Foreign Companies: Ownership
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many overseas entities which did not comply with beneficial ownership were identified in 2025; how many penalties for non compliance were issued; and how many of those penalties were a) financial sanctions, b) disqualification and c) criminal sanctions.
Answered by Blair McDougall
Companies House did not identify any cases of beneficial ownership non-compliance during 2025. The legislation requires overseas entities to either provide details of their beneficial owners, or details of their managing officers when they are unable to identify their beneficial owners.
Therefore, Companies House did not issue any penalties for beneficial ownership non-compliance during 2025.
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