Over 11,000 UK firms have been struck off the Companies House register over the past year following a coordinated crackdown on corporate structures suspected of facilitating fraud, money laundering ...

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from 18 November 2025, Directors and people with significant control (PSCs) of companies will need to verify their identities from November (Image credit: Pixabay) Companies House has said that from ...

Last week the National Economic Crime Centre claimed that “thousands of UK companies” had been removed from the Companies House register over the last year, following a crackdown. However, research by ...

Companies House will introduce a digital identity verification process for people wanting to register and run a company in the UK. The plans come as the central government body will be given new ...

Find out how to verify your identity with Companies House as a director or PSC before the deadline kicks in on November 18, 2025 Company directors and people with significant control (PSCs) will have ...

The U.K. plans to change the corporate registration system to increase the transparency of company ownership and management information while protecting personal data to prevent fraud. Directors will ...

Thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register over the last year, following a crackdown on corporate entities believed to be enabling criminality in the UK and overseas ...