Register of directors’ residential addresses meaning

In this issue: Company records, registers and filing Share purchase agreement Equity capital markets Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Company records, registers and filing Companies House announces timeline for changes to company registers Companies House has set out that, from 18 November 2025, companies will not be required to maintain statutory registers for directors, directors’ residential addresses, secretaries and people with significant control, as envisaged by section 51 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. The same particulars must still be filed with Companies House, consistent with current obligations. In addition, when recording director appointments at Companies House, businesses will no longer need to state directors’ business occupations. The ability to keep officer details on the central register will likewise be withdrawn. However, companies must continue to keep a register of members at their registered office or at a single alternative inspection...

This Practice Note concentrates on the legal framework and practical steps for appointing directors, and the procedures by which a director may retire or step down from office. It examines the role performed by a director. It also considers the different types of director in a company. It outlines the required notifications and related actions on any director change, including updating statutory registers and submitting filings to Companies House as necessary. The note reviews the pertinent provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), together with the company’s articles of association. It further addresses the additional requirements for appointing, retiring and resigning directors of listed public companies, including the UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code), which applies to UK and overseas companies with a listing of equity shares in the equity shares (commercial companies) category in the UK (listed companies). A director can also be removed or dismissed. The process for removal is dealt with in a separate Practice Note: Removal of a director. The role of a director...

The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) requires companies to keep the following statutory registers: the register of members the register of directors the register of people with significant control (the PSC register) the register of directors’ residential addresses the register of secretaries For further detail on these statutory records, see Practice Note: Company records—a company’s statutory registers. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023), which secured Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, will significantly alter the record-keeping framework set by CA 2006. When fully commenced, ECCTA 2023 updates existing legislation so that a company will no longer be required to maintain its own (local) register of directors, register of directors’ residential addresses, register of secretaries, or PSC register. The register of members, however, falls outside this reform and will instead continue to be held locally by the company (see Practice Note: Corporate transparency reform—changes to company registers). For more information, see Practice Notes: Implementation of...

Corporate transparency reform—intended repeal of Companies Act 2006, Part 8, Chapter 2A Through the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (SBEEA 2015), the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) was revised to allow private companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) to place specified details on the registrar’s central register rather than keeping their own statutory registers. Schedule 5 to SBEEA 2015 introduced several amendments into CA 2006, most notably inserting a new CA 2006, Part 8, Chapter 2A. As part of its wider plan to further modernise Companies House significantly, the government brought forward the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023), which obtained Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. Certain key provisions took legal effect on 4 March 2024 via The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/269. Section 51 and Schedule 2 of ECCTA 2023 contain substantive updates to the existing law which will, once fully commenced, remove requirements on a company to keep its...