How To Find Company Information - Free Of Charge

21st October 2022

Find out how you can use Companies House Service to view the details of limited companies.

Follow companies for free
Follow is a free service on Find and update company information which sends you email alerts of company transactions. The alert tells you instantly what's been filed with us, as soon as we've accepted it.

The email alert includes a link to the filing history of the company you're following, where you can download a copy of the document for free.

You can get details about a company for free, including:

basic company information (including company type, registered office address etc)
the nature of business (SIC)
the company status (for example, live, dissolved etc.)
the date of last accounts or confirmation statement filed
the date of next accounts or confirmation statement due
full transaction filing
images of documents
officer searching
current and resigned officers
disqualified directors
previous and dissolved names search
mortgage charge data
insolvency information

From 1 November 2022 you will not be able to order copies of company information by phone or by post with a cheque, postal order or similar. This information is available online free of charge.

Start your company search HERE

To get full information on how to search etc go HERE

Note
The register allows searches for companies and not sole traders or partnerships.