Statutory Notices for "People with Significant Control"
Under the Companies Act 2006, as amended by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, UK incorporated companies, UK LLPs and UK Societates Europaeae must collect and keep information about people with significant control over them in a statutory register, known as the Register of People with Significant Control (PSC register).
A company will first need to identify who has significant control over it. This should include reviewing the company’s articles of association, its register of members and any shareholders’ agreement in place, amongst other things.
Because a company can only include confirmed information on its PSC register, it must then serve statutory notices on individuals or legal entities it knows (or has reasonable cause to believe) are registrable under the PSC regime. This also extends to persons who are not registrable themselves but may know the identity of a registrable person.
Statutory notices must also be served when PSC information changes, when a PSC does not reply to a notice, and when notice of any restrictions are put in place.
When Should You Use These Templates?
✅ You need to request and confirm PSC information before updating the PSC register
✅ You have reasonable cause to believe an individual or legal entity is registrable and you need to serve a statutory notice
✅ You need to contact someone who may know the identity of a registrable PSC or relevant legal entity (RLE)
✅ A PSC or RLE’s details have changed and you need to issue the correct statutory change notice
✅ A PSC has not responded and you need to escalate using warning and restrictions notices
✅ You need to withdraw restrictions once the position has been resolved
🔀 Document Toolkit: Typical Sequence
| Step 1 | Identify who may be registrable Review the articles, register of members, and any shareholders’ agreement (amongst other things) to identify individuals and RLEs who may have significant control. |
| Step 2 | Serve the appropriate statutory notice Use the notice to PSCs (individuals), to an RLE, or to those with knowledge of PSCs, depending on who you are contacting and what information you need to confirm. |
| Step 3 | Deal with changes and non-responses Use the relevant change notices where details change, and use warning and restrictions notices where a PSC does not reply. |
| Step 4 | Withdraw restrictions when resolved Where restrictions have been put in place and the position is later resolved, use the withdrawal of restrictions notice. |
Timing Point to Note
Customers should take particular note of changes to the PSC regime as of 26 June 2017. Companies (and LLPs) must update their PSC register within 14 days of having a change confirmed to them regarding an individual PSC, or within 14 days of details of the change being first received in relation to a relevant legal entity (RLE). The company (or LLP) then has a further 14 days to notify Companies House of any such change. Further details can be found in the PSC guidance note, on the Companies House website or at GOV.UK.
What Is Included in This Collection?
This collection includes statutory notices that a company may need to serve on individuals or legal entities in order to gather and verify who has significant control over the company, as required under the PSC regime.
- Statutory Notice to PSCs (Individuals)
- Statutory Notice to a Relevant Legal Entity
- Statutory Notice to Those with Knowledge of PSCs
- Statutory Notice Regarding Relevant Change (PSCs)
- Statutory Notice Regarding Relevant Change (RLEs)
- Warning Notice Relating to Company’s PSC Register
- Restrictions Notice Relating to Company’s PSC Register
- Withdrawal of Restrictions Notice Relating to Company’s PSC Register
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