Companies: Registration

(asked on 18th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Companies House verify the information provided on who the (a) shareholders and (b) directors are on registration documents.


This question was answered on 24th April 2018

The Companies Act 2006 requires companies to file accurate information at Companies House. Companies House carries out a number of checks on all information filed.

A company is obliged to appoint Directors with their consent. Companies House writes to all newly appointed directors upon receipt of their details to make them aware of their obligations as a director.

A company is required to keep an up-to date register of its shareholders. A person is not legally a shareholder and is not entitled to the benefits of holding shares in a company, such as voting rights and dividends, until their holding is registered by the company. Companies House does not check the transactions when a company’s shares are transferred.

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