Last updated: 26 Feb 2024 03:30 Posted in:
Companies House is introducing a number of changes which will come into effect from 4 March 2024.
From that date, companies must submit a ‘statement of lawful purpose’. This means all companies incorporated after the provisions come into force (after 4 March 2024) will have to include a statement in their application for registration that the subscribers wish to form the company for legal purposes.
Applicants will not be able to set up a new company at Companies House without this.
They will also need to confirm this every year on the confirmation statement. This will apply to all confirmation statements with a statement date from 5 March 2024 onwards.
And from 4 March, all companies will also need to provide Companies House with a registered email address. Companies House will use this email address to communicate with the company, and it will not be available to the public.
New companies will need to give a registered email address when they incorporate (from 4 March 2024).
Existing companies will need to give a registered email address when they file their next confirmation statement, with a statement date from 5 March 2024 onwards.
Furthermore, where a company’s registered office is not at an ‘appropriate address’, it must deliver a notice to change its registered office at the same time as it makes its next confirmation statement.
And all traded and non-traded companies registered under the Companies Act 2006 will be required to include a full list of shareholders on the first occasion that they deliver a confirmation statement.
