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Benefits of filing online
Accountants tell us the benefits they've experienced filing online.
The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act is here
The Act represents significant change for companies.
Delivery of documents by post
The majority of documents filed at Companies House are filed online, but some customers file documents by post.
Conducting business with Companies House in Welsh
Information about using the Welsh language when conducting business with Companies House.
Companies House events calendar
Events that Companies House are holding or attending to support and advise businesses.
Latest
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Companies House staff survey 2016
- published
- Corporate report
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Confirmation statement
- updated
- Guidance
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5 day prompt payments 2016-17
- published
- Transparency data
What we do
Companies House incorporates and dissolves limited companies, registers the information companies are legally required to supply, and makes that information available to the public.
Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
Documents
Our announcements
Our consultations
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Ymgynghoriad ar newidiadau i’n datganiadau ystadegol
- Consultation outcome
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Consultation on changes to our statistical products
- Consultation outcome
Our publications
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Companies House staff survey 2016
- Corporate report
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Confirmation statement
- Guidance
Our statistics
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Incorporated companies in the UK July to September 2016
- Official Statistics
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Companies register activities 2015/16
- Official Statistics
Our management
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Tim Moss
Chief Executive, Companies House
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Ceri Witchard
Director of Corporate Strategy
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Neil Hartley
Director of Finance, Companies House
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Ann Lewis
Director of Operations and Customer Delivery
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Brian Landers
Chair of Main Board and Remuneration Committee
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Anne Spinali
Member of Main Board, Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee
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Peter Wyman
Member of Main Board and Chair of Audit Committee
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Jeff Lynn
Member of Main Board and Audit Committee
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Mike Taylor
Member of Main Board and Audit Committee
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Vanessa Sharp
Member of Main Board
Contact Companies House
Registrar of Companies (England and Wales)
Companies House
Crown Way
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
DX 33050 Cardiff
Email enquiries@companies-house.gov.uk
Enquiries (UK) 0303 1234 500
Gwasanaeth Cymraeg welshcoordinator@companieshouse.gov.uk
International +44 303 1234 500
The Cardiff office is open 24 hours a day for the receipt of documents
Contact Centre lines are open between 8.30am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)
Registrar of Companies (Northern Ireland)
Companies House
2nd Floor
The Linenhall
32-38 Linenhall Street
Belfast
BT2 8BG
DX481 N.R. Belfast 1
Opening hours between 9am to 5pm (Monday to Friday)
The office does not have a letterbox for deliveries
Registrar of Companies (Scotland)
Companies House
4th Floor
Edinburgh Quay 2
139 Fountainbridge
Edinburgh
EH3 9FF
LP - 4 Edinburgh 2 (Legal Post) or DX ED235 Edinburgh 1
Opening hours between 9am to 5pm (Monday to Friday)
The Edinburgh office has a letterbox for out of hours deliveries
London office and information centre
Companies House
4 Abbey Orchard Street
Westminster
London
SW1P 2HT
Opening hours between 9am to 5pm (Monday to Friday)
The London office has a letterbox for out of hours deliveries
Press enquiries
Companies House
Crown Way
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
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