The new rules introduced under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act will come into effect from 4 March 2024.

Companies House will have greater powers to query information and request supporting evidence, coupled with tougher checks on company names. This means staff will be able to scrutinise and reject information that seems incorrect or inconsistent with information already on the register. In some cases, this will lead to the removal of information.

In a bid to improve the quality of the company register, Companies House staff will also start using data matching to identify and remove inaccurate information.