Guidance
Register of Overseas Entities: approach to enforcement
This framework explains how Companies House will use its enforcement powers in relation to the Register of Overseas Entities.
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Where information, support and guidance do not result in compliance, Companies House will use its significant enforcement powers predictably, consistently and judiciously. We’ll select the most suitable method of enforcement by assessing:
- the nature and seriousness of a failure
- how individuals, businesses and the integrity of our registers have been affected
- the novelty and duration of the issue
- the public interest
- whether other agencies are already taking, or contemplating taking, action in relation to the matter
Updates to this page
Published 21 June 2023
Last updated 20 May 2024 + show all updates
Last updated 20 May 2024 + show all updates
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Information added about formal notices under section 1092A of the Companies Act 2006, which now applies to the Register of Overseas Entities.
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Updates to the section 'How we determine a penalty' as the process has changed.
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Information added - If an entity disposed of land between 28 February 2022 and the end of the transitional period.
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Added translation