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Who are Companies House?
Companies House are an Executive agency of the Department
of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The UK has enjoyed a system of Company Registration
since 1844. All Companies in the UK are registered at
Companies House.
There are more than 2 million limited companies registered
in the UK. 300,000 new companies are incorporated each
year.
The main functions of Companies House are to:
· Registration of Documents required to be filed
under companies, insolvency and related legislation
and the incorporation, re-registration and striking
off of Companies.
· Examine and store company information delivered
under the Companies Act and related legislation
· The provision of Company Information to the
public, for which purpose they enforce compliance with
statutory requirements.
Who are some of Companies House Clients ?
Companies House provide their information and Images
via Bulk via File Transfer, Document Image Tapes, CD-Rom
directories and they also offer a Gateway direct to
their databases.
Some of the Clients who use Bulk and Gateway include:
· Bulk Information Clients:
1. ICC
2. Experian Ltd
3. Equifax PLC
4. Information Group Ltd
5. Credit Safe UK Ltd
What is Companies House Direct?
Companies House Direct (CHD) is the online Data and
Subscription Service for accessing and downloading company
information both images and Online Reports.
They hold information on over 2 million registered
companies in the UK, including 240 million document
images and a wide range of database information.
All documents filed at Companies House since 1995 are
available as image downloads. All images comply with
the authentication contained in the Civil Evidence Act
1995 in England and Wales and the Civil Evidence Act
(Scotland) 1988. Therefore images are admissible in
evidence in a court of law.
They have all images of all documents filed at Companies
House before 1995 on a Microfiche Library.
Who uses Companies House Direct?
The key client / users of Companies House Direct are
legal firms, accountancy firms and Investment Banks.
What is available on Companies House Direct
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Company Searches business information is supplied daily from Companies House.
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