House of Lords written question – answered at on 11 August 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what checks are made to authenticate details submitted to Companies House on forms AP01 and AP02.
As was the case under the last Government, it is the responsibility of the company in question to check the information it files. No checks are made to authenticate details submitted to Companies House on forms AP01 and AP02 due to the volume of forms received. However, when these forms are filed with Companies House electronically, rather than on paper, the "authentication code" (a form of electronic signature that is sent to a company's registered office when it registers with Companies House for electronic filing) indicates that the form comes from a source approved by the company.
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