Every company must hold and maintain statutory registers of information.
Under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, there will no longer be a requirement for companies to hold registers of:
- directors
- directors’ residential addresses
- secretaries
- people with significant control (PSCs)
You’ll still have to register this information with Companies House and keep it up to date.
We will let you know when these changes are coming into force. It will not be before autumn 2025.
Removal of central register
Companies will no longer be able to elect to hold information about the company’s officers on the central register.
If your company currently elects to hold information on the central register, we’ll let you know when these changes are coming into force.
Requirement for register of shareholders (members)
By law, companies will still have to hold a register of shareholders (members) either at the company’s registered office address, or single alternative inspection location (SAIL).
If your company previously held its register of members at Companies House, you will need to:
- Create and maintain a register of members.
- Hold the register of members at your registered office address or SAIL address.
- Contain a statement in the register that before this change, the information about the company’s members was held on the ‘central register’.
- Make this register available for the public to view.
Read more about recording and reporting shareholder information.