What is Companies House?

Companies House is the UK's registrar of companies. It is an executive agency of the Department for Business and Trade and keeps the public register of every limited company, limited liability partnership (LLP) and limited partnership in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

What does Companies House do?

It incorporates new companies, records the documents companies must file (accounts, confirmation statements, changes of officers and address), and dissolves companies that are struck off. Everything on the register is public and free to search.

What information is public?

For each company you can see its name and number, status, registered office address, company type, date of incorporation, nature of business (SIC codes), filing deadlines, charges, officers (directors and secretaries), people with significant control (PSCs) and its full filing history.

Does Companies House check the information?

Historically it recorded what companies filed without verifying it. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 gave the registrar new powers to query and remove information, and introduced identity verification for directors and people with significant control.

How is this site related?

UK Company Lookup is independent. We publish Companies House's free bulk data in a faster, easier format. For filing history and officers, each company page links to the official record.