Companies House: new rules on documents delivered to the Registrar in respect of the Register of Overseas Entities

On 22 September 2025, Companies House published a new volume of its rules relating to the register of overseas entities (ROE Rules) which set out the form, manner of delivery and method of authentication for documents delivered to the registrar of companies in respect of the Register of Overseas Entities.

Amongst other things the ROE Rules specify:

• The documents that are required to be delivered in electronic form using the Companies House Service online portal.
• That ROE verification statements must be delivered via email by a presenter in possession of an agent assurance code.
• That protected documents, which relate to individuals whose information is subject to disclosure restrictions under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, must be sent in paper form. 

The ROE Rules came into force on 16 September 2025 and apply to ROE documents and ROE verification statements delivered to Companies House on or after that date.

(ROE Rules)

Parliament: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025

On 18 September 2025, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 were published alongside an explanatory memorandum.

The regulations bring into force certain provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) which remove the requirement for companies to maintain their own versions of certain statutory registers such as the PSC register and registers relating to director and secretaries. The regulations require this information to instead be reported to Companies House, and also contain certain ancillary provisions relating to the upcoming mandatory identity verification regime.

The regulations are largely in the same form as the draft instrument the details of which are set out here.

The regulations come into force at the same time as section 43 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (prohibition on director acting unless ID verified) comes into force.

(Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 and Explanatory Memorandum)

Parliament: Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025

On 18 September 2025, the Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 were published alongside an explanatory memorandum.

The regulations made certain changes to the reporting regime for persons with significant control (PSCs) and bring into force certain provisions of ECCTA.

The regulations are largely in the same form as the draft instrument the details of which are set out here and come into force immediately after section 790LA of the Companies Act 2006 (duty to notify registrar of confirmed persons with significant control) comes fully into force.

Parliament: Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025

On 18 September, Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025 were published alongside an explanatory memorandum.

The regulations make certain ECCTA reforms to limited liability partnerships (LLPs), including the mandatory identity verification for LLP members and PSCs of LLPs, a prohibition on disqualified directors being appointed to LLPs and the removal of the requirement to keep 'local' registers of information relating to LLP members and PSCs.

The regulations are largely in the same form as the draft instrument the details of which are set out here and the majority of the provisions come into force when either section 167M of the Companies Act 2006 (CA2006) or section 790LA of CA2006 comes into force.

(Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025 and Explanatory Memorandum)