Companies House Announcements
- Guidance: List of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)on 09/11/2026 at 10:14 am
This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have registered as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP). This is also known as an […]
- Guidance: Technical interface specifications for Companies House softwareon 09/11/2026 at 10:12 am
Technical specifications for developing software to send information to Companies House digitally.
- Christmas and new year opening times at Companies Houseon 06/11/2026 at 1:19 pm
Availability of our contact centre and filing services over the 2026 to 2027 festive period.
- Guidance: Ceased or suspended Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)on 05/11/2026 at 2:24 pm
This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have had their ACSP status either suspended or ceased (removed).
- Form: Confirmation statement (CS01)on 29/10/2026 at 1:53 pm
Use this form to confirm that the company's details are up to date.
- Official Statistics: Incorporated companies in the UK July to September 2026on 29/10/2026 at 9:30 am
Quarterly release with information about the size of the register of companies, including the number of companies incorporated, dissolved and in the process of […]
- Companies House management information: identity verification July to September 2026on 29/10/2026 at 9:30 am
Quarterly data on the number and percentage of director and person with significant control (PSC) appointments that comply with identity verification […]
- Policy paper: Companies House third-party code of conducton 28/10/2026 at 10:12 am
Expected standards of behaviour for third parties engaging with Companies House.
- Policy paper: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act: outline transition plan for Companies Houseon 23/10/2026 at 3:09 pm
A transition plan outlining our indicative timeline for commencing the key provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (2023).
- Guidance: Filing your Companies House accountson 23/10/2026 at 10:19 am
How to prepare and file annual accounts with Companies House for your UK registered company.
- Companies House update to accounts filing from April 2028on 23/10/2026 at 10:16 am
Companies House will pause the introduction of small companies and micro-entities filing profit and loss accounts while the government considers alternative […]
- Use a software provider to prepare package accounts for Companies Houseon 22/10/2026 at 8:44 am
A list of software providers you can use to prepare certain specialist package accounts types, such as audit exempt subsidiary accounts.
- Transparency data: Companies House purchase ledger spend 2026on 21/10/2026 at 12:51 pm
Information about our purchase ledger spending in 2026.
- Transparency data: Companies House government procurement card (GPC) spending 2026on 21/10/2026 at 12:51 pm
Information about our GPC spending in 2026.
- Guidance: Incorporation and nameson 19/10/2026 at 10:39 am
Sets out the main requirements for incorporating and naming a company in the UK, including business names and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
- Seven linked companies shut down after Insolvency Service investigation with Companies Houseon 14/10/2026 at 12:12 pm
The companies appeared unrelated until a joint investigation uncovered similar conduct concerns.
- Guidance: Companies House accessibility statementson 06/10/2026 at 3:54 pm
These accessibility statements apply to service subdomains run by Companies House.
- Using software to file your company's informationon 25/09/2026 at 8:48 am
How to send information to Companies House using commercial software.
- Form: Change the details of a UK establishment of an overseas company (OS CH01)on 25/09/2026 at 8:43 am
Use this form OS CH01 to change the details of a UK establishment of an overseas company.
- Company authentication codes for online filingon 25/09/2026 at 8:42 am
How to request and manage the company authentication code you'll need to file information online at Companies House.