Companies House - Proposed Corporate Transparency & Register Reforms - All You Need to Know

Introduction

If you are involved in advising companies (or have any dealings with Companies House filings), then this webinar is for you.

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act ('ECCTA') received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. The ECCTA builds on the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act, which introduced the Register of Overseas Entities in August 2022 (Register of Overseas Entities - Implications for Filings at Companies House).

The ECCTA is radically changing the nature of the Companies House Register. Many of the changes will affect every company on the register. This session will update you as to the overall reforms, including changes that have been implemented as well as how to prepare for further changes.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Implementation dates
• Identity verification for directors, PSCs, and those filing information at Companies House (including timings for PSCs and requirements for overseas entities with establishments in the UK)
• Extension of Companies House powers to investigate, corroborate, reject, amend and/or remove information (including PSC regime changes)
• Additional requirements for registered office addresses/email addresses and how these requirements are being enforced to date
• Protection of personal information including how to apply
• Changes to statutory register requirements
• Reform of company accounts

N.B. This webinar will not cover the corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud - please see MBL standalone webinars for this topic.

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Thursday 11th December 2025

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