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The most common UK structure. Shareholders' liability is limited to their investment. Requires at least one director and annual filings with Companies House.
A company structure registered at Companies House.
A partnership with at least one general partner bearing unlimited liability and one or more limited partners whose liability is capped at their contribution.
Combines the flexibility of a partnership with limited liability for all members. Common among professional firms such as solicitors and accountants.
A limited company created for community benefit rather than private profit. Subject to an asset lock and regulated by the CIC Regulator.
A legal form designed specifically for charities. Provides limited liability without the requirement to register with Companies House as a company.
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Hotels, restaurants, catering, pubs and takeaways. One of the largest employment sectors in the UK economy.
Building construction, civil engineering, demolition, site preparation and specialised trades such as electrical and plumbing.
Wholesale distribution, retail sale of goods, motor vehicle repair and the sale of automotive fuel.
Legal, accounting, management consultancy, architecture, engineering, scientific research and advertising services.
Software development, telecommunications, data processing, publishing, broadcasting and information services.
Buying, selling, letting and managing residential and commercial property. Includes estate agents and property developers.
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Company Record provides free, searchable access to the full register of UK companies maintained by Companies House. Our database includes every active and recently dissolved company, with details including registered address, incorporation date, SIC codes, filing history, and company officers.
Whether you are conducting due diligence, researching a potential supplier, or exploring the UK business landscape, Company Record makes it easy to find the information you need. Data is updated via the Companies House public data API.
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Every year Companies House strikes off well over half a million UK companies. A small fraction return. The route they take — administrative restoration under sections 1024–1028 of the Companies Act 2006, or a court order under sections 1029–1032 — turns on one number: the two-year deadline. This article sets out both paths, the time limits, the Crown waiver requirement, and what the restoration data tells us about who comes back and why.
Limited partnerships sat outside the PSC regime for years while Scottish LPs became a documented vehicle of choice for money laundering. ECCTA has now brought both English and Scottish LPs under Companies House's transparency framework. This piece maps the three LP types, the forms they file, and what the reforms actually change for due diligence.
The Companies House register has grown from 3.6 million to 5.5 million active companies in a decade. We break down the year-by-year IN01 filing data, the pandemic-era surge, the regional and sectoral distribution, and what ECCTA's director identity verification regime means for the next wave of formations.
Of the 5.5 million companies on the UK register, roughly 1.2 million file a corporation tax return each year. The other 4.3 million are not evading anything — they sit in five defined categories: dormant, exempt, newly incorporated, dissolution-pending, or non-trading. Here is what the public record reveals about each.
Four years after the Economic Crime Act created Britain's Register of Overseas Entities, more than 33,000 foreign-owned entities have declared their UK property holdings. We examine compliance rates, the annual update duty, the 4,500+ warning notices issued, and the six gaps the register still leaves open.
ECCTA gave the Registrar of Companies a suite of new enforcement powers in 2024 — financial penalties, mandatory query powers, and a broader prosecution remit. Two years on, the data shows how those powers are actually being used, which offences dominate the enforcement log, and where the gaps remain.