Four in ten companies have errors on their own Companies House record
A recent survey of large UK businesses found that almost four in ten had discovered discrepancies between what Companies House holds about them and their own records — and one in five had been fined over it. If firms with in-house legal teams are getting it wrong, smaller organisations without a company secretary are more exposed.
The register is self-reported and only as accurate as you keep it — and identity verification is now bringing every mismatch to the surface, with the transition for existing directors ending on 18 November 2026.
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