Consultation outcome

Corporate transparency and register reform: powers of the registrar

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Companies House
• Published: 9 December 2020
• Last updated: 28 February 2022 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The Corporate transparency and register reform white paper contains a summary of responses and the government response to this consultation.

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on new powers for Companies House to query, remove and amend information on the public register.

This consultation ran from
10am on 9 December 2020 to 11:45pm on 3 February 2021

Consultation description

The government has announced wide ranging reforms to the powers and role of Companies House, to improve business transactions and tackle economic crime. This follows the previous consultation on Corporate transparency and register reform.

We are now consulting on 3 detailed areas of the reform:

• to give the registrar new powers to query information, which will be exercised on a risk-based approach (this consultation). The consultation also explores how the registrar’s powers could be strengthened in a range of areas, including to close various loopholes and to amend or remove information from the companies register.

and

• Implementing the ban on corporate directors – closing date 3 February 2021
• Improving the quality and value of financial information on the UK companies register – closing date 3 February 2021

See the BEIS consultation privacy notice.

Please do not send responses by post to the department at the moment as we may not be able to access them.

Documents

Powers of the registrar

PDF, 298 KB, 31 pages

Impact assessment

PDF, 486 KB, 25 pages

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Published 9 December 2020
Last updated 28 February 2022 + show all updates

1. 28 February 2022

   The Corporate transparency and register reform white paper (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform) contains a summary of responses and the government response to this consultation.

2. 9 December 2020

   First published.