Companies House

 
 


05/02/2008

Important Notice regarding Companies House Processing Functions and the Temporary Suspension of Services

We are now approaching the implementation of the Companies House Information Processing System.  This is a new system that will replace our old mainframe computer and give us more flexibility to develop our services in the future.

This is a major change for us. Our aim is to keep disruption to our services to a minimum.  However, there is essential work that we need to do between Friday 22nd and Monday 25th February 2008, inclusive.  As a result the following services will be affected during the period.

Note - We recommend that customers check this page regularly for any changes to the functions and services

On- Line Services

Service Friday 22nd Saturday 23rd Sunday 24th Monday 25th
Website Open Open Open Open
CH Direct Open Closed Closed Closed
WebCHeck Open Closed Closed Closed
Extranets Open Closed Closed Closed
XML Gateway Open Closed Closed Closed
WebFiling * Available for submission of information. However, data will be held but not processed Closed Closed Closed

* Please note that documents will be given the date of receipt regardless of when they are processed and appear on the output services.

On-Line Services will resume at 9.00am on Tuesday 26th February 2008.

The CH Direct Helpdesk will be available as normal on both Friday 22nd  and Monday 25th February.

Companies House Information Centres will be open as normal but the following services will be affected 

Service Friday 22nd Monday 25th
Information System Search Service Open Closed
* Same Day Services Not Available Not Available

* Same Day Paper Processing of Incorporations, Changes of Name, Re-Registration and Certified Copies will resume on Tuesday 26th February 2008.

Companies House Contact Centre:

The Contact Centre will be open as normal on Friday 22nd and Monday 25th.  However the following services will be affected

Service Friday 22nd Monday 25th
Shuttle Return Replacement Orders Available Available
Company Name Checks Available Not Available
Same Day Certified Copies Available Not Available
Document Image Ordering Available Not Available

* Software Filing Service

Service Thursday 21st Friday 22nd Monday 25th
Standard Incorporations Processing will cease at 3.00pm Documents held but not processed Documents held but not processed
Same Day Incorporations Processing will cease at 3.00pm Not Available Not Available
Other Document Types Processing will cease at 3.00pm Documents held but not processed Documents held but not processed

* All processing will cease at 3.00pm on Thursday 21st February 2008. All submissions that continue to be received will be acknowledged and stored. Processing will re-commence on Tuesday 26th February 2008.

We fully appreciate that any interruption to our services during this period may not be welcome,. We hope that you will understand our need to do this in order to ensure a successful implementation of the new system.

We would like to thank you in advance for your continued co-operation and to apologise for any inconvenience caused to you or your clients.

If you do have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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