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Companies: Registration

Asked by Lloyd HattonLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 11 June 2026UIN 7829

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many individual Persons of Significant Control are registered on Companies House.

Answered by Blair McDougall

As of 31st March 2025, there were 6,540,159 appointments for People with Significant Control (PSC) registered at Companies House. This is not the number of unique individuals on the register, but the number of appointments held. Another corporate body can also act as a PSC for another company.

The current figures are provided in the published Companies House official statistics:

Companies register activities: statistical release April 2024 to March 2025 - GOV.UK

Figures up to 31st March 2026 will be published on 25th June 2026.

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