The requirement for companies and LLPs to maintain a
Register of People with Significant Control (PSC Register) came
into force in April 2016, with the PSC Register being filed with
Companies House as part of a company's Confirmation Statement
from July that year. However, the way in which a company's PSC
Register will be reported to Companies House will shortly be
changing.
From 26 June 2017, any change to a company's PSC Register
will require to be notified by way of a separate Companies House
PSC form as and when the changes occur, as opposed to being
reported annually via the Confirmation Statement.
The implication of this is that if a company or LLP has made any
changes to its PSC Register since its last Confirmation Statement
was filed, the appropriate PSC form will require to be filed with
Companies House – and the window for making this filing, to
comply with the regulations, is 26 June to 9 July 2017.
Alternatively, in order to eliminate the need for a PSC