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A7.132 Registration required under corporate transparency provisions—overview

Corporate transparency is viewed as an essential element in any strategy aimed at reducing or eliminating corruption, tax evasion, terrorist financing and money laundering.

As such, a number of registration regimes have been introduced:

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   •ÌýÌýÌýÌý register of people with significant control—the entity within the regime must maintain its own register of people with significant control and the same information must be submitted to Companies House. This regime was introduced with effect from 6 April 2016 and applies throughout the UK

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   •ÌýÌýÌýÌý register of overseas companies with a UK establishment—both details of the company and UK establishment are registered with Companies House. This regime was introduced with effect from 1 October 2009 and applies throughout the UK

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   •ÌýÌýÌýÌý register of overseas entities holding interests in UK land—beneficial ownership of the entity is registered with Companies House. This regime was introduced with effect from 1 August 2022 and applies throughout the UK

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   •ÌýÌýÌýÌý register of persons holding a controlled interest in land in Scotland—records