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Companies House is an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Government Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). All limited companies in Great Britain are registered with Companies House and file specific details as required by the Companies Act 1985. An Executive Agency is a British public institution that carries out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive. ...
Her Majestys Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Ministers and Secretaries of State. ...
The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ...
A limited company in the United Kingdom is a company whose liability is limited by English law or Scots law. ...
The Companies Act 1985 is an act of the United Kingdom Parliament enacted in 1985 which sets out the responsibilities of companies, their directors and secretaries. ...
The United Kingdom has had a system of company registration since 1844. The legislation governing company registration matters is the Companies Act 1985 updated by Companies Act 1989.
Companies House has 2.1 million companies on the register and was one of the first National Company Registries to implement Electronic Company Formation. Now over 83% of companies are formed Electronically, and over 40% of documents filed electronically[1]. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
Overseas companies that establish offices in Great Britain must also register with Companies House.
Claire Clancy is the Chief Executive of Companies House. Claire Clancy is Registrar Of Companies for England and Wales. ...
A Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or Chief Executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer, in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization or agency. ...
Companies House uses external companies to provide some of its services. The Companies House Contact Centre service is provided by Vertex Data Science Ltd. This contract has recently been extended for a further 5 years. The value of the contract is reportedly £12 million.
The Companies House Direct service and the website was run by Orchid Telematics. This contract came to an end as of 31 July 2006, and Orchid's function has been brought back within Companies House. July 31 is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
Companies House Website, Webfiling & WebCHeck service payment processing is dealt with by a company called Netbanx.
England and Wales
The main office in Cardiff handles companies incorporated in England and Wales. These companies are subject to English law. There is another office at Nantgarw, Wales, which contains the Compliance Unit, Prosecuting Solicitors, Late Filing Penalties and the E-Filing Team. This office does not accept postal deliveries. Cardiff (English: , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 967 AD Area - Total 130,395 km² 50,346 sq mi Population - 2007 estimate 50...
This article is about the country. ...
English law is a formal term of art that describes the law for the time being in force in England and Wales. ...
Nantgarw is a village in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, lying on the River Taff. ...
The London office deals mainly with document orders and collections and can provide same day incorporations for Companies in England and Wales. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales is the Chief Executive Claire Clancy. She will be stepping down from this post to take office as the Chief Executive of the National Assembly. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
The Politics series Politics Portal This box: The National Assembly is either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. ...
Scotland The Edinburgh office handles companies incorporated in Scotland. These companies are subject to Scots law. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II...
Scots law (or Scottish law) is the law of Scotland. ...
The Registrar of Companies for Scotland is Dorothy Blair. Jim Henderson was the previous registrar. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
As of 2006, Jim Henderson is the Registrar of Companies for Scotland, based at the Companies House office in Edinburgh. ...
Northern Ireland All limited companies in Northern Ireland are registered with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment [7]. Those companies are subject to Northern Ireland law. Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETINI) (Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Pratticks, Mercat an Graithin) is the main Government Department in Northern Ireland concerned with economic development. ...
Northern Ireland law concerns the legal system in Northern Ireland. ...
Electronic Company Formation is not yet available for Northern Ireland Companies, and a different fee structure and process applies. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
Types Of Company There are many different types of company: The initials PLC after a UK or Irish company name indicate that it is a public limited company, a type of limited company whose shares may be offered for sale to the public. ...
A limited company by shares (limited or Ltd. ...
In British or Irish company law, a Limited Company is a person on its own right. ...
In the United Kingdom, an unlimited company is a company formed by registration under the Companies Act 1985 where the liability of the members is unlimited - that is, they are liable to contribute whatever sums are required to pay the debts of the company should it go into bankruptcy. ...
A limited liability partnership (LLP) has elements of partnerships and corporations. ...
A limited partnership is a form of partnership similar to a general partnership, except that in addition to one or more general partners (GPs), there are one or more limited partners (LPs). ...
The legal form of the European Company, or Societas Europaea (SE), was created by the European Council on the 8 October 2001. ...
A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ...
A community interest company (CIC) is a new type of company introduced by the United Kingdom government in 2005. ...
Most new companies are formed by Company Formation Agents. One of the oldest Company Formation Agents is Jordans who created the Company Formation business back in 1863. The change to Electronic Company Formation has seen a large shift in the market to online agents. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
Incorporation (abbreviated Inc. ...
This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
Electronic Company Formation Statistics Companies House has now formed over one million 1,000,000 Companies Electronically, and 370,000 new companies were formed in 2005/6[2].
For an idea of scale the Delaware Division of Corporations the leading US registry[3] has 695,000 businesses and 133,700 new incorporations in 2005.[4]
Criticisms The online services of Companies House are not available from midnight until 7am each day, and not at all on a Sunday [5]. Whilst Companies House state that this is to allow time for batch processing of data entered during the day [6], it places a significant obstacle to verifying trading and other details for UK registered companies by companies located overseas where the time difference can be as much as twelve hours. Distributed database systems as used by major services worldwide are now easily capable of processing 'tens of thousands' of transactions in real-time. A distributed database is a database that is under the control of a central database management system (DBMS) in which storage devices are not all attached to a common CPU. It may be stored in multiple computers located in the same physical location, or may be dispersed over a network...
Notes - ^ Companies House Annual report 2005-2006[1]
- ^ Companies House Annual report 2005-2006[2]
- ^ Delaware DOC no business entities[3]
- ^ Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations 2005 annual report[4]
- ^ WebFiling frequently asked questions[5]
- ^ Letter to Andrew Speakman[6]
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