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Companies: Registration

Asked by Vikki SladeLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 14 October 2025UIN 77409

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with Companies House to ensure companies under the control of the same person or persons are connected on the Companies House website.

Answered by Blair McDougall

Companies House currently links the appointments of company officers where sufficient details across different companies' match. The introduction of compulsory Identity verification for company officers in November will help improve the quality of matching and linking.

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