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Companies House awarded Gold in Mind's Workplace Wellbeing Index
We've been awarded the Gold standard at this year's Mind Workplace Wellbeing Index Awards for our commitment to staff and mental health.
GDPR: Protecting you, protecting us
Our data protection officer, Alex, explains how the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) affects Companies House.
Lucky numbers
One of your most important numbers, is your company's authentication code.
UK’s ‘first ever’ successful prosecution for false company information
A company director has been fined for deliberately falsifying information about his firms in what is thought to be the first-ever conviction of its kind.
People with significant control (PSC): who controls your company?
How to identify and record the people who own or control your company.
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Companies House awarded Gold in Mind's Workplace Wellbeing Index
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Use a formation agent to register your company
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Companies House webinars
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What we do
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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Our announcements
Our consultations
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Ymgynghoriad ar newidiadau i’n datganiadau ystadegol
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Consultation on changes to our statistical products
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Our publications
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Use a formation agent to register your company
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Companies House webinars
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Our statistics
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Incorporated companies in the UK October to December 2017
- Official Statistics
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Incorporated companies in the UK July to September 2017
- Official Statistics
Our management
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Louise Smyth
Chief Executive, Registrar of Companies
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Ceri Witchard
Director of Strategy and Communications
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Robert McNeil
Director of Digital
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Ann Lewis
Director of Operations and Customer Delivery
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Angela Lewis
Director of People Transformation
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Michelle Wall
Director of Finance
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Lesley Cowley OBE
Chair of Main Board and Remuneration Committee
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Ed Westhead
Member of Main Board, Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee
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Martin Hagen
Member of Main Board and Chair of Audit Committee
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Jeff Lynn
Member of Main Board and Remuneration Committee
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Mike Taylor
Member of Main Board and Audit Committee
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Vanessa Sharp
Member of Main Board and Audit Committee
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Kathryn Cearns
Main Board and Audit Committee
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 Belfast office does not have a letterbox for out of hours deliveries.
Registrar of Companies (Scotland)
Companies House
4th Floor
Edinburgh Quay 2
139 Fountainbridge
Edinburgh
EH3 9FF
DX ED235 Edinburgh 1
Opening hours between 9am to 5pm (Monday to Friday)
The Edinburgh office has a letterbox for out of hours deliveries.
* The Scottish Legal Post service is no longer available from 1 January 2018.
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
Make an FOI request
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
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