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Use this service to apply for a presenter account to file company accounts and documents with Companies House using software.
How to meet our identity verification standard when verifying someone’s identity for Companies House.
How a company can be removed from the Companies House register.
Guidance for companies, limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and eligible Scottish partnerships on the register of people with significant control (PSC) requirements.
How to file an update statement for an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers.
How to ask Companies House to extend your filing deadline if an unplanned event stops you filing your accounts.
Sets out the main requirements for incorporating a company in the UK.
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing designated members and registering with Companies House.
How to register a new charge at Companies House, or tell us about any you've paid off.
How a late filing penalty will be imposed if your company or LLP's accounts are not filed on time, and how to appeal against a penalty.
A list of company formation agents and company secretarial agents you can use to incorporate your company.
How to tell Companies House you have verified someone's identity.
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing partners and registering with Companies House.
How to remove your home address from the public register if you’ve used it as a service address, a former registered office address or a shareholder's address.
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
For company directors, LLP members or people with significant control (PSCs) who are at serious risk and want to protect their personal information from the public.
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
Model articles of association for companies limited by guarantee that were incorporated on or after 28 April 2013.
How to remove information that should never have been delivered to Companies House.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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