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Companies House
Incorporates and dissolves companies and maintains the public register.
What this authority does
Holds filings for over five million entities, all free to search, and now runs identity verification for directors and persons of significant control.
Services for the public
- Company incorporation
- Annual confirmation statement
- Register search
Before you contact this authority
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