Latest news from Companies House

A round-up of all our latest news and updates.

Working for Companies House

In this series of features our colleagues reflect on what makes Companies House special to them.

Rebecca discusses how she has established her perfect work-life harmony.

Find out how Sophie finally found her passion and became a Content Designer.

Changes to our protected online filing (PROOF) service

We've made improvements to our PROOF service to help prevent unauthorised company name changes.

File your information online

Use our online services to make sure your information is processed as quickly as possible.

See a full list of Companies House documents you can file online, and visit our YouTube channel to see our how to videos.

We've also developed a service to Upload a document to Companies House instead of sending a paper document by post.

Help to Grow your business

Take your business to the next level with the government's new Help to Grow programme.

The programme will help small and medium sized businesses across the UK learn new skills, reach new customers and boost profits.

Providing information for Revaluation 2023

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is contacting businesses to request information to support the current revaluation of business rates in England and Wales.

Once ratepayers receive a request via letter, they need to go online and submit their up-to-date details. For some specialist property classes you'll be asked to provide your information by email instead, so once you receive a request please follow the instructions on your letter.

The information ratepayers submit is used to set rateable values, which are in turn used to calculate business rates. To ensure your business rates are accurate and reflect the current property market as well as the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please submit your information as soon as possible.

If you need help submitting your information, ring the number on your letter and the team will be happy to support you.

Support for businesses

COVID-19 support is available to businesses. You may be eligible for loans, tax relief and cash grants, whether your business is open or closed.

Use the checker tool to find out what COVID-19 financial support is available for you or see a list of financial support measures for businesses.

Updates to our services

Our contact centre is open. You can call us on 0303 1234 500, between 8.30am and 6pm on weekdays. All our offices remain closed to the public until further notice.

We're currently receiving high volumes of calls and emails. Please bear with us, we're responding as quickly as possible.

Visit our website for all the latest updates on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our services.