Searching the Companies House register
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Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Follow companies
- How to follow a company
- Records of dissolved companies
- Service information
- Disclaimer
- Data protection
- Company search and disqualified directors search
- Company information supplied by Companies House
- Company accounts
- Links to external websites (including 2D optical codes)
- Cookies
- Information collected on behalf of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
- Acceptable use of Companies House searchable databases
- The extractives service
- User information
Source and licence
Companies House
AttributionCompanies House, ‘Searching the Companies House register’ (updated 9 June 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026