Companies House

What Companies House does

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Types of regulation

Legal framework

Legislation that Companies House directly enforces.

Primary legislation

• Limited Partnerships Act 1907 Act 1907
• Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 Act 1986
• Insolvency Act 1986 Act 1986
• Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 Act 2000
• Companies Act 2006 Act 2006
• DA 2015 Act 2015
• SBEEA 2015 Act 2015
• Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Act 2023

Secondary legislation

• Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001 UK Statutory Instrument 2001
• European Public Limited-Liability Company (Registration) (Great Britain) Regulations 2004 UK Statutory Instrument 2004
• Companies (Late Filing Penalties) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Periods and Late Filing Penalties) Regulations 2008 UK Statutory Instrument 2008
• Small Companies and Groups (Accounts and Directors' Report) Regulations 2008 UK Statutory Instrument 2008
• The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 UK Statutory Instrument 2008
• Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009 UK Statutory Instrument 2009
• Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 UK Statutory Instrument 2009
• Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 UK Statutory Instrument 2009
• The Registrar of Companies and Applications for Striking Off Regulations 2009 UK Statutory Instrument 2009
• The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 UK Statutory Instrument 2009
• ... and 9 more statutory instruments

Related legislation

Legislation connected to Companies House's remit but not directly enforced — establishing Acts, amendments, referenced legislation, and context.