Consultation outcome

Corporate transparency and register reform: implementing the ban on corporate directors

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The Corporate transparency and register reform white paper contains a summary of responses and the government response to this consultation.


Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on a new set of principles to limit corporate director appointments.

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Consultation description

The government has announced wide ranging reforms to the powers and role of Companies House, to improve business transactions and tackle economic crime. This follows previous consultations on Corporate transparency and register reform and Company ownership.

We are now consulting on 3 detailed areas of reform:

  • Implementing the ban on corporate directors (this page): to tackle opaque corporate structures, this consultation proposes that corporate directors will be prohibited unless their own boards comprise all natural persons, and those natural persons have their identities verified.

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See the BEIS consultation privacy notice.

Please do not send responses by post to the department at the moment as we may not be able to access them.

Documents

Impact assessment

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2020
Last updated 28 February 2022 + show all updates
  1. The Corporate transparency and register reform white paper (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform) contains a summary of responses and the government response to this consultation.

  2. First published.

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