2014-12-10

Updated: Updated with same say service information.

Learn more about how Companies House services can help you:

find company information

file company information

Find company information

With over 3 million companies registered and over 7 million documents filed each year, there are lots of way to find the company information you are after.

The services we offer to help you find company information are:

WebCHeck

Companies House Direct (CHD)

mobile app

information centres

contact centre

DVD products

Data products

Free basic information

Whilst there is a fee for ordering some documents and data using our services, basic company details below are free:

company name

company type

registered office address

date of incorporation

country of origin

the nature of business (SIC)

company status (eg. live, dissolved, etc.)

accounting reference date

date of last accounts/annual return filed

date of next accounts/annual return due

previous company names

current officer details

disqualified director details

The monitor service is also free on both WebCHeck and Companies House Direct (CHD) services.

WebCHeck

Use WebCHeck to access company information, for no more than £1 per document with some information free of charge.

WebCHeck is the convenient and inexpensive way to access company information. There’s no need to set up an account and most documents are available as images to downloaded and view within minutes.

WebCHeck fees

Once you have selected the documents you wish to download, simply use either your debit/credit card or PayPal to pay at our secure checkout page, then proceed to download your documents,

Whilst basic company information is free, documents and reports attract a small fee - see the full list of WebCHeck fees.

You can keep adding documents to your shopping basket up to a maximum order limit of £50.

Before you make a purchase you’ll need to register a password and email address, so that we can let you know your documents are ready to access from your personal download area. Documents will be available in your download area for viewing or saving for 10 days, or for 4 days once opened.

Disqualified directors on WebCHeck

You can access information about disqualified directors using WebCHeck. Search by name and select from the list of matches to view:

name and address

date of birth

nationality

number of current disqualifications

period of disqualification

reason for disqualification

Companies House Direct (CHD)

Use the Companies House Direct (CHD) subscription service for £4 per month to access all the records we hold – over 130 million documents, going back nearly 20 years. Documents are available as images for downloading for as little as £1 each in PDF or TIFF format.

Information available on CHD

The CHD service will give you access to:

document images of all historical company records

document packages (which include multiple documents)

company reports

company appointments

personal appointments

detailed mortgage information

online ordering of certified copies and certificates

dissolved companies

disqualified directors

insolvency details

CHD allows you to search by company or officer.

Apply for a CHD account

You’ll need to complete the CHD account application form. Once your account is set up, we’ll send you an account number, a system identification number (SIN) and password, each under separate cover.

Simply log in to CHD with your details and start using the service.

You can try a demo of the CHD service before you subscribe.

What you pay

Whilst basic company information is free, documents and reports attract a small fee - see the full list of CHD fees.

There is a £4 monthly subscription along with any charges for on screen data or documents you have ordered. You will be sent a statement at the beginning of each month with all charges itemised.

If it’s more convenient, you can choose to pay by variable direct debit. You can also sign up to use our online eBilling service to access your invoices quicker.

Monitor

This service allows you to keep an eye on any company on the public register, including your own company by monitoring what information has been received at Companies House. Just register your email address, and details of the companies and the information you are interested in.

As soon as the information is registered and available on the public register, the system will send you an email notification. You can then decide whether you wish to order the information.

The monitor service is available free of charge on both WebCHeck and CHD services.

Mobile app

You can search by company or company officer to access basic company information free of charge, as well as filing history and due dates for filing accounts and annual returns.

Save and sort your favourites to help you file on time

You can store your most frequent company searches as favourites, then sort them by due filing date for accounts or annual return. An amber icon lets you know a document is due to be filed soon, while a red icon lets you know its overdue. A notification icon lets you know how many companies need attention.

Statistics on incorporations and dissolutions

The statistics feature provides incorporation and dissolution figures over a date range defined by you, with charts and bar graphs so you can see when peaks occur.

How to get the app

You can download the app free of charge from:

Apple App Store for iOS devices

Google Play for Android devices

System requirements

Apple iOS 5.0 or later on devices:

iPhone 3GS or later

iPod Touch 3rd generation or later

any iPad

Android Requirements are 2.3.3 and up.

Information centres

Companies House has information centres at its offices in:

Cardiff

Belfast

Edinburgh

London

Each of our information centres has a public search room where you can access our digital services to find company information.

You can also file documents at each office, incorporate a new company, as well get advice directly from the Companies House staff.

See our full list of information centre fees to find out what you can search and how much it costs.

Check our office opening times and how to get to them.

London information centre

Our London office has less registration services available than our other offices and can only satisfy the following types of registration:

incorporate a company or limited liability partnership (LLP)

change the name of a company or LLP

register a limited partnership (LP) - same day service for form LP5 only

re-registration

SH50 applications (certificates which allow public companies to commence business and borrow)

reductions of share capital by Court Order or by Solvency Statement.

Same-day registration services at our London office

All same-day applications must be delivered to the London office, correctly completed and including the appropriate fee by 3pm for the application to be processed that day. Applications received between 3pm and 5pm will processed the next working day at the London office, but any received after 5pm will be forwarded with all other mail to the Cardiff office for processing.

We suggest you enclose a telephone number with all applications so staff can make contact regarding collections or rejections. All certificates can be posted upon request.

The London office can only satisfy same-day registrations for companies or partnerships registered in England and Wales.

Find out more about the same day services Companies House offers.

Delivery of documents to all offices

Only the Cardiff office is open 24 hours a day for the receipt of documents.

Our offices in Belfast, Edinburgh and London have opening hours between 9am to 5pm. Letterbox facilities exist in London and Edinburgh, but not in Belfast.

If you are sending documents by post, courier or Britdoc (DX) and would like a receipt, Companies House will provide an acknowledgement with a date of receipt, if you enclose a copy of your covering letter with a pre-paid addressed return envelope.

Find out more about delivering documents to our offices and how to get to them.

Contact centre

Our contact centre can take orders for company information, which they’ll send by post, fax or email. Payment can be made by cheque if you order by post, or by card or account if you’re ordering over the telephone.

The staff at our contact centre are able to deal with most general queries on matters relating to Companies House and the services we provide. They’ll normally be able to answer straight away, but if they can’t, they’ll transfer you to someone who can.

See our full list of contact centre fees to find out what is available and how much it costs.

You can get in touch with our contact centre by:

telephone +44 (0)303 1234 500

minicom 029 20381245

email enquiries@companies-house.gov.uk

Certified copies and certificates

The following types of certified copies and certificates are available:

a certificate of good-standing

a certificate of incorporation with certified facts

a certified copy of a document held on the register

Certificate of good-standing

A certificate of good standing states that a company has been in continuous, unbroken existence since its incorporation and that no action is currently being taken to strike the company off the register.

We will only issue a good standing certificate if the company’s annual return and accounts are filed up to date and one of the following applies:

it is a private limited company with at least one director who is a natural person

it is a public limited company with a secretary and at least two directors (one of which is a natural person)

Additional facts which can be included on an incorporation certificate

Upon request the following details can be included as certified facts:

directors names and details such as date of birth or nationality

secretaries names

registered office address

issued share capital

shareholders

the company’s objects

Orders and prices of certified copies and certificates

You can place an order through:

the Companies House contact centre on +44 (0)303 1234 500

one of our information centres

the Companies House Direct online service

There are 2 different types of service:

standard service at £20.00 - processed within 4 working days

same day service at £60.00 - processed that day for orders placed before 2:00pm, or processed next working day for orders placed after 2:00pm

You can see a full list of fees for certified copies in our price list.

Certificate orders are issued by post (next day guaranteed post for same day orders), or you can request to collect your certificate from one of our offices.

Companies House can provide a fax copy or email a PDF copy of the official certificate on request. Fax or email copies will not be signed. Only the official certified certificate will be signed.

Legalisation of a document or certificate

You can get a document legalised with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) - giving the document the same authenticity it has in the UK, in countries who have signed up to the Hague Convention of 1961.

To get a Companies House document ‘legalised’ by the FCO, it must have the original signature or seal of a British public official. To get a document signed in person by a Companies House official, you’ll need to request a certified certificate or certified copy.

DVD products

Companies House offers two different DVD products:

DVD directory

change of name and dissolved companies index on DVD

DVD directory

Our DVD directory contains basic company details on all 3 million live companies registered in the UK, along with companies that have become dissolved in the last month.

The DVD has a built in search facility that allows up to 6 combinations of searches on:

company name

company number

registered office address lines

postcode

date of incorporation or range of dates

SIC code(s) or description

company type

company status

accounts type.

The directory is produced monthly and a one off copy costs £30, or a year’s subscription for £300 - copies are available from our information centres and contact centre on (0)303 1234 500.

The DVD directory doesn’t show details of annual turnover, telephone numbers or directors’ details.

The data can’t be exported, but we do provide a one off version of the directory with exportable files at a cost of £1,000. The maximum number of results that can be exported at one time is 30,000.

The data on each DVD is available for six months from the date of purchase after which time it locks and you will be unable to access the data.

The product requires Internet Explorer to be set as the default browser and is not compatible with Apple Mac computers.

Change of name and dissolved companies index on DVD

Our change of name and dissolved companies index on DVD contains information on over 3 million companies registered in UK that have changed their name, or have been dissolved in the last 24 years.

Search options available include:

company number

company name

company type

company status

changes of name

dissolved/closed dates

address lines including:

care of address lines (C/O)

PO box numbers

postcodes

The information is updated annually and available to purchase for £30 from our contact centre on 0303 1234 500.

The change of name and dissolved DVD doesn’t show details of annual turnover, telephone numbers or directors’ details. No data can be exported from the DVD.

The product requires Internet Explorer to be set as the default browser and is not compatible with Apple Mac computers.

Data products

Companies House offers a number of different data products, including:

company data product

accounts data product

uniform resource identifiers (URI)

XML gateway search service

Company data product

The company data product is a free monthly snapshot of basic company details for live companies on the public register.

Access the free company data to get bulk downloads of UK company data.

The bulk snapshot is split into a number of downloadable ZIP files which contain data in comma separated values (CSV) format.

The snapshot contents are compiled up to the end of the previous month and made available for download within 5 working days of the previous month end.

Find more information about the data returned in our
Company Data Product Data Fields
(PDF, 150KB, 1 page)

Accounts data product

The accounts data product is a free downloadable ZIP file, which contains the individual data files (instance documents) of company accounts filed electronically at Companies House.

The data is provided in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format.

Access the daily accounts data files or the monthly accounts data files for the last year.

The individual files within the ZIP file will be in one of the following formats:

inline XBRL format (.html file extension)

XBRL format (.xml file extension)

A new daily file is added each morning over a 5-day period (Tuesday to Saturday). Each file contains the accounts data registered on the previous day.

A new monthly file is added within 5 days of the end of the previous month.

Data is only available for electronically filed accounts, which currently stands at about 60% of the 2.2 million accounts filed at Companies House each year.

Uniform resource identifiers (URI)

Our free URI service gives access to basic company details using a simple uniform resource identifier (URI) for each company on our register.

The URI is a unique web address for each company. Simply use the company number within the URI structure:
http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/{companynumber}

eg. company number 02050399 would be represented as:
http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/02050399

Use the URI address with your internet browser and it will display the company data as a HTML page.

You can also return other data formats including RDF, JSON, XML, CSV and YAML.

The URI can be embedded as a link on your own website or the data can be used in your own software.

Find more information about the service and the data returned in our
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Customer Guide
(PDF, 393KB, 9 pages)

XML gateway search service

Our XML gateway offers access to Companies House data and documents as a computer to computer search service.

Data and documents are requested and delivered using XML (eXxtensible Markup Language). This will allow users of the service to search company records from within their own software.

Standard XML data schemas must be used as defined in the interface specification which can be found on our dedicated XML gateway output page..

Users must carry out a test to confirm they can request and receive data before an XML output account can be opened.

There is a £4.70 monthly subscription fee, plus additional charges for data or documents requested. Users get %15 off their total monthly invoice value. Basic company information is available for free.

If you’d like to know more about development or testing, you can contact xml@companieshouse.gov.uk.

File company information

It is easier and quicker to file your information online with Companies House using:

Companies House WebFiling

software filing

Both services are available 24/7 for the submission of information. Any submissions which require manual inspection will only be processed during our normal working hours.

Companies House will accept the delivery of documents and forms by post or by hand at our offices, but check our office opening times and out of hours delivery facilities before you do.

See our full list of filing fees to find out which forms have a filing fee.

WebFiling

Using the online filing service offers you advantages over filing on paper, such as:

saving you time and money - an online annual return costs significantly less than paper

less chance of rejections due to in built checks and pre-populated data

automatic email acknowledgement

File your accounts, annual return and company updates online with Companies House. Watch a demonstration video to see how easy it is to file online.

WebFiling users also get access to additional services, including:

email reminders – a free and effective way to be reminded when your company accounts and annual returns are due for filing

protected online filing (called ‘PROOF’) – prevents attempts to change your registered office address or directors without your knowledge

Register for WebFiling

You’ll need to register a password and email address, then request an authentication code for your company - which is sent to your company’s registered office by post, so allow plenty of time for delivery.

Watch a video on how to register for WebFIling

How to register for Companies House WebFiling service

Watch a video on how to sign in to WebFiling

How to sign in to Companies House WebFiling service

Company forms you can file using WebFiling

AR01

annual return (£13 charge)

annual accounts

audit exempt small full accounts (with abbreviated option)

annual accounts

audit exempt abbreviated accounts

annual accounts

micro-entity accounts

incorporation (IN01)

private company limited by shares adopting their model articles in their entirety

AA01

change of accounting reference date

AA02

dormant company accounts

AD01

change of situation or address of registered office

AP01

appointment of director

AP02

appointment of corporate director

AP03

appointment of secretary

AP04

appointment of corporate secretary

TM01

terminating appointment as director

TM02

terminating appointment as secretary

CH01

change of particulars for director

CH02

change of particulars for corporate director

CH03

change of particulars for secretary

CH04

change of particulars for corporate secretary

AD02

notification of single alternative inspection location (SAIL)

AD03

change of location of the company records to the single alternative inspection location (SAIL)

AD04

change of location of the company records to the registered office

SH01

return of allotment of shares

NM01

notice of change of name by resolution & special resolution (RES15) (£8 charge)

DS02

withdrawal of application to strike off

MR01

particulars of a charge

MR02

particulars of a charge subject to which property or undertaking has been acquired

MR04

statement of satisfaction in full or in part of a charge

MR05

statement that part or the whole of the property charged (a) has been released from the charge (b) no longer forms part of the company’s property

LLP forms you can file using WebFiling

LL AR01

annual return of an LLP (£13 charge)

LL AD01

change of registered office address of an LLP

LL AP01

appointment of member of an LLP

LL AP02

appointment of corporate member of an LLP

LL CH01

change of details of a member of an LLP

LL CH02

change of details of a corporate member of an LLP

LL TM01

termination of appointment of member of an LLP

LL AD02

notification of the single alternative inspection location (SAIL) of an LLP

LL AD03

change of location of the records to the single alternative inspection location (SAIL) of an LLP

LL AD04

change of location of the records to the registered office of an LLP

LL AA01

change of accounting reference date of an LLP

LL DS02

withdrawal of application to strike off

LL MR01

particulars of a charge created by an LLP

LL MR02

particulars of a charge subject to which property or undertaking has been acquired by an LLP

LL MR04

statement of satisfaction in full or in part of a charge by an LLP

LL MR05

statement that part or the whole of the property charged (a) has been released from the charge (b) no longer forms part of the LLP’s property

Software filing

Our software filing service enables the submission and acknowledgement of electronic company data between presenters and Companies House via our XML Gateway.

The service is open to everyone but will mostly benefit those who file frequently - on a daily or weekly basis. The more documents you file, the more appropriate software filing is likely to be.

Software filers can submit all the same forms that can be filed using the WebFiling service, plus additional types of company accounts and incorporations.

To use the software filing service you’ll need to open an online filing account and must either purchase suitable software or develop your own.

If you want to purchase software

Some commercially available software packages provide a wide range of transactions whilst others are more specialised.

These have been categorised depending on whether you need to find:

software for filing accounts

software to update company details

software to incorporate companies

Opening an online filing account

You will need to open an online filing account if you want to use software to file information. Once opened, the presenter information you need to use the service will be sent to you by post. If you open a credit account, any filing fees will be itemised on the monthly statement you receive.

You can choose to pay by variable direct debit. You can also sign up to use our online eBilling service to access your invoices quicker.

Developing your own software

To develop your own software, you will need to have expertise in eXtensible Markup Language (XML).

A technical interface specification giving detailed information for software developers is available from our Customer Care section on 029 2038 0336 or email mflowers@companieshouse.gov.uk

The transaction types and submission processes are documented on our schema page.

Same day services

Same day services are available to fast track:

the registration of certain company information on paper or online

orders for certified copies and certificates

You can find out which online filings offer a same day option in our list of registration fees.

If you plan to use our London office, we recommend you read about same-day registration services at our London office.

Same day registration service

For a premium fee the Registrar will, where possible, fast track the processing of certain documents and register them on the day of receipt - certificates are despatched or available for collection on the same day.

All documents and fees should be delivered to the appropriate Companies House office by 3pm (Monday to Friday), and presented in an envelope that is clearly marked ‘Same day service’ - best written in the top left hand corner.

If the item is being sent by courier, make sure the courier’s envelope is also clearly marked ‘Same day service’.

Documents delivered after 3pm will be processed the next working day.

Cheques should be made payable to Companies House – you can find out the same day fees within the registration fees.

The following registrations are available using the same day service:

incorporation – for limited company or LLP

change of name – for limited company or LLP

simultaneous re-registration and change of name – for limited company

re-registration – for limited company

reduction of capital by solvency statement – for limited company

reduction of capital by court order – for limited company

registration of a UK establishment of an overseas company

change of corporate name or alternative name of an overseas company

registration of a limited partnership

Same day certificates service

The same day service is available (by post or collection) for the following:

certified copy of a document

copy of certificate of incorporation - including additional facts and good standing statement

You can request an additional faxed copy of a certificate with same day orders.

Find out more about the certified copies and certificates and the fees for standard and same day services.

Companies House fees

We charge a statutory filing fee for the following:

Company incorporation and registration

Limited liability partnership (LLP) incorporation and registration fees

Overseas company incorporation and registration fees

European economic interest groupings (EEIG) incorporation and registration fees

European company - Sociates europea (SE) incorporation and registration fees

Community interest company (CIC) and ‘other’ incorporation types

Limited partnership (LP) incorporation fees

Newspapers registration fees

We charge a statutory search fee on the following services:

Companies House Direct (CHD) search fees

WebCHeck search fees

information centre search fees

contact centre search fees

XML gateway search fees

extranet search fees

bulk product fees

bespoke products

All Companies House fees are set by regulations and confirmed by Parliament - find out more about Companies House fees.

Company incorporation and registration fees

Company incorporation and registration

WebFiled

Software

Paper

Incorporation*

£13.00

£40.00

Web incorporation

£15.00

Same-day incorporation

£30.00

£100.00

Change of name

£8.00

£8.00

£10.00

Same-day change of name

£30.00

£30.00

£50.00

Same-day simultaneous re-registration and change of name

£100.00

Re-registration

£20.00

Same-day re-registration

£50.00

Annual return (annual document processing fee)

£13.00

£13.00

£40.00

Voluntary strike off

£10.00

Mortgage charge registration

£10.00

£10.00

£13.00

Reduction of capital by solvency statement

£10.00

Same day reduction of capital by solvency statement

£50.00

Reduction of capital by court order

£10.00

Same day reduction of capital by court order

£50.00

Administrative restoration

£100.00

Application to make an address unavailable for public inspection by an individual

£55.00**

Application to make an address unavailable for public inspection by the company: for any list of members (other than a long list) in hard copy form

£55.00**

Application to make an address unavailable for public inspection by the company: for any list of members (other than a long list) filed electronically

£55.00**

Application to make an address unavailable for public inspection by the company: for a long list of members delivered on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

£55.00**

Application to make an address unavailable for public inspection by the company: for a long list of members in hard copy form

£55.00**

Application to make an address unavailable for public inspection by a person who registers a charge

£55.00**

Section 243 application to make protected usual residential address information unavailable to a credit reference agency

£100.00

*Fee excludes incorporation of a community interest company (CIC), Welsh company filing in Welsh, an Unlimited company and companies incorporated under section 1040 of the Companies Act 2006

**Fee for each document suppressed

Limited liability partnership (LLP) incorporation and registration fees

Limited liability partnership (LLP)

WebFiled

Software

Paper

Incorporation of an LLP*

£13.00

£40.00

Same day incorporation of an LLP

£30.00

£100.00

LLP annual return (annual document processing fee)

£13.00

£13.00

£40.00

LLP change of name

£8.00

£10.00

Same day LLP change of name

£30.00

£50.00

LLP voluntary strike off

£10.00

Mortgage charge registration by an LLP

£10.00

£10.00

£13.00

Administrative restoration of an LLP

£100.00

Application to make an address unavailable for public inspection by an individual member

£55.00**

Application to make an address unavailable for public inspection by a person who registers a charge

£55.00**

*Excludes incorporation of a Welsh LLP filing in Welsh

**Fee for each document suppressed

Overseas company incorporation and registration fees

Overseas company

Paper

Registration of a UK establishment of an overseas company

£20.00

Same day registration of a UK establishment of an overseas company

£100.00

Change of corporate name or alternative name of an overseas company

£10.00

Same day change of corporate name or alternative name of an overseas company

£50.00

Annual document processing fee payable with the overseas company accounts

£20.00

European economic interest groupings (EEIG) incorporation and registration fees

European economic interest groupings (EEIG)

Paper

Registration of an EEIG in UK under regulation 9

£20.00

Registration of an EEIG in UK under regulation 12

£20.00

Change of name of an EEIG

£10.00

Registration of charge by an EEIG

£13.00

European company - Sociates europea (SE) incorporation and registration fees

European company (SE)

Paper

By merger in accordance with article 2(1)

£20.00

By the formation of a holding SE in accordance with article 2(2)

£20.00

By the formation of a subsidiary SE in accordance with article 2(3)

£20.00

By the transformation of a PLC in accordance with article 2(4)

£20.00

By the formation of a subsidiary SE in accordance with article 3(2)

£20.00

Registration of a PLC by conversion of an SE in accordance with article 66

£20.00

Registration of an SE on transfer to UK in accordance with article 8

£20.00

Community interest company (CIC) and ‘other’ incorporation types

Community interest company (CIC) and ‘other’ incorporation types

CH paper fee

CIC paper fee

Registration of a CIC in accordance with section 36 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004*

£20.00*

£15.00*

Registration of a company or LLP with constitutional documents in Welsh

£20.00

Registration of a company authorised to register in accordance with section 1040 of the Companies Act 2006

£20.00

Registration of an unlimited company in accordance with section 14 of the Companies Act 2006

£20.00

*To incorporate a CIC send a cheque or postal order for £35 payable to Companies House, to cover the Companies House fee and the CIC Regulator’s fee.

Limited partnership (LP) incorporation fees

Limited partnership (LP)

Paper

Registration of a limited partnership

£20.00

Same day registration of a limited partnership

£100.00

Newspapers registration fees

Newspapers

Paper

Registration of a return under section 9 of 1881 Act

£10.00

Companies House Direct (CHD) search fees

CHD is an online subscription service which offers company information as on-screen data and image downloads.

Sign on

Monthly subscription (per account)

£4.00

You can monitor a company and and get basic company information free of charge. The following items attract a fee.

Screen charges

Personal appointments

£1.00

Full mortgage details

£1.00

Company reports

Current appointments report

no charge

Mortgage statement

£1.00

Company record

£1.00

Document images

Download per document

£1.00

View and download per document

£1.00

Hard copy of company document by post or fax

£3.00

Document packages (up to 50 docs)

By download

£4.00

By post

£20.00

Certified copies

Certified copy of document by post or collection

£20.00

Same day certified copy of document by post or collection

£60.00

Certificate of incorporation

By post or collection

£20.00

Same day certificate of Incorporation by post or collection*

£60.00*

Additional certificate (for same company) by post or collection

£10.00

*A faxed copy of same day certificate is available for no extra charge

Microfiche

DVD copy of archive microfiche (to 31/12/2002) by post or collection

£20.00

Shareholder lists

DVD containing bulk shareholders list by post or collection

£20.00

WebCHeck search fees

Online service which offers company information as on-screen data and image downloads.

You can monitor a company and view basic company information for free. The following items attract a fee.

Company reports

Current appointments report

no charge

Company record

£1.00

Document images

Download per document

£1.00

Information centre search fees

Visitors to our information centres can get basic company information free of charge.The following items attract a fee.

Screen charges

Online page print of document (per page)

£0.10

Personal appointments

£1.00

Full charge details

£1.00

Company reports

Current appointments report

no charge

Mortgage statement

£1.00

Company record

£1.00

Document images/orders

View document image

£1.00

Print document (without viewing)

£1.00

Inspect original document

£6.00

Copy of a document

£3.00

Document packages

Print (up to 25 documents)

£7.00

Certified copies

Certified copy of document (up to 10 pages) by post or collection at a CHIC*

£20.00*

Same day certified copy of document by post or collection at a CHIC

£60.00

*Each page thereafter by post or collection is £1.00

Certificates of incorporation

By post or collection

£20.00

Same day certificate of Incorporation by post or collection*

£60.00*

Additional certificate (for same company) by post or collection

£10.00

*A faxed copy of same day certificate is available for no extra charge

Microfiche

DVD copy of archive microfiche (to 31/12/2002) by post or collection

£20.00

Shareholder lists

DVD containing bulk shareholders list by post or collection

£20.00

Contact centre search fees

Request company information by telephone on 0303 123 4500, or by email at enquiries@companieshouse.gov.uk.

There is no fee for providing details of a company’s registered office address or filing history by telephone, fax, email or post. The following items attract a fee.

Screen prints

Alpha index, dissolved companies, former names (per page) by post, fax or email

£2.00

Company appointments by post, fax or email

£3.00

Mortgage details by post, fax or email

£3.00

Company reports

Current appointments report by post, fax or email

£3.00

Mortgage statement by post, fax or email

£3.00

Company record by post, fax or email

£3.00

Document images

Copy of company document by e-mail (post 1995 documents)

£3.00

Company documents by post or fax

Copy of company document (other than long list of members) by post

£3.00

Copy of company document (other than long list of members) by fax

£3.00

Copy of company document (other than long list of members) by email

£3.00

Hard copy of document not on microfiche by post

£9.00

Paper copy bulk shareholder list, up to and including 50th page*

£12.50*

*Each additional page £0.20

Certified copies

Certified copy of document (up to 10 pages) by post or collection at a CHIC

£20.00

Same day certified copy of document by post or collection at a CHIC

£60.00

Certificates of incorporation

By post or collection

£20.00

Same day certificate of Incorporation by post or collection*

£60.00*

Additional certificate (for same company) by post or collection

£10.00

*A faxed copy of same day certificate is available for no extra charge

Microfiche

DVD copy of archive microfiche (to 31/12/2002) by post or collection

£20.00

Shareholder lists

DVD containing bulk shareholders list by post or collection

£20.00

Archive search

By post or telephone

£20.00

XML gateway search fees

The XML (eXtensible Markup Language) gateway is a subscription service which allows third-party software to request and receive company information as data and image downloads.

Sign on

Monthly subscription (per account)

£4.70

You can check the availability of a company name and get basic company information free of charge. The following items attract a fee.

Full search fees apply, but 15% is taken off the total monthly invoice value.

Data charges

Personal appointments

£1.00

Document images

Download per document

£1.00

Extranet search fees

Our extranet is a subscription service for third-parties to access a modified version of CHD and offers company information as on-screen data and image dow

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