Change history and recording gaps
Understand recorded changes, the dates shown and why part of a company’s history may be missing.
Monitoring · 2 min read
Quick steps
- Open Change history and apply your filters.
- Open a change to inspect its details and dates.
- Review recording details for gaps.
- Use official records when you need to verify a fact.
Find a recorded change
Open Change history and choose a company, change type and date range. Open a result to see the recorded details and any available before-and-after values. Detected, published and date-of-change information can differ; a detection date is not necessarily the date a change took legal effect.
Understand the starting point
History contains changes CHouse.UK was able to record. Starting to monitor a company does not recreate its entire past. The first check can establish a starting record rather than a change. Searching for a company or viewing its history does not start monitoring.
Check recording coverage
Open the company’s recording details when coverage matters. Gaps can appear after an interruption or a period without monitoring. Some changes in those periods may be missing. A status saying recording is unavailable is not proof that nothing changed. An empty history is not a clean bill of health.
Access and PDF downloads
Free can see the last 30 days for its own companies. Paid plans can view the retained recorded history for other companies too. Use Actions → Download change history (PDF) to review the selected filters, available change count and any gaps before downloading. For official filing history or documents, use the company profile’s source links.
Related help
Research UK companies and follow recorded changes using public Companies House information.
Getting started
Check the company number, source dates and official register before reporting missing or stale details.
Troubleshooting
