Find your Companies House form!
If you need to update information for your company of LLP, you will need to complete the correct Companies House form. It is not possible to do this by phone. We recommend that whenever possible, you complete forms online using Companies House web filing service. It is safer, quicker and you receive a confirmation that the form has been accepted.
If you need to submit a paper version by post, you will find below a selection of Companies House forms that you may find useful.
Changing Registered Office
Appointing Officers
To appoint a new director or secretary to a company there are several versions of the same form depending on who is being appointed.
- Form AP01 – Appointing a person as a director
- Form AP02 – Appointing a corporate director
- Form AP03 – Appointing a person as a secretary
- Form AP04 – Appointing a corporate secretary
Terminating Officers
To terminate or remove a director or secretary from a company.
These forms can be used to terminate either a person appointed as a director or a corporate director.
Changing Officer Details
To change an existing director or secretary’s details there are several forms.
- Form CH01 – Changing the details of a person appointed as a director
- Form CH02 – Changing the details of a corporate director
- Form CH03 – Changing the details of a person appointed as a secretary
- Form CH04 – Changing the details of a corporate secretary
Dormant Accounts
To file dormant accounts for a company if there has been no trading activity during the financial period.
Annual Returns
The annual return was replaced by the Confirmation statement from 30th June 2016.
Confirmation Statement
Every company needs to file a Confirmation Statement from 30th June 2016 at Companies House every 12 months.
Person with significant control (PSC)
UK limited companies are required to provide a record of the individuals or companies who are the beneficial owners.
- Form PSC01 – Notice of individual person with significant control
- Form PSC02 -Notice of a relevant legal entity with significant control
- Form PSC03 -Notice of other registrable person with significant control
- Form PSC04 – Notice of change of details for person with significant control
- Form PSC05 – Notice of change of details for relevant legal entity with significant control
- Form PSC06 – Notice of change of details of other registrable person with significant control
- Form PSC07 – Notice ceasing to be an individual person with significant control
- Form PSC08 – Notice of PSC statements
- Form PSC09 – Notice of update to PSC statements.
Dissolve a Company
To strike a company off the register or to dissolve the company.
Issue More Shares
To issue more shares in a company after it has been incorporated.
Share Transfer
To transfer shares within a company.
Filing Documents Online
Many Companies House forms can be filed online using the web filing service. The following guide provides advice on registering with Companies House for web filing-