questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Companies House address verification procedures in preventing overseas entities from registering UK companies at virtual office addresses, residential properties, or addresses used by large numbers of unconnected companies.
answerText: Companies House is continuously improving its ability to detect and prevent the misuse of addresses on the companies register.The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 enhanced the Registrar’s powers to query and challenge addresses before th...
heading: Foreign Companies: Registration