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Fee applies to the first statement filed in each 12-month payment period.

Fee applies to the first statement filed in each 12-month payment period.

The ACSP must be registered with a UK AML supervisory body

Companies House also plans a public register note and a bar on new appointments or incorporations

Counted from the booking date. Added 22 September 2026

Applies to PSCs who are not directors of the same company

An expired passport cannot be used with the One Login app. An expired BRP, BRC or FWP is accepted for up to 18 months

One Login asks questions first to choose the route

Page last updated 13 July 2026

List last updated 23 October 2026. Companies House does not endorse the agents listed. Check the ceased and suspended list before using one

You verify once even if you are a director of several companies

One email address can verify only one identity

The passport can be from any country, which matters for people outside the UK

The Post Office check is free

Must be requested before the deadline passes

Filing the confirmation statement early does not change these dates

The dates depend on whether the PSC was registered before 18 Nov 2025 and whether they are also a director

Offered only to people living in the UK. Expired documents cannot be used on this route

Usual time. A successful result email includes the personal code

Sent to the email address you gave the ACSP. Page published 28 May 2026

Approximate. The exact date is on your customer letter. Page last updated 22 September 2026

Each person still has their own due date; 18 Nov 2025 itself is not a deadline

At least 6 months' notice promised

A guideline, not a fixed rule. Publication updated 5 December 2025

If you verified after 8 July 2026, the code was also emailed to you

Only the first 60 permitted characters (spaces counted) are compared, after the earlier steps of Schedule 3 are applied.

Blank spaces between characters count towards the limit.

Free only with ANNA's paid Enhanced or Total Support plans. ANNA is an e-money institution, not a bank.

ANNA's own published price. Registration is free with ANNA's paid Enhanced or Total Support plans.

One-off fee; a free Tide business account is included.

The shareholder can also be a director.

It appears on the public register. Royal Mail PO Boxes and similar services can no longer be used.

Companies Act 2006 s853L; daily default fines apply

The payment period is separate from the review period

Statutory basis is Companies Act 2006 s853A(1)

Online filing needs a password and an authentication code

Introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act

The company may also be struck off

Page last updated 21 April 2026

s1169(3)(b)(i)

No auditor's report is needed

s1169(2)

The next non-dormant accounts show the change

Applies to all accounts filing

Companies Act 2006 s1169(1)

s1169(3) also lists fees for change of name, re-registration and the confirmation statement

Number of digits in the UTR. You also need the company name and the date trading stopped

If you plan to restart, send nil VAT returns instead

A balance sheet with a dormancy statement is still required. Page updated 23 October 2026

The only transaction must be the issue of subscriber shares. Page last updated 5 March 2015

Limited exceptions: same group, or written consent

Companies Act 2006 s30(1)

Companies House's fees page shows £85 for online and software filing; one older guidance page still says £83

Guidance updated 19 October 2026

£30 by cheque

Welsh companies can use 'Cyfyngedig' or 'Cyf'

s81(2)

A sign is also required at the registered office and places of business

Companies Act 2006 s77(1)

Companies Act 2006 s81(1)

s87(1A), added by ECCTA

Statutory basis is s1097A

Evidence of ownership is needed, or strike-off may start

Companies Act 2006 s86(1)

AD01 page last updated 17 November 2025. Online filing needs the company authentication code

Moving to another part of the UK requires re-incorporation

s86(3): applies if there is no reasonable excuse

Counted from the date the new address is registered (s87(2))

Listed under the service's current features

Includes equivalent services from other providers

Companies Act 2006 s87(2)

Up to 10 pages. Same-day service is £65

Guidance also suggests checking the UK IPO trade marks register

Fees page updated 25 September 2026

Searches by company name, company number or officer name

Covers courts, Insolvency Service, CMA, FCDO and OFSI disqualifications

From HMRC's open-source code (Apache-2.0), not published guidance

12-digit = branch traders; GD = government departments; HA = health authorities

Departments also have a 9-digit number beginning 888 8, which HMRC says should be used on invoices

For businesses moving goods between Northern Ireland and the EU

HMRC internal manual

Renewable every 10 years

Goods are classes 1 to 34; services are classes 35 to 45

Fee since 1 April 2026

Plus £30 per additional class; a second payment of the same amount continues the application

The plan is called Free (pay for what you use).

Above £1,000 a month of incoming payments, the Free plan charges 0.95% commission.

Main account is e-money issued by PayrNet Limited, an FCA-authorised electronic money institution.

The same page says the company must be registered with Companies House.

Separate easy access savings account provided by Griffin Bank Ltd; this is not the main ANNA business account.

Previous limit was £85,000 (30 January 2017 to 30 November 2025).

Applies per eligible person per bank, building society or credit union; banks sharing a licence count as one bank.

Shown as the fee for the row "Maintaining the account" in Mettle's Fee Information Document. Mettle+ is an optional £4 a month add-on.

The Mettle bank account is provided by National Westminster Bank plc. The £120,000 limit is shared with other NatWest brands.

Applies to the separate Mettle e-money account from PPS, not the NatWest-provided Mettle bank account.

Condition: at least one transaction a month from the Mettle account, otherwise FreeAgent fees apply.

Relevant if the founder or company also banks with NatWest.

Eligibility page also requires: no more than two PSCs, all PSCs must be individuals, and the applicant must be a director and a PSC.

The applicant must also be UK resident and UK tax resident only.

Business account deposits count as a single depositor.

Monzo's eligibility page (monzo.com/business-banking/eligibility) lists LLPs, companies limited by guarantee, CICs and PLCs as not supported, and says it cannot support dormant companies.

Lite is the standard plan; Pro and Team are paid upgrades.

These features are on Pro (£9 a month), not the free Lite plan.

First month free. Pro adds invoicing, tax pots and accounting connections such as Xero.

Starling offers one business current account rather than tiered plans on this page.

Business account deposits count as a single depositor, so up to £120,000 in total.

The cheapest paid plan, Smart, is listed at £12.49/m on tide.co/pricing.

Tide itself is not a bank; current and savings accounts are provided by ClearBank. The £120,000 limit is shared across all your ClearBank accounts.

The pricing page calls the free plan Lite. Transaction, ATM and other per-use fees still apply.

Applies only to some members on sort code 23-69-72 (e-money accounts from PrePay Technologies). Keep separate from ClearBank accounts.

Unlocked by the one-off 50 GBP fee.

Listed under "Wise works for". For UK businesses, trusts and English, Scottish and Northern Ireland limited partnerships are not supported for new registrations. No director-residency rule found on this page.

Wise has no subscription plans; you pay per use.

Registration is free; the 50 GBP one-off fee unlocks account details for receiving money in 22 currencies. Wise's pricing page also describes it as one set-up fee for every Wise Business feature.

Wise says banks insure deposits through schemes like the FSCS; Wise instead safeguards customer money.