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Guidance

Life of a company: event driven filings

Information about changes that UK companies need to file with Companies House and the rules and requirements on how to submit them.

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From:
Companies House
Published:
1 February 2014
Last updated:
1 February 2026
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  1. Fees updated.

  2. Updated in line with changes to company registers and the launch of mandatory identity verification.

  3. Fees updated.

  4. Additional information on how members of a company can object to a company being re-registered from public to private has been added.

  5. Updated guidance in accordance with the end of Brexit transition.

  6. Link added to video guidance - how to register a mortgage charge online.

  7. Some guidance removed as duplicated elsewhere on GOV.UK

  8. PROOF content removed as it's duplicated elsewhere on GOV.UK

  9. Update to Welsh guidance

  10. PSC guidance updated.

  11. PSC information updated in the guidance English and Welsh

  12. Welsh guidance added

  13. Update to guidance

  14. Guidance updated and converted to HTML. Welsh guidance removed for updating.

  15. Version 4.1 replaced by version 4.2. Inserted link at the end of chapter 3 part 2 to the registers guidance

  16. New version relating to changes brought in by the The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act.

  17. Guidance updated to version 3.4

  18. Welsh translation added

  19. First published.

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Life of a company (event driven filings)

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This guidance is for:

  • directors
  • secretaries
  • people acting as advisers to UK registered companies

It covers what you need to file when particular changes occur within your company. This means Companies House can update the public record so searchers can access an up-to-date picture of your company.

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