• 1980 February 07

Company Description

Companies House is the registrar of companies in the United Kingdom.

Companies House is the registrar of companies in the United Kingdom. It incorporates and dissolves limited companies, registers the information companies are legally required to supply, and makes that information available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. It has offices in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, and London. Company registrations for England and Wales are carried out in Cardiff, while registrations for Scotland and Northern Ireland are processed in Edinburgh and Belfast, respectively. Its London office only provides search services to visiting customers. It also offers additional services such as WebCHeck, a convenient and inexpensive way to access company information; CHD, a monthly subscription service; Monitor, which allows its users to keep an eye on any company on the public register; eBilling service, which enables its users to access and manage any credit accounts they have with Companies House; and more.