Guidance

Life of a company: event driven filings

Information about changes that UK companies need to file with Companies House and the rules and requirements on how to submit them.

From:
Companies House
Published
1 February 2014
Last updated
111 May 20232024 — See all updates

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Life of a company (event driven filings)

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This guidance is for directors, for:

  • directors
  • secretaries
  • people and persons acting as advisers to UK registered companies.

    companies

It covers what you need to file when particular changes occur within your companycompany. soThis thatmeans Companies House can update the public record andso ensure searchers havecan access to an up-to-date picture of your company.

Published 1 February 2014
Last updated 111 May 20232024 + show all updates

  1. Fees updated.

  2. Additional information on how members of a company can object to a company being re-registered from public to private has been added.

  3. Updated guidance in accordance with the end of Brexit transition.

  4. Link added to video guidance - how to register a mortgage charge online.

  5. Some guidance removed as duplicated elsewhere on GOV.UK

  6. PROOF content removed as it's duplicated elsewhere on GOV.UK

  7. Update to Welsh guidance

  8. PSC guidance updated.

  9. PSC information updated in the guidance English and Welsh

  10. Welsh guidance added

  11. Update to guidance

  12. Guidance updated and converted to HTML. Welsh guidance removed for updating.

  13. Version 4.1 replaced by version 4.2. Inserted link at the end of chapter 3 part 2 to the registers guidance

  14. New version relating to changes brought in by the The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act.

  15. Guidance updated to version 3.4

  16. Welsh translation added

  17. First published.