How to file certain documents online that would usually be sent to us in a paper format.
Published 30 October 2024
From: Companies House
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Registered insolvency practitioners can upload most insolvency documents to Companies House using this service, including:
Companies House moratorium forms
Companies House forms for Insolvency Rules 2016
Companies House forms for insolvency (1986)
Companies House forms for insolvency (Scotland)
Insolvency practitioners can also upload form AD01 using this service.
You can only upload one document at a time. If you need to upload documents that would usually be filed together, you must start the service again to upload each one separately.
SH02 - Consolidate, sub-divide, redeem shares or re-convert stock into shares
SH04 - Notify a sale or transfer of treasury shares
SH05 - Notify a cancellation of treasury shares
SH06 - Notify a cancellation of shares
SH07 - Notify a cancellation of shares held by or for a public company
SH08 - Notify a name or other designation of class of shares
SH09 - Allotting a new class of shares by an unlimited company
SH10 - Give notice of particulars of variation of rights attached to shares
SH11 - Give notice of a new class of members
SH12 - Give notice of particulars of variation of class rights
SH13 - Give notice of name or other designation of class of members
SH14 - Notify a redenomination of shares
SH15 - Notify a reduction of capital following redenomination
SH16 - Give notice of application to court to cancel special resolution
SH17 - Give notice by the company of application to cancel special resolution
SH19 - Statement of capital when reducing capital in a company
(Standard service - £33 fee)
(Same day service - £136 fee)
Statement by directors
Solvency statement
Resolution
You cannot use this service to upload a resolution:
RP02A - Apply for rectification by the registrar of companies
RP02B - Apply for rectification of a change of registered address
RP03 - Object to a request to rectify the register
RP06 - Apply to remove material about a director
RP07 - Apply to change a company's disputed registered office address
RP CH01 - Correct a director's date of birth
LL RP02A - Apply for rectification by the registrar for a limited liability partnership
LL RP07 - Apply to change a disputed registered office address of a limited liability partnership
You can only upload one document at a time. If you need to upload documents that would usually be filed together, you must start the service again to upload each one separately.
CC01 - Give notice of restriction on the company's articles
CC02 - Give notice of removal of restriction on company's articles
CC04 - Notify the change of company's objects
CC05 - Change constitution by enactment
CC06 - Change constitution by order of court or other authority
SLP CS01 - Confirmation statement for a Scottish limited partnership
(£62 fee)
SLP PSC07 - Give notice of ceasing to be a PSC, RLE or ORP of a Scottish limited partnership
SLP PSC08 - Give notice of a person of PSC statements for a Scottish limited partnership
SLP PSC09 - Give notice of update to PSC statements for a Scottish limited partnership
SQP CS01 - Confirmation statement for a Scottish qualifying partnership
(£62 fee)
SQP2 - Give notice of a change of details for a Scottish qualifying partnership
SQP3 - Give notice of ceasing to be a Scottish qualifying partnership
SQP PSC07 - Give notice of ceasing to be a PSC, RLE or ORP of a Scottish qualifying partnership
SQP PSC08 - Give notice of PSC statements for a Scottish qualifying partnership
SQP PSC09 - Give notice of update to PSC statements for a Scottish qualifying partnership
You can only upload one document at a time. If you need to upload documents that would usually be filed together, you must start the service again to upload each one separately.
You cannot use this service to upload a resolution:
You must complete the document in advance. Save it to the device you are using in a PDF format so that it is ready to upload. The file must be less than 4MB.
We can accept signatures that are:
For now, you cannot upload cover letters in this service. You must upload the document only.
If you need to include continuation pages with your submission, you must merge the document and the continuation pages first. This enables you to upload them as one document.
To merge a document with continuation pages, you could:
For now, you can only upload one document at a time in this service.
If you need to upload a package of documents that you would usually file together, you must upload each document separately. This means you must start the service again for each document you need to upload. You can either restart the service or use the link on the confirmation page after you've uploaded a document.
You should do this as soon as possible after you've uploaded the previous document so that associated documents can be processed together. Otherwise, some documents may be rejected for missing the required supporting documents.
If you need associated reduction of capital documents to be processed together, you should:
You should upload each document as soon as possible after the previous document was uploaded. You can either restart the service or use the link on the confirmation page after you've uploaded a document.
You can read the guidance to find out more about share capital.
You have the option of a standard service or a same day service when you upload an SH19 document.
The standard service costs £33. The SH19 is processed within 10 to 14 days.
The same day service costs £136. The SH19 is processed on the same working day it's uploaded if we receive it by 11am. You must also upload the relevant resolution and solvency statement by this time. If you upload the SH19 and relevant documents after 11am, we will process them the next working day.
You must include evidence to support your application. Your evidence can be copies of original documents. You can upload up to 9 files of supporting evidence in the service. Applications submitted without evidence will be rejected.
The evidence we can accept may include:
The evidence we can accept may include:
Some documents have a filing fee. You can check if the document you want to upload has a fee:
If your document is rejected, we will refund your fee to the original payment method. This can take up to 7 days.
We'll send you a confirmation email to let you know if the document has been uploaded. An examiner will then process the uploaded document to check if it's acceptable for filing. The document will be registered with the date it was uploaded to Companies House as long as it is acceptable.
We'll email you to tell you if the document is acceptable for filing. If the document is not acceptable for filing, we'll email you to let you know what to do next.
If the document is acceptable for filing, we’ll send a letter to tell you when we have started to review your case and explain what happens next. If the document is not acceptable, we'll email you to let you know what to do next.
If you have a question about your submission, you can contact us.