Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy written question – answered at on 10 July 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what personal information of a business owner is placed in the public domain when a limited company is set up.
Companies House collects information on business owners (subscribers, who are the company’s initial shareholders, directors, and persons with significant control in a company) when a limited company is set up. The registrar of companies is under a statutory duty to make this information freely available to the public. Any person may inspect this information and require a copy of it. The registrar of companies does this through a variety of means, such as through our online service - Companies House Service, Companies House Direct and WebCheck - through our Contact Centre and through data and image products.
There is some engagement with HMRC where companies register for corporation and PAYE tax as an employer which can be found at:
However, under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 HMRC does not disclose customer information.
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