Understand company records and indicators

Check the company first

Start with the company number, name, status and incorporation date. The registered office is the address held on the register; it is not necessarily where the company trades. Industry codes describe the activities reported to Companies House. Check the source information and dates before relying on a detail.

Officers, ownership and verification

Directors and officers shows recorded appointments and resignations. Ownership and control shows available people with significant control and related statements. These sections describe different roles, so their lists do not need to match. An identity-verification indicator refers to the identity check recorded by Companies House, rather than a rating of the person or their companies.

Filings, charges and insolvency

Filings lists available documents and their dates. Open the official document when you need its wording. Charges and insolvency shows the available register records and status; open the relevant entry for detail. An unavailable section or missing value means the information could not be shown, rather than proof that there are no records.

What company indicators mean

Indicators summarise specific register facts, such as overdue accounts, an overdue confirmation statement, a strike-off proposal, insolvency, recent officer or address changes, a recent name change, a new incorporation or dormant accounts. Open the information control beside the indicators for an explanation. They are not a credit rating or a promise that a company is safe to trade with. No indicator is not the same as no risk.

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• What CHouse.UK does and where the data comes from

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