Home Knowledge UK Business Registration UK Company Registration Understanding the Confirmation Statement in the UK
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Company Details: This section includes company registered name, registered number, and the type of company. |
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Registered Office Address: The company's official address must be a physical address where it can be located and where official correspondence is sent to there. |
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SIC Code: The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code that categorizes the nature of the company's business activities. |
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Statement of Capital: This includes details about the company's share capital, including the number of shares issued, their nominal value, and any changes since the last statement. |
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Shareholders' Information: A list of all individuals or entities who hold shares in the company, along with the number and class of shares they own. |
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Company Officers: Information about the company's officers, such as directors, secretaries, and other key personnel. |
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People with Significant Control (PSC): Basically, a PSC is as an individual who holds more than 25% of the company’s shares and voting rights and exert the significant controlling power and influences over the company’s management and board of directors. |
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within 14 days of the change effected: (a) the company name; (b) the registered office address; (c) appointing or resigning of directors or their personal details, such as their address; (d) updating the records of PSC, or their personal details like a new address; (e) appointing a new or ending an existing company secretary appointment; (f) shortened or extended the accounting reference date; (g) starting or ending of a charge, such as a mortgage and a loan agreement. |
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within a month of the change effected: (a) issued more shares to shareholders. |
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Public Record: Viewing a company’s information is one of the effective ways to understand a company for prospective clients, suppliers, banks, partners, and investor. If late filing records are consistently recorded on the company’s filing history, it will cause an unfavourable impact to the company. |
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Loss of Good Standing: Consistent late filing or non-compliance with filing requirements harms the company's reputation and credibility. This could affect the company's credit rating and negotiation power with its stakeholders. |
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Compulsory Striking Off from the Register: If a company continues to fail to file an acknowledgement of declaration, the Companies Registry has the power to initiate proceedings to forcibly remove the company from the register. When the proceedings are initiated, the Companies Registry will send a formal notice to the company and publish a notice in the Gazette. If the company fails to take remedial measures, the company will be forcibly delisted, the company's bank account will be frozen from the date of dissolution, and all the company's assets will be confiscated to the government. |
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No. |
Service |
Fee (£) |
1 |
Filing of Confirmation Statement (annually) |
300 |
2 |
Registered agent and Registered Office Address services for one year |
200 |
3 |
Changes of company name |
100 |
4 |
Changes of registered office address |
100 |
5 |
Appoint, resign or changes of details of a director, company secretary and People with Significant Control (PSC) |
100 |
6 |
Transfer of shares |
300+ |
7 |
Issue of shares |
250+ |
8 |
Shorten or extend Accounting Reference Date |
100 |
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