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Overseas company definition

What does Overseas company mean? In practice, an “overseas company” is a non-UK incorporated body that carries on business in the UK. In UK legislation, the Companies Act 2006, s 1044, defines an overseas company as any company incorporated outside the UK. Not every overseas company trading or doing business in the UK must register; it must assess the Companies Act 2006 and the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/1801) to determine if it has a UK establishment. An overseas company must register prescribed particulars at companies house if it opens a “UK establishment”. A UK establishment is either a branch within...

UK compliance for overseas companies operating via UK establishments: Companies House filings, accounting, trading disclosures, document execution, charges and post‑Brexit EEA/SE requirements

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Practice notes

When an Overseas company sets up an establishment in the United Kingdom to carry on business, it may need to register its particulars with Companies House in the UK. For details of the Registration requirements, see Practice Note: Overseas companies with an establishment in the UK. The regime for registering an overseas company doing business in the UK is separate from the registration of overseas entities with an interest in UK property. For further information on the register of overseas entities that own UK property, established by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (EC(TE)A 2022), see Practice Notes: Register of overseas entities that hold UK property—fundamentals and The beneficial ownership register of overseas entities that own UK property. This Practice Note should be read alongside Practice Note: Overseas companies in the UK—winding up, liquidation, insolvency and closure.

Alteration of registered particulars

An overseas company that has been registered in the UK must deliver information to Companies House in relation to any alteration of the registered particulars of the company or the UK establishment...

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