Original consultation

Summary

The government is consulting on proposals to remove duplication, simplify requirements and ease burdens on companies when filing information with Companies House.

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Consultation description

The government has reviewed company law as part of its commitment to reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens under the Red Tape Challenge. We believe that there is scope to simplify the processes for filing information at Companies House and to remove duplication of effort for companies. This consultation seeks views on options for improving company law and Companies House procedures.

Documents

Company filing requirements consultation

Ref: BIS/13/1219

PDF, 206 KB, 49 pages

Published 7 October 2013
Last updated 25 June 2014 + show all updates

  1. Added link to impact assessments

  2. Added government response.

  3. First published.

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