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Companies House has offices in Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and London. Public access is restricted.
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We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public.
Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
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- Corporate transparency and register reform: implementing the ban on corporate directors
- Corporate transparency and register reform: powers of the registrar
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Contact Companies House
Registrar of Companies (England and Wales)
Crown Way
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
DX 33050 Cardiff
United Kingdom
Enquiries (UK)
0303 1234 500 (Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 6pm, except holidays)
Welsh services
UnedyGymraeg@companieshouse.gov.uk
Public access is restricted. Our Cardiff office is accepting deliveries 24 hours a day.
Registrar of Companies (Northern Ireland)
2nd Floor
The Linenhall
32-38 Linenhall Street
Belfast
BT2 8BG
DX481 N.R. Belfast 1
United Kingdom
Enquiries (UK)
0303 1234 500 (Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 6pm, except holidays)
Public access is restricted. You can deliver any paper documents, in a sealed envelope, to the reception desk on the ground floor of The Linenhall (Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm, except holidays).
We're still accepting deliveries from Royal Mail - but we cannot produce receipts or proof of delivery.
Registrar of Companies (Scotland)
4th Floor
Edinburgh Quay 2
139 Fountainbridge
Edinburgh
EH3 9FF
DX ED235 Edinburgh 1
United Kingdom
Enquiries (UK)
0303 1234 500 (Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 6pm, except holidays)
Public access is restricted. You can deliver any paper documents to the Companies House external letterbox next to the office building.
We're still accepting deliveries from Royal Mail and DX post.
London office and information centre (closed)
Ground Floor
80 Petty France
Westminster
London
SW1H 9EX
United Kingdom
Enquiries (UK)
0303 1234 500 (Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 6pm, except holidays)
There's no public access or letterbox at our London office. You must send all mail directly to our Cardiff office.
Press enquiries
Crown Way
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
United Kingdom
Enquiries (UK)
0303 1234 500 (ask for press office)
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Companies House
Crown Way
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
United Kingdom
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