Keeping Registers at Companies House

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Companies Act 2006, as amended by Section 94 and Schedule 5 of the Small Business, Enterprise & Employment Act 2015, now gives private companies the option to stop maintaining in part their own set of company books and instead elect to keep their statutory registers at Companies House.

The relevant registers include the:

• register of members;
• register of directors;
• register of directors’ residential addresses;
• register of secretaries (if applicable); and
• register of people with significant control (PSCs).

This Keeping Registers at Companies House subfolder contains the paperwork involved should a private company wish to take advantage of this voluntary regime. This includes:

1. a guidance note on the process;
2. the relevant notices to Companies House to make the election;
3. the relevant notices to withdraw the election; and
4. in the case of the register of members, the relevant letters and notices required to seek the approval of the company’s members to the making of the election.

This subfolder deals with the first four of the registers listed above. The information and template paperwork required for the register of PSCs can be found in our PSC group of documents.

• Guidance Note – Election to Keep Statutory Registers at Companies House
• Notice to Companies House Regarding Election to Keep Register of Members at Companies House
• Notice to Members of Intention to Elect to Keep Register of Members at Companies House
• Pro-Forma Letter of Assent (Register of Members to be Held at Companies House)
• Notice to Companies House Regarding Withdrawal of Election to Keep Register of Members at Companies House
• Notice to Companies House Regarding Election to Keep Register of Directors at Companies House
• Notice to Companies House Regarding Withdrawal of Election to Keep Register of Directors at Companies House
• Notice to Companies House Regarding Election to Keep Register of Secretaries at Companies House
• Notice to Companies House Regarding Withdrawal of Election to Keep Register of Secretaries at Companies House
• CHF - EH01 – Elect to Keep Register of Directors Information on the Public Register
• CHF - EW01 – Withdraw Election to Keep Information from Directors' Register on the Public Register
• CHF - EH02 – Elect to Keep Directors’ Residential Addresses on the Public Register
• CHF - EW02 – Withdrawal of Election to Keep Directors’ Residential Addresses on the Public Register
• CHF - EH03 – Elect to Keep Register of Secretaries Information on the Public Register
• CHF - EW03 – Withdrawal of Election to Keep Secretaries Information on the Public Register
• CHF - EH05 – Elect to Keep Register of Members Information on Public Register
• CHF - EH06 – Give Notice of an Update to Members’ Information Held on the Public Register
• CHF - EW05 - Election to Keep Members’ Information on the Public Register

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