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Submit UK statutory filings to Companies House

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Atlas integrates directly with Companies House, the UK registrar and regulator, so you can prepare and submit statutory filings from the entity and stakeholder records you already maintain, without logging into Companies House or a third-party system. Atlas supports 21 filing types, including director and secretary appointments, terminations, and detail changes, registered office address changes, confirmation statements, and person with significant control (PSC) notifications and changes. Atlas remains your source of truth: every filing pulls from the data you maintain, so the information you file is the information you manage.

Before you get started

  • In order to set up the integration, you will need a Presenter ID and Presenter Authentication Code, issued by Companies House. Contact Companies House directly to request these details. 
  • Not every filing with Companies House is available within Atlas. This is limited to UK entities in England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland. 
Supported filings
Category Forms
Directors/secretaries AP01, AP02 (appointments) · TM01, TM02 (terminations) · CH01, CH02 (detail changes)
PSC PSC01, PSC02, PSC03 (notifications) · PSC04, PSC05, PSC06 (changes) · PSC07 (cessation)
LLP PSC LLPSC01, LLPSC02, LLPSC03 (notifications) · LLPSC04, LLPSC05, LL PSC06 (changes) · LLPSC07 (cessation)
Company AD01 (registered office address) · CS01 (confirmation statement)
Non-supported filings
  • PSC08 / PSC09 
  • Company accounts (AA01, AA02) 
  • Incorporations (IN01, LL IN01) 
  • SH01
  • Postal-only filings (e.g. LP6 for limited partnerships, company restorations)

Ontra provides an API to connect Atlas to Companies House so you can verify your identities and make filings directly. Ontra will not engage directly with Companies House or perform filings on your behalf. 

Set up the integration

  1. In the left-hand navigation, under Admin, open the Integrations page 
  2. Locate the Companies House tile and click Connect 
  3. Enter your Presenter ID and Presenter Authentication Code
  4. Click Connect again

The Presenter account details will allow any billing to go through your own account as provided by Companies House, and all filings from Atlas to Companies House will use these details. 

 

Once connected, you can submit and view the status of filings on the the Regulatory Filings page in the left-side navigation.

Submit a filing 

  1. In the left-side navigation, under Atlas, open the Regulatory Filings page
  2. Click + New Filing in the top-right corner
  3. Select the Filing Type
    1. Select the Companies House Filing operation using the dropdown
    2. Select the applicable Entity using the dropdown
    3. Based on the filing type selected, fill out additional fields/dropdowns 
    4. Click Next
  4. Fill out the Details for the filing type ensuring that all required information is provided
  5. Click Next
  6. Fill out the Presenters Details (optional)
  7. Choose to Save as Draft or Submit Filing 
    1. If saving a draft, click Save Draft again and access the draft from the Regulatory Filings page
    2. If submitting the filing, depending on the operation, you may need to include Director Verification, as required by Companies House, and input a Companies House Personal Code. Then, click Submit.

Once a filing is submitted 

Navigate to the Regulatory Filings page to view submitted filings, who they're associated to, the Status, the Submitted date and filter by Filing Type or Status easily. 

Once a filing is submitted, you will see one of the following Status options displayed: 

  • Accepted - the filing has been accepted by Companies House.
  • Rejected - the filing has been rejected by Companies House.
  • Parked - the filing has been paused by Companies House pending manual intervention on their side.

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