Guidance

Life of a company: event driven filings

Information about changes that UK companies need to file with Companies House and the rules and requirements on how to submit them.

From:
Companies House
Published
1 February 2014
Last updated
1 May 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Life of a company (event driven filings)

HTML

Details

This guidance is for:

  • directors
  • secretaries
  • people acting as advisers to UK registered companies

It covers what you need to file when particular changes occur within your company. This means Companies House can update the public record so searchers can access an up-to-date picture of your company.

Updates to this page

Published 1 February 2014
Last updated 1 May 2024 + show all updates

  1. Fees updated.

  2. Additional information on how members of a company can object to a company being re-registered from public to private has been added.

  3. Updated guidance in accordance with the end of Brexit transition.

  4. Link added to video guidance - how to register a mortgage charge online.

  5. Some guidance removed as duplicated elsewhere on GOV.UK

  6. PROOF content removed as it's duplicated elsewhere on GOV.UK

  7. Update to Welsh guidance

  8. PSC guidance updated.

  9. PSC information updated in the guidance English and Welsh

  10. Welsh guidance added

  11. Update to guidance

  12. Guidance updated and converted to HTML. Welsh guidance removed for updating.

  13. Version 4.1 replaced by version 4.2. Inserted link at the end of chapter 3 part 2 to the registers guidance

  14. New version relating to changes brought in by the The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act.

  15. Guidance updated to version 3.4

  16. Welsh translation added

  17. First published.

Sign up for emails or print this page

Related content