Ryan Patrick

If you have lost your Companies House authentication code, you can request a new copy of the code. You do not need to form a new company, and losing the code does not mean that your company record has been lost. The Companies House authentication code is a 6-character alphanumeric

If you have recently incorporated a UK limited company and haven’t received your Company UTR, there is usually no reason to panic. A Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) is a 10-digit number issued by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) when a limited company is set up. It is commonly referred

Usually, a UK company with no revenue will not have Corporation Tax to pay because Corporation Tax is generally charged on taxable profits, not simply on the existence of a company. But “no revenue” does not automatically mean “no Corporation Tax obligations.” A company can have zero sales and still

Yes. A UK limited company generally still has to file annual accounts even if it has never opened a bank account. Having no company bank account does not make a company exempt from Companies House filing obligations. A limited company remains a separate legal entity after incorporation, and its directors

Yes. If you registered a UK limited company but never actually used it, you will generally still need to file annual accounts with Companies House. Simply incorporating a company does not make it exempt from ongoing filing obligations. Even a company that has never traded, earned income, opened a bank

If your UK limited company is showing as active at Companies House even though you have never traded, this does not necessarily mean something has gone wrong. A company can be incorporated, remain registered and appear active on the Companies House register without ever making a sale, providing a service

Yes. In many cases, a mistake on a Companies House filing can be corrected without closing your company or submitting an entirely new incorporation application. The important question is what kind of mistake you made and which filing contains it. A simple typo, an incorrect shareholder detail, a wrong director

Entering the wrong shareholder name when forming a UK company can be unsettling, particularly when the incorrect information appears on the public Companies House register. Whether it is a spelling mistake, a missing middle name, an incorrect surname, or the name of an entirely different person, the appropriate correction depends

Issuing the wrong number of shares when forming a UK limited company is more common than many founders realise. A business owner might intend to create 100 ordinary shares but accidentally issue 1,000, or enter 10,000 shares when they really wanted 100. The good news is that issuing

Choosing a SIC code is one of the less glamorous parts of forming a UK company. You are thinking about your brand, website, customers and bank account, and then Companies House asks you to select a five-digit code describing what the business does. It is easy to pick the closest-looking

Using the wrong address when registering a UK company is a mistake that should be corrected promptly, but it does not usually mean you need to close the company and start again. The right solution depends on which address is wrong. A UK company has several different address requirements, and

Entering the wrong director details during UK company incorporation is more common than many founders realise. A typing mistake in a name, an incorrect date of birth, the wrong nationality, an old address or another inaccurate detail can leave the Companies House register showing information that does not match the

Having a company name rejected by Companies House can be frustrating, especially when you have already chosen your brand, bought a domain, created a logo, or started preparing your business launch. The good news is that a rejected company name does not necessarily mean there is a problem with your

Having a UK company formation application rejected can be frustrating, particularly when you expected incorporation to be a straightforward online process. The good news is that a rejection does not usually mean you cannot form the company. In many cases, Companies House has identified a specific problem with the application

Since 18 November 2025, identity verification has been a legal requirement for UK company directors and People with Significant Control (PSCs). But being a director and being a PSC are different legal roles, and the identity-verification process is not identical for each. The distinction is especially important for founders who

A UK limited company is not automatically in breach of the PSC rules simply because it cannot identify an individual Person with Significant Control (PSC). However, the company cannot simply leave its PSC information blank. If a company genuinely has no PSC, or cannot identify one after taking reasonable steps,

Yes. A UK limited company can have more than one Person with Significant Control (PSC), and it is quite common for a company with multiple owners to have two or more PSCs. A PSC is an individual who meets one or more legal conditions indicating significant ownership or control of

If you own and control a UK limited company by yourself, you will usually be the company's Person with Significant Control (PSC). For a typical one-person company, the position is straightforward: the same individual may be the sole shareholder, sole director and sole PSC. If you own 100%

Yes, but there is an important distinction. A director cannot simply refuse to give Companies House their home address. They must provide their usual residential address when appointed. However, that address is normally kept off the public register. The bigger privacy issue arises when a director uses their home address

A director's service address is the address a UK company director provides to Companies House for receiving official communications relating to their role. It is the address that appears on the public Companies House register. The service address is not necessarily the director's home address. A

When you become a director of a UK limited company, some of your personal information becomes publicly available on the Companies House register. This transparency is part of the trade-off for operating through a limited company. Companies House maintains a public register so customers, investors, creditors, suppliers and other interested

Yes. A non-resident director of a UK limited company can generally use their overseas home address as their usual residential address when registering with Companies House. A director does not have to live in the UK, and UK company law does not require a director to have a UK residential

Yes. A director of a UK company can generally be removed without their consent, provided the company follows the statutory procedure correctly.Under section 168 of the Companies Act 2006, a company can remove a director before the end of their term by passing an ordinary resolution at a meeting

Yes. Shareholders can remove a director from a UK company, even before the end of the director's expected term of office. Under section 168 of the Companies Act 2006, a company can remove a director by passing an ordinary resolution at a meeting of shareholders. However, removing a

If the only director of a UK private limited company resigns, the company does not automatically close, but it cannot simply continue indefinitely without a director. A UK private company must have at least one director, and every company must have at least one natural-person director. This creates an important