[Insert date] Dear [ Company Secretary OR Board of Directors] of [Company], Register of People with Significant Control—voluntary notice of registrable status We confirm that we are a registrable relevant legal entity with significant control, as defined in section 790C of the

[Insert date] Dear Members of [LLP], Register of People with Significant Control—voluntary notice of registrable status We confirm that we are a registrable relevant legal entity with significant control, as defined in section 790C of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) in

[Insert date] Dear [ Company Secretary OR Board of Directors OR Designated Members] of [[Company ] OR [LLP]], Register of People with Significant Control—voluntary notice of relevant change (transfer of shares) This letter is to notify the [[Company] OR [LLP]] that

[Insert date] Dear [ Company Secretary OR Board of Directors OR Designated Members] of [[Company] OR [LLP]], Register of People with Significant Control—voluntary notice of relevant change (transfer of shares) This letter is to notify the [[Company] OR [LLP]] that a relevant

[Insert date] Dear [insert name of addressee] Register of People with Significant Control—Warning Notice Interests in [Company] [shares OR rights] On [Date] we sent you a notice under section [790D OR 790E] of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) requiring that you provide us, in writing [including by email to the address shown above], within one calendar month, specified information concerning your interest (within the meaning of Part 21A of the Act), if any, in the [shares OR rights] of [Company] or your knowledge of any person or legal entity that might have such an interest. A copy of the section [790D OR 790E]

[Insert date] Dear [insert name of addressee] Register of People with Significant Control—Withdrawal of Restrictions Notice Interests in [Company] [shares OR rights] We

This Practice Note addresses a series of frequently asked questions relating to the people with significant control (PSC) regime. This Practice Note provides: • brief responses to the frequently asked questions in relations to the PSC regime, and • onward links for more detailed information in our suite of core materials on PSCs as well as government guidance What changes did ECCTA 2023 make to the PSC regime? The Economic Crime and Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) contains provisions that reforms aspects of the PSC regime by repealing sections 790M–790 ZA of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), and making detailed changes to CA 2006, ss 790A–790L (which became CA 2006, ss 790A–790LT). Since 18 November 2025, those amendments abolished the need for a company to keep its own PSC register and instead gives it duties to: • identify its PSCs • obtain information about its PSCs • inform the Registrar of Companies (the Registrar) who its PSCs are, and • notify the Registrar of certain information in relation to each PSC, any change in PSCs and any

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (SBEEA 2015) introduced a new Part 21A to CA 2006 containing a regime intended to improve transparency and trust in companies and other entities such as limited liability partnerships (LLPs) most notably the requirement for a register of people with significant control (PSC) over the relevant entity (the PSC register). The PSC regime now applies to UK incorporated companies limited by shares or guarantee (including community interest companies), LLPs, unlimited companies, unregistered companies and (as a result of the Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/694) eligible Scottish partnerships (Scottish limited partnerships and Scottish qualifying general partnerships).

The framework of the people with significant control (PSC) regime, which originally took effect on 6 April 2016, is set out in Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). The PSC regime aims to address concerns about the opaque nature of business ownership, whereby traditionally only the legal and not necessarily the beneficial owner of an entity’s shares was recorded. The PSC register gives more accurate and current information on who ultimately owns and controls companies and other entities and the information is publicly available on the central registry held at Companies House. It helps inform investors when they are considering investing in a company. It also supports law enforcement agencies in money laundering investigations.Data on the UK PSC regime is available via a downloadable data snapshot containing the full list of PSCs provided to Companies House. LLPs incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 are required to maintain information on people with significant control over the LLP under the Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/340 (the

This note contains a checklist of the key questions to be considered, and steps to be undertaken, in complying with Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) (the people with significant control (PSC) regime), in particular the requirement to keep a register of PSCs and other registrable relevant legal entities (RLEs) (the PSC register). Corporate transparency reform—changes to the PSC regime ECCTA 2023 amends the CA 2006 so as to abolish requirements imposed on a company to keep its own register of people with significant control (PSC register). Instead, requirements to notify the registrar of equivalent information are introduced. These changes took effect on 18 November 2025, with limited exceptions and subject to transitional provisions. The new regime relating to PSCs is effected by the repeal of CA 2006, ss 790M–790ZE and detailed changes to CA 2006, ss 790A–790L, which become CA 2006, ss 790A–790LT. Under these new CA 2006 provisions, a company has a duty to: • identify its PSCs • obtain information about its PSCs • inform the registrar who its PSCs are,

The framework of the people with significant control (PSC) regime, which originally took effect on 6 April 2016, is set out in Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), (as amended by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, ss 81–83, Sch 3). The PSC regime aims to address concerns about the opaque nature of business ownership, whereby traditionally only the legal and not necessarily the beneficial owner of an entity’s shares was recorded. The PSC register gives more accurate and current information on who ultimately owns and controls companies and other entities and the information is publicly available on the central registry held at Companies House. It helps inform investors when they are considering investing in a company. It also supports law enforcement agencies in money laundering investigations. The primary legislation is supported, for companies, by The Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016, SI 2016/339 (the PSC Regulations, as amended by the Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/693 (2017 Regulations)). LLPs incorporated under

The people with significant control (PSC) register gives more accurate and current information on who ultimately owns and controls companies and other entities and the information is publicly available on the central registry held at Companies House. It helps inform investors when they are considering investing in a company. It also supports law enforcement agencies in money laundering investigations. The regime was implemented on 6 April 2016 under Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) (as inserted by Schedule 3 of The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015). Please note that for the purposes of simplicity, this document refers to ‘company’ and ‘companies’ when referring to those entities which are required to maintain a PSC register. See Practice Note: PSC register—the people with significant control regime for an overview of the whole PSC regime. Corporate transparency reform—company registers ECCTA 2023 contain amendments to CA 2006 so as to abolish requirements imposed on a company to keep its own register of people with significant control (PSC register). Instead, requirements to notify the Registrar of equivalent information