Enhanced support: United Kingdom (UK)

Find out what company types and forms are supported in Diligent Entities for the United Kingdom.

Company types

The following company types are supported in Entities and are specific to the UK:

Community Interest Company
Community Interest Public Limited Company
Limited by Shares S.60
Limited by Guarantee S.60
Private Fund Limited Partnership
Public Limited Company (Listed)
Scottish Limited Partnership (SLP)

The following company types are supported in Entities and are applicable to the UK:

Limited by Guarantee
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
Partnership
Limited Partnership
Limited by Shares
Public Limited Company
Unlimited with Shares
Unlimited without Shares
European Economic Interest Grouping
Societas Europaea (SE)
Trust

Forms

Forms that are supported for Paper format, auto-generated are generated in Diligent Entities specifically for the United Kingdom and can be submitted in paper format.

Forms that are supported for E-filing in Entities can be filed directly to Companies House from the application.

Note

If a form can be e-filed, unless otherwise stated, it is also automatically generated in the application.

Private Limited Companies or Public Limited Companies

The following tables lists the company forms and the type of support associated with them in Entities.

I want to	Form	Paper format, auto-generated	E-filing
Register particulars of an instrument: alteration to floating charge created by company registered in Scotland	466	✖	✖
Give notice of takeover offer to non-assenting shareholders	980(1)	✖	✖
Give notice of declaration to non-assenting shareholders	980dec	✖	✖
Give notice of a takeover to non-assenting shareholders	984	✖	✖
Change company accounting reference date	AA01	✔	✔
File dormant accounts	AA02	✔	✖
Give notice of statement of guarantee by subsidiary company	AA06	✖	✖
Change a company's registered office address	AD01	✔	✔
Register a single alternative inspection location	AD02	✔	✔
Move company's records to the single alternative inspection location	AD03	✔	✔
Move company's records to the registered office	AD04	✔	✔
Change situation of England and Wales or Welsh company	AD05	✔	✔
Give notice of opening of overseas branch register	AD06	✖	✖
Give notice of discontinuance of overseas branch register	AD07	✖	✖
Appoint a director	AP01	✔	✔
Appoint a corporate director	AP02	✔	✔
Appoint a secretary	AP03	✔	✔
Appoint a corporate secretary	AP04	✔	✔
Appoint a community interest company or charity manager or a judicial factor (Scotland)	AP05 Manager of a CIC, charity manager or judicial factor	✖	✖
Register a charge created before 6 April, 2013 Note To register a charge created before 6 April, 2013, you need to use one of the older charge forms available on the National Archives’ website.	Access forms on the Companies House archive	✖	✖
Give notice of restriction on the company's articles	CC01	✖	✖
Give notice of removal of restriction on company's articles	CC02	✖	✖
Give notice of compliance of restriction to change articles	CC03	✖	✖
Notify the change of a company's objects	CC04	✖	✖
Record change of constitution by enactment	CC05	✖	✖
Record change of constitution by order of court or other authority	CC06	✖	✖
Change the details of a director	CH01	✔	✔
Change the details of a corporate director	CH02	✔	✔
Change the details of a secretary	CH03	✔	✔
Change the details of a corporate secretary	CH04	✔	✔
Change the service address for a manager	CH05	✖	✖
File a confirmation statement	CS01	✔	✔
File a confirmation statement (new version)	CS01	✔	✔
Strike off a company from the register	DS01	✔	✖
Withdraw a striking off application by company	DS02	✔	✖
Elect to keep register of directors information on the public register	EH01	✖	✖
Elect to keep directors' residential addresses on the central register	EH02	✖	✖
Elect to keep register of secretaries information on the central register	EH03	✖	✖
Elect to keep register of people with significant control (PSC) information on the central register	EH04	✖	✖
Elect to keep register of members information on central register	EH05	✖	✖
Give notice of an update to members' information held on the central register	EH06	✖	✖
Withdraw register of directors information from the central register	EW01	✖	✖
Withdraw usual residential addresses information from the central register	EW02	✖	✖
Withdraw register of secretaries' information from the central register	EW03	✖	✖
Withdraw register of people of significant control (PSC) information from the central register	EW04	✖	✖
Withdraw register of members' information from the public register	EW05	✖	✖
Give notice of intention to continue as investment company	IC01	✖	✖
Give notice of intention to stop being an investment company	IC02	✖	✖
Register a private or public company	IN01	✔	✔
Register particulars of a charge	MR01	✖	✖
Register a charge: property or undertaking acquired	MR02	✖	✖
Register a charge to secure a series of debentures	MR03	✖	✖
Register a statement of satisfaction	MR04	✖	✖
Register a statement: property released in part or whole	MR05	✖	✖
Register a statement of a company acting as a trustee	MR06	✖	✖
Register particulars of alteration of a charge	MR07	✖	✖
Register a charge where there is no instrument	MR08	✖	✖
Register a charge: property acquired, no instrument	MR09	✖	✖
Register a charge to secure debentures with no instrument	MR10	✖	✖
Show assent: public company re-registered as private and unlimited	N/A	✖	✖
Show assent: private limited company re-registered as unlimited	N/A	✖	✖
Give notice of an application to court to cancel share warrants	NAC01	✖	✖
Gain exemption from requirement as to use of limited or cyfyngedig	NE01	✖	✖
Change a company name	NM01	✔	✔
Give notice of a conditional change of name	NM02	✖	✖
Confirm satisfaction of the resolution of change of name	NM03	✖	✖
Notify a change of name by means provided for in the articles	NM04	✔	✔
Give notice of change of name by resolution of directors	NM05	✖	✖
Request to seek comments on change of name	NM06	✖	✖
Give notice of individual person with significant control	PSC01	✔	✔
Give notice of relevant legal entity with significant control	PSC02	✔	✔
Give notice of other registrable person with significant control	PSC03	✔	✔
Give notice of change of details for person with significant control	PSC04	✔	✔
Give notice of change of details for relevant legal entity with significant control	PSC05	✔	✔
Give notice of change of details of other registrable person with significant control	PSC06	✔	✔
Give notice of ceasing to be a person with significant control	PSC07	✔	✔
Give notice of PSC statements	PSC08	✔	✔
Give notice of update to PSC statements	PSC09	✔	✔
Appoint an administrative receiver, receiver or manager	RM01	✖	✖
Cease to act as administrative receiver, receiver or manager	RM02	✖	✖
Correct a director's date of birth	RP CH01	✖	✖
Replace a document not meeting requirements	RP01	✖	✖
File a second filing of a document previously delivered	RP04	✖	✖
Apply to change an address	RP07	✖	✖
Apply to remove material	RP08	✖	✖
Re-register a private limited company to a PLC	RR01	✔	✖
Re-register a public limited company as a private company	RR02	✔	✖
Give notice of application to court: cancellation of resolution for re-registration	RR03	✔	✖
Give notice of application to court: cancellation of resolution of re-registration	RR04	✔	✖
Re-register a limited company as unlimited company	RR05	✔	✖
Re-register an unlimited company as a limited company	RR06	✔	✖
Re-register a public company as a private unlimited company	RR07	✔	✖
Re-register a public company as a private limited company following a court order reducing capital	RR08	✖	✖
Re-register a public company as a private company following a cancellation of shares	RR09	✖	✖
Apply for administrative restoration to the register	RT01	✖	✖
Return an allotment of shares	SH01	✔	✔
Consolidate, sub-divide, redeem shares or re-convert stock into shares	SH02	✔	✖
Notify of a purchase of own shares	SH03	✔	✖
Notify of a sale or transfer of treasury shares	SH04	✖	✖
Notify of a cancellation of treasury shares	SH05	✖	✖
Notify of a cancellation of shares	SH06	✔	✖
Notify of a cancellation of shares: public company	SH07	✖	✖
Notify of a name or other designation of class of shares	SH08	✔	✖
Allot a new class of shares by an unlimited company	SH09	✖	✖
Give notice of particulars of variation of rights attached to shares	SH10	✖	✖
Give notice of a new class of members	SH11	✖	✖
Give notice of particulars of variation of class rights	SH12	✖	✖
Give notice of name or other designation of class of members	SH13	✖	✖
Notify of a redenomination of shares	SH14	✖	✖
Notify of a reduction of capital following redenomination	SH15	✖	✖
Give notice of application to court to cancel special resolution	SH16	✖	✖
Give notice by of application to cancel special resolution	SH17	✖	✖
Give statement of capital when reducing capital in a company	SH19	✔	✖
Give statement of capital when reducing capital in a company after share warrants cancelled	SH19	✖	✖
Give statement of capital when re-registering from unlimited to limited	SH19	✖	✖
Apply for trading certificate for a public company	SH50	✖	✖
Terminate an appointment of a director	TM01	✔	✔
Terminate an appointment of a secretary	TM02	✔	✔
Terminate appointment of a manager or receiver	TM03	✖	✖
Certify voluntary translation of an original document	VT01	✖	✖

Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)

The following tables lists the LLP forms and the type of support associated with them in Entities.

I want to	Form	Paper format, auto-generated	E-filing
Register a charge created before 6 April, 2013 Note To register a charge created before 6 April, 2013, you need to use one of the older charge forms available on the National Archives’ website.	Access forms on the Companies House archive	✖	✖
Change your Limited Liability Partnership accounting reference date	LL AA01	✔	✔
Guarantee statement by parent undertaking of subsidiary Limited Liability Partnership	LL AA06	✖	✖
Change a registered office address of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL AD01	✔	✔
File a Single Alternative Inspection Location for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL AD02	✔	✔
Change location of records to the single alternative location for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL AD03	✔	✔
Change location of records to a registered office of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL AD04	✔	✔
Change situation of an England and Wales or Welsh Limited Liability Partnership	LL AD05	✖	✖
Appoint a member of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL AP01	✔	✔
Appoint a corporate member of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL AP02	✔	✔
Appoint a judicial factor (Scotland) to a Limited Liability Partnership	LL AP03	✖	✖
Change details of a member of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL CH01	✔	✔
Change details of a corporate member of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL CH02	✔	✔
Change service address for a judicial factor of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL CH03	✖	✖
Confirmation statement for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL CS01	✔	✔
Confirmation statement for a Limited Liability Partnership (new version)	LL CS01	✔	✔
Give notice of change of status of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL DE01	✖	✖
Strike off application by a Limited Liability Partnership	LL DS01	✔	✖
Withdraw striking off application by a Limited Liability Partnership	LL DS02	✔	✖
Elect to keep register of members information on the central register	LL EH01	✖	✖
Elect to keep register of LLP members’ residential addresses information on the central register	LL EH02	✖	✖
Elect to keep register of people with significant control (PSC) information on the central register for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL EH04	✖	✖
Withdraw register of LLP members information from the central register for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL EW01	✖	✖
Withdraw register of members’ usual residential addresses information from the central register for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL EW02	✖	✖
Withdraw register of people of significant control (PSC) information from the central register for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL EW04	✖	✖
Register a Limited Liability Partnership	LL IN01	✔	✔
Register particulars of a charge created by a Limited Liability Partnership	LL MR01	✖	✖
Register a charge: property or undertaking acquired by a Limited Liability Partnership	LL MR02	✖	✖
Register charge to secure series of debentures for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL MR03	✖	✖
Register a statement of satisfaction by a Limited Liability Partnership	LL MR04	✖	✖
Register a statement of a property released in a Limited Liability Partnership	LL MR05	✖	✖
File a statement of Limited Liability Partnership acting as a trustee	LL MR06	✖	✖
Register particulars of alteration of a charge of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL MR07	✖	✖
File particulars of charge created by a Limited Liability Partnership	LL MR08	✖	✖
Register a charge of property acquired by a Limited Liability Partnership	LL MR09	✖	✖
Register a charge to secure debentures for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL MR10	✖	✖
Change a Limited Liability Partnership's name	LL NM01	✔	✔
Give notice of individual person with significant control of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL PSC01	✔	✔
Give notice of relevant legal entity with significant control of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL PSC02	✔	✔
Give notice of other registrable person with significant control of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL PSC03	✔	✔
Give notice to change details of a person with significant control of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL PSC04	✔	✔
Change of details of relevant legal entity (RLE) with significant control of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL PSC05	✔	✔
Give notice changing details of other person with significant control of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL PSC06	✔	✔
Give notice of ceasing to be a PSC, RLE or ORP of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL PSC07	✔	✔
Give notice of PSC statements for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL PSC08	✔	✔
Give notice of update to PSC statements for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL PSC09	✔	✔
Replace document not meeting requirements for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL RP01	✖	✖
File a second filing of a document previously delivered for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL RP04	✖	✖
Apply for restoration of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL RT01	✖	✖
Terminate appointment of member of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL TM01	✔	✔
Terminate appointment of judicial factor of a Limited Liability Partnership	LL TM02	✖	✖
Certify voluntary translation of original document for a Limited Liability Partnership	LL VT01	✖	✖
Register a charge for Scottish Limited Liability Partnership	LLP466	✖	✖

Overseas companies

Companies House only accept paper format forms for UK Establishments of Overseas Companies. You can automatically generate selected forms in Entities and you must then complete, sign and submit them to Companies House in paper format.

You can generate the following forms from Entities:

I want to	Form	Paper format, auto-generated
Appoint a corporate director of an overseas company	OS AP02	✔
Appoint a secretary of an overseas company	OS AP03	✔
Appoint a corporate secretary of an overseas company	OS AP04	✔
Change the details of a UK establishment of an overseas company	OS CH01	✔
Change the details of an overseas company	OS CH02	✔
Change details of a director of an overseas company	OS CH03	✔
Change details of a corporate director of an overseas company	OS CH04	✔
Change details of a secretary of an overseas company	OS CH05	✔
Change details of a corporate secretary of an overseas company	OS CH06	✔
Give notice of change of name of overseas company as registered in the UK	OS NM01	✔
Terminate the appointment of a director of an overseas company	OS TM01	✔
Terminate the appointment of secretary of an overseas company	OS TM02	✔