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Company forms

All registered companies are required to submit a variety of information on their business activities. A list of the official forms is given below. Many can be downloaded from this list by clicking through to Companies House website. All statutory forms are available on request and free of charge. As well as submitting paper forms some, but not all, forms can be submitted on-line using the Companies House WebFiling Service. This facility allows you to access, complete and deliver forms online. The forms available for online delivery are:
88(2) Return allotment of shares
123 Notice of increase in share capital
190 Location of register of debenture holders
190a Location of register of debenture holders in a non legible form
225 Change of accounting reference date
287 Change of situation or address of registered office
288a Appointment of Director or Secretary
288b Terminating appointment of Director or Secretary
288c Change of particulars of a Director or Secretary
353 Location of register of members
353a Location of register of members in a non legible form
Annual Return (£15 charge)
DCA Dormant Company Accounts

Download from Companies House
Most of the official forms required by the Companies Acts to be registered at Companies House are available as PDF downloads from Companies House. The full list of forms with links to Companies (where available) is below. NOTE: You need Adobe Acrobat™ version 4.05 or later to use the interactive elements on the forms.

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List of official forms
To access the forms, simply click on the to the left of the form description in the table below. The forms are interactive in that you can enter information into them. These can then be printed and sent to Companies House.

 

6

Cancellation of alteration to the objects of a company

10

First Directors and secretary and intended situation of registered office

10cs

Continuation Sheet

12

Declaration on application for registration

30(5)(a)

Declaration on application for the registration of a company exempt from the requirement to use the word 'limited' or 'cyfyngedig'

30(5)(b)

Declaration on application for registration under section 680 of the Companies Act 1985 of a company exempt from the requirements to use the word 'limited' or 'cyfyngedig'

 

30(5)(c)

Change of name omitting 'limited' or 'cyfyngedig'

 

43(3)

Application by a private company for re-registration as a public company

 

43(3)(e)

Declaration on application by a private company for re-registration as a public company

 

49(1)

Application by a limited company to be re-registered as unlimited

 

49(8)(a)

Members' assent to company being re-registered as unlimited

 

49(8)(b)

Form of Statutory Declaration by directors as to members' assent to re-registration of a company as unlimited

51

Application by an unlimited company to be re-registered as limited

53

Application by a public company for re-registration as a private company

54

Application to the court for cancellation of resolution for re-registration

 

88(2)

Return of allotment of shares (Revised 1988)

88(3)

Particulars of a contract relating to shares allotted as fully or partly paid up otherwise than in cash

97

Statement of the amount or rate per cent of any commission payable in connection with the subscription of shares

 

117

Application by a public company for certificate to commence business

 

122

Notice of consolidation, division, sub-division, redemption or cancellation of shares, or conversion, re-conversion of stock into shares

123

Notice of increase in nominal capital

128(1)

Statement of rights attached to allotted shares

128(3)

Statement of particulars of variation of rights attached to shares

 

128(4)

Notice of assignment of name or new name to any to any class of shares

129(1)

Statement by a company without share capital of rights attached to newly created class of members

 

129(2)

Statement by a company without share capital of particulars of a variation of members' class rights

 

129(3)

Notice by a company without share capital of assignment of a name or other designation to a class of members

139

Application by a public company for re-registration as a private company following a Court Order reducing capital

 

147

Application by a public company for re-registration as a private company following cancellation of shares and reduction of nominal value of issued capital

 

155(6)a

Declaration in relation to assistance for the acquisition of shares

155(6)b

Declaration by the directors of a holding company in relation to assistance for the acquisition of shares

 

157

Notice of application made to the Court for the cancellation of a special resolution regarding financial assistance for the acquisition of shares

169

Return by a company purchasing its own shares

 

173

Declaration in relation to the redemption or purchase of shares out of capital

 

176

Notice of application to the Court for the cancellation of a resolution for the redemption or purchase of shares out of capital

190

Location of register of debenture holders

 

190a

Notice of place for inspection of a register of holders of debentures which is kept in a non-legible form, or of any change in that place

225

Change of accounting reference date

244

Notice of claim to extension of period allowed for laying and delivering accounts - overseas business or interests

 

266(1)

Notice of intention to carry on business as an investment company

 

266(3)

Notice that company no longer wishes to be an investment company

287

Change in situation or address of registered office

288a

Appointment of director or secretary

288b

Resignation of director or secretary

288c

Change of particulars for director or secretary

318

Location of directors' service contracts

 

325

Location of register of directors' interests in shares, etc.

 

325a

Notice of place for inspection of a register of directors' interests in shares, etc., which is kept in non-legible form, or of any change in that place

 

353

Register of members

 

353a

Notice of place for inspection of a register of members which is kept in a non-legible form, or of any change in that place

 

362

Notice of place where an overseas branch register is kept, or of any change in that place, or of discontinuance of any such register

 

362a

Notice of place for inspection of an overseas branch register which is kept in an non-legible form, or of any change in that place

 

363a

Annual Return

 

363b

Annual Return

 

363s

Annual Return

 

391

Notice of passing of resolution removing an auditor

M395

Particulars of a mortgage or charge

395cs

Form 395 Continuation

 

M397

Particulars for the registration of a charge to secure a series of debentures

 

M397a

Particulars of an issue of secured debentures in a series

 

M398

Certificate of registration in Scotland or Northern Ireland of a charge comprising property situate there

 

M400

Particulars of a charge subject to which property has been acquired

 

M403a

Declaration of satisfaction in full or in part of mortgage or charge

 

M403b

Declaration that part of the property or undertaking charged (a) has been released from the charge; (b) no longer forms part of the company's property or undertaking

 

M405(1)

Notice of appointment of receiver or manager

M405(2)

Notice of ceasing to act as receiver or manager

M410(Scot)

Particulars of a charge created by a company registered in Scotland

 

M413(Scot)

Particulars for the registration of a charge to secure a series debentures

M413a(Scot)

Particulars of an issue of Debentures out of a series of secured Debentures (note 1)

M416(Scot)

Particulars of a charge subject to which property has been acquired by a company registered in Scotland

 

M419a(Scot)

Application for registration of a memorandum of satisfaction in full or in part of a registered charge

 

M419b(Scot)

Application for registration of a memorandum of fact that part of the property charged; (a) has been released from the charge; (b) no longer forms part of the company's property

 

429 Dec

Statutory Declaration relating to a Notice to non-assenting shareholders

 

429(4)

Notice to non-assenting shareholders

 

430A

Notice to non-assenting shareholders (pursuant to section 430A(3) of the Companies Act 1985)

 

M466(Scot)

Particulars of an instrument of alteration to a floating charge created by a company registered in Scotland

 

652a

Application for striking off

 

652c

Withdrawal of application for striking off

680a

Application by joint stock company for registration under Part XXII of the Companies Act 1985, and Declaration and related statements

 

680b

Application by a company which is not a stock company for registration under Part XXII of the Companies Act 1985, and Declaration and related statements

 

684

Registration under Part XXII of the Companies Act 1985, List of members - existing joint stock company

 

685

Declaration on application by a joint stock company for registration as a public company

 

686

Registration under Part XXII of the Companies Act 1985 Statutory Declaration verifying list of members

 

691

Return and declaration delivered for registration of a place of business of an oversea company

 

692(1)(a)

Return of alteration in the charter, statutes, etc., of an oversea company

 

692(1)(b)

Return of alteration in the directors or secretary of an oversea company or in their particulars

 

692(1)(c)

Return of alteration in the names or addresses of persons resident in Great Britain authorised to accept service on behalf of an oversea company

 

692(2)

Return of change in the corporate name of an oversea company

 

694(4)(a)

Statement of name, other than corporate name, under which an oversea company proposes to carry on business in Great Britain

 

694(4)(b)

Statement of name, other than corporate name, under which an oversea company proposes to carry on business in Great Britain in substitution for name previously registered

 

BR1

Return delivered for registration of a branch of an oversea company

 

BR2

Return by an oversea company subject to branch registration of an alteration to constitutional documents

 

BR3

Return by an oversea company subject to branch registration, for alteration of company particulars

 

BR4

Return by an oversea company subject to branch registration of change of directors or secretary or of their particulars

 

BR5

Return by an oversea company subject to branch registration of change of address or other branch particulars

 

BR6

Return of change of person authorised to accept service or to represent the branch of an oversea company

 

BR7

Return by an oversea company of the branch at which the constitutional documents of the company have been registered in substitution for a previous branch

 

G R7

Application by an old public company for re-registration as a public company

 

G R7a

Notice of application made to the Court for cancellation of a special resolution by an old public company not to be re-registered as a public company

 

G R8

Declaration by Director or Secretary on application by an old public company for re-registration as a public company

 

G R9

Declaration by an old public company that it does not meet the requirements for a public company

Paper forms
Paper versions of all the Statutory forms (including those not available in PDF format) can be obtained by post from Companies House, by telephoning their contact centre on 0870 33 33 636.