Companies House

Every guide that uses Companies House, whatever the work.

• Entities and peopleRead an entity's overviewCheck an entity's standing, key facts and anything waiting for an answer from the page it opens on.
• Ownership and structureRecord a share split or other corporate actionApply a split, consolidation, bonus issue, buyback or reduction of capital to every holding at once, after previewing it.
• Ownership and structureRecord a charge over company propertyEnter a mortgage or charge on the company's register of charges and start its registration at Companies House.
• ComplianceFill in what a filing still needsUse a filing task's Needed to file card to complete the record before the form can go to the registry.
• WorkflowsFollow up a new director's appointmentA workflow that asks each newly appointed director for their Companies House personal code, then gives you the task to save it and file.
• WorkflowsCollect changes before the confirmation statementA workflow that asks for the year's shareholder changes a month before each confirmation statement falls due, then raises the task to update the registers.
• Companies HouseConnect your Companies House presenter accountConnect your organisation's Software Filing presenter account once, so filings from IQ Entities go to Companies House under your presenter.
• Companies HouseFind the Companies House codes still missingSee which UK companies have no authentication code and which directors have no personal code, before a filing is held up by one.
• Companies HouseSave a company's authentication codeSave the authentication code Companies House issued for a company once, so every filing for that company uses it.
• Companies HouseRecord a director's personal codeSave the personal code a director received from Companies House identity verification, so filings that name them can be made.
• Companies HouseFile a form from its taskCheck what Companies House will receive beside what IQ Entities holds, then file it from the task that asked for it.
• Companies HouseFile a confirmation statementAnswer the statement's questions on its task, check what it will confirm, and file it with Companies House.
• Companies HouseReport a new director to Companies HouseFile the AP01 for a director recorded in IQ Entities, from the task the appointment raised.
• Companies HouseReport a director leavingFile the TM01 for a director whose appointment has ended, from the task the end date raised.
• Companies HouseReport a change to a director's detailsSave a change to a director's details as a change, so IQ Entities raises the filing that tells Companies House.
• Companies HouseReport a new registered officeFile the AD01 for a registered office move recorded in IQ Entities, from the task the new address raised.
• Companies HouseReport an allotment of sharesCheck the return of allotment built from the cap table and file the SH01 from the task the allotment raised.
• Companies HouseReport a person with significant controlFile the PSC notification for an entry on the company's PSC register, from the task the confirmed entry raised.
• Companies HouseFile annual accountsUpload the accounts file your accounting software exported, check what IQ Entities read from it, and file it with Companies House.
• Companies HouseCheck a company against the registerCompare a UK company's record with the live Companies House register, see where they differ, and bring the register's details in.
• Companies HouseTrack your filingsSee every registry submission across your companies, where each one stands, and record filings made outside IQ Entities.
• Companies HouseFollow a filing after you submit itKnow what happens between filing and acceptance, and what to do when Companies House accepts or rejects a filing.
• IntegrationsConnect Companies House e-filingSet up filing to Companies House from IQ Entities: the presenter account, the filing codes, and how to tell it is ready.
• AdministrationAdd your own filing formKeep the forms your organisation uses beside the ones each registry publishes, so everyone downloads the same blank.