Regulator Profile
Companies House
Enforcement Regulator3
Areas of regulation
61
Laws enforced
UK-wide
Company Law
Filing Requirements
Incorporation
What Companies House does
Registration and regulation of UK companies. Maintains the public register of companies, enforces filing requirements for annual accounts and confirmation statements. Gateway for company incorporation.
Legal framework
Legislation that Companies House enforces.
Primary legislation
- Companies Act 2006 Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Part 10 Chapter 2 - General duties of directors Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Part 10 - Directors Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006, Part 10 Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006, Part 15 Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Part 21A - Information about People with Significant Control Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006, Part 31 Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006, Part 31 Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Part 41 - Business Names Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Part 5 - A Company's Name Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 s.1202 (Business names - disclosure) Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Schedule 1A - Conditions for being a person with significant control Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006, Section 1000 Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 1157 - Power of court to grant relief Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 170 - Scope and nature of general duties Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 172 - Duty to promote the success of the company Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 177 - Duty to declare interest in proposed transaction Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 178 - Civil consequences of breach of general duties Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 182 - Declaration of interest in existing transaction Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 183 - Offence of failure to declare interest Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 251 - Shadow directors Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006, Section 388 Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 442 - Period allowed for filing accounts Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 453 - Civil penalty for failure to file Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 477 (Small companies audit exemption) Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 790C - Key terms Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 790F - Offence of failing to comply Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 790G - Duty on registrable person to supply information Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 Section 790LA - Duty to notify registrar of confirmed PSC Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006, Section 853A Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006, Section 993 Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 ss.54-56 (Restricted words) Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006 ss.82-85 (Company name display) Act 2006
- Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 Act 1986
- Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, Section 9A Act 1986
- Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 Act 2020
- Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Act 2023
- Insolvency Act 1986 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Part I Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Schedule 6 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 123 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 175 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 176A Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 213 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986 Section 214 - Wrongful trading Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 238 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 239 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 240 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986 Section 246ZB - Wrongful trading in administration Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 386 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 388 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986, Section 390 Act 1986
- Insolvency Act 1986 section 89 - Declaration of solvency Act 1986
- Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 Act 2000
- Limited Partnerships Act 1907 Act 1907
- Partnership Act 1890 Act
Secondary legislation
- Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 UK Statutory Instrument 2013
- Companies (Directors' Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018 UK Statutory Instrument 2018
- Insolvency Act 1986 (Prescribed Part) Order 2003 UK Statutory Instrument 2003
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 UK Statutory Instrument 2016
- The Insolvency Act 1986 (Prescribed Part) (Amendment) Order 2020 UK Statutory Instrument 2020