Latest news from Companies House

A reminder of new responsibilities under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, an invitation to complete our survey on limited partnerships and a warning about scam letters.

Rules for registered office addresses

There are new rules for registered office addresses which mean companies must, at all times, have an appropriate address as their registered office.

An address is an appropriate address if, in the ordinary course of events:

• a document addressed to the company, and delivered there by hand or by post, would be expected to come to the attention of a person acting on behalf of the company
• the delivery of documents there is capable of being recorded by the obtaining of an acknowledgement of delivery

Survey: Have your say on limited partnerships

Were making changes to our services for limited partnerships. Your responses to our survey will help to inform these changes.

We want to hear from you if youre:

• an agent for a limited partnership
• involved in a limited partnership general partners and limited partners, or working for an organisation that are general partners or limited partners

Be aware of scam letters claiming to be from Companies House

We've had reports of suspicious letters claiming to be from Companies House. The letter claims you need to make payment for Enhanced Web Filing Access.

Please do not follow any instructions in this letter. Its a scam.

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