Statutory guidance

People with significant control: company statutory guidance

This statutory guidance explains how ‘significant influence or control’ should be interpreted for companies.

• From: Department for Business and Trade, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Companies House
• Published: 24 June 2016

Documents

Statutory guidance on the meaning of “significant influence or control” over companies in the context of the register of people with significant control (PDF version)

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These requirements introduce legal duties. Those failing to comply could be committing a criminal offence and could be fined, imprisoned or both.

The guide has been prepared by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) with the help of business, civil society and legal experts.

This statutory guidance will be updated in January 2026.

Published 24 June 2016