Recommendation 18

In March 2024, the first measures of ECCTA came into force. ECCTA introduces significant changes to the role of Companies House which are intended to improve the reliability of the information on the company register and reduce the risk of false registrations. These measures included new powers to check information for company registrations, remove inaccurate information and share information with other government departments and law enforcement agencies.51 Companies House told us it has taken action using its new powers, so far removing 50,000 office addresses from the register, referring 3,000 companies per week for strike– off, and removing other fraudulent information collectively affecting 63,700 companies.52 48 C&AG’s Report, para 2.8 49 TERS0002 50 Companies House strategic intelligence assessment – GOV.UK 51 C&AG’s Report, para 2.9 52 Q 53 14