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Centenary Companies: Allsopp Bookbinders
Read the start of a new series on companies that have remained on our register for 100 years.
Company authentication codes for online filing
How to request and manage the authentication code you'll need for filing company information online with Companies House.
Service assessment: paying late filing penalties online
Get a behind-the-scenes taste of how a service team prepares for an assessment with Government Digital Service.
Successfully register a company with Companies House
Read our guide to avoid having your company incorporation application rejected.
Companies House events calendar
Events that we host or attend to support and offer guidance to companies.
Latest
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Essential maintenance to our online services
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- News story
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Companies House: guidance for limited companies, partnerships and other company types
- updated
- Collection
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Notify a cancellation of shares (SH06)
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- Form
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.
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
Our statistics
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Incorporated companies in the UK April to June 2017
- Official Statistics
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Companies register activities: statistical release 2016/2017
- Official Statistics
Our management
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Louise Smyth
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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Robert McNeil
Director of Digital
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Ann Lewis
Director of Operations and Customer Delivery
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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 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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