Companies House Direct and WebCHeck are closing

Customers can use the successor 'Find and update company information' service.

Companies House have confirmed that the Companies House Direct (CHD) and WebCHeck services will close on Thursday 30 November 2023.

Users should use the Find and update company information service instead.

Current features include:

• advanced company search
• dissolved company search
• company snapshot reports
• alphabetical search
• ordering facility for certificates, certified documents and missing images

The Find and update company information service is a fully accessible service and has already replaced the majority of the functionality provided by CHD and WebCHeck.

All records of companies dissolved since January 2010 are available on the Find and update company information service. We’re continuing to keep records of dissolved companies for 20 years from the date of dissolution, and our long-term intention is to make all these records available for free on the Find and update company information service.

However, dissolved records from before January 2010 up to 20 years from the date of dissolution will not be available on the service until measures relating to suppression of personal information in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill are implemented.

First published 30 March 2023