United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 84765
Companies: Fraud
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23 October 2025
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29 October 2025 · Answer
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29 October 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the fraudulent registration of companies using private residential addresses through Companies House.
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23 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the fraudulent registration of companies using private residential addresses through Companies House.
Source: Commons
29 October 2025
Answer
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 strengthened Companies House’s powers to query or reject inaccurate or suspicious addresses, enabling the Registrar to act swiftly and decisively against misuse of residential addresses.Many fraudulen...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-23/84765
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1844534
- uk · wq-1844534 · source updated 29 October 2025