ECSH40533 - Businesses who can be supervised by another supervisory body: Trust or company service providers (TCSPs)
Responsibility for the TCSP register
HMRC is responsible for maintaining a register of all businesses who act as TCSPs. The TCSP register is not publicly available.
TCSPs supervised elsewhere
A supervisory body must notify HMRC when it becomes the supervisor for a TCSP. The supervisory body will pass details of that TCSP to HMRC who will update its register. The TCSP does not need to register with HMRC.
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Trading whilst unregistered
If you find in the course of carrying out the relevant checks, that the business has been undertaking relevant activity without being registered for anti-money laundering supervision, then the business would be in breach of the regulations and a penalty for trading whilst unregistered should be considered.