Service Availability for 30th Sept to 5th October

Implemented on 1st October 2009

Companies Act

CA 2006 - Overview

CA 2006 - Implementations

CA 2006 - Publications

CA 2006 - Registrars Rules

CA 2006 - Model Articles

CA 2006 - Transitional Provisions

CA 2006 - Late Filing Penalties

CA 2006 - Northern Ireland Company Registry Integration

CA 2006 - Form Producers: Barcode

Updated 22/09/09 - Important Notice regarding Companies House service availability during Companies Act transition October 2009

We are now approaching the final implementation of the Companies Act 2006 which will take place on 1st October 2009. To achieve this requires significant changes to Companies House systems, which will take time to implement.

Consequently there is essential work that we need to undertake between Wednesday 30th September and Monday 5th October inclusive. During the period our aim is to minimise any disruption to our services although we anticipate some effect on them as follows:

Please note that when filing documents they will be given the date of receipt regardless of when they are processed and appear on our output services. There may be some delays in the information being updated on our public register during this period.

Online Information Services
Online Filing Services
Companies House Information Centres
Companies House Contact Centre

Online Information Services:

Service	Wed 30th Sept	Thursday 1st Oct	Friday 2nd Oct	Saturday 3rd Oct	Sunday 4th Oct	Monday 5th Oct
Website	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
CH Direct	Open #	Open #	Open *#	Closed	Closed	Open
WebCHeck	Open	Open	Open *	Closed	Closed	Open
Extranets	Open	Open	Open*	Closed	Closed	Open
XML Gateway	Open	Open	Open *	Closed	Closed	Open

* service closes at midnight
# Same Day Processing of Certified Copies will cease at 2pm on 30th September and resume on Monday 5th October.

Our online information services will resume as normal on Monday 5th October at 7am.

The Companies House Direct Helpdesk will be available as normal on 30th September and 1st, 2nd, 5th October.

Online Filing Services:

WebFiling	Wed 30th Sept	Thursday 1st Oct	Friday 2nd Oct	Saturday 3rd Oct	Sunday 4th Oct	Monday 5th Oct
Accounts	Available	Available	Available	Closed	Closed	Available
287 documents	Cease at midnight	Not available	Not available	Closed	Closed	Available for 2006 Act equivalent = AD01
Other document types	Available	Available for 1985 Act filings only	Available for 1985 Act filings only	Closed	Closed	Available

Software Filing	Wed 30th Sept	Thursday 1st Oct	Friday 2nd Oct	Saturday 3rd Oct	Sunday 4th Oct	Monday 5th Oct
Standard Incorporations * any incorporations not processed on 30th September will be rejected. Please see transistional arrangements for more information	Available	Documents held but not processed	Documents held but not processed	Closed	Closed	Available
Same Day Incorporations	Cease at 3.00pm	Not available	Not available	Closed	Closed	Available
Other document types	Available for submission throughout the period, but will be held and not processed.

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

Companies House Information Centres:

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

Service	Wednesday 30th Sept	Thursday 1st Oct	Friday 2nd Oct	Monday 5th Oct
Information System Search Service	Open	Open	Open	Open
Same Day Services	Cease at 2:00pm	Not available	Not available	Open

Same Day Paper Processing of Incorporations, Changes of Name, Re-Registration and Certified Copies will resume on Monday 5th October.

Companies House Contact Centre:

The Companies House Contact Centre will be open as normal but the following services will be affected:

Service	Wednesday 30th Sept	Thursday 1st Oct	Friday 2nd Oct	Monday 5th Oct
Company Name Checks & Document Image Ordering	Available	Available	Available	Available
Same Day Certified Copies	Cease at 2:00pm	Not available	Not available	Available

Northern Ireland:

The Northern Ireland Company Registry will integrate with Companies House on 1st October, for a UK wide company registry. More details on the integration. To allow the integration of the database and systems to happen the following services will be affected:

Service	Wed 30th Sept	Thursday 1st Oct	Friday 2nd Oct	Saturday 3rd Oct	Sunday 4th Oct	Monday 5th Oct
DETINI Online Company Search	Open	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	Withdrawn
NI Data on Companies House services, e.g. WebCHeck and Companies House Direct	Not available	Not available	Not available	Closed	Closed	Available
NI Document Filing	As normal until 2pm. After this documents will be held but not processed	Documents held but not processed	Documents held but not processed	Documents held but not processed	Documents held but not processed	Open
CH WebFiling for NI companies	Not available	Not available	Not available	Closed	Closed	Available

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

We fully appreciate that any interruption to our services during this period will not be welcome. However, we hope that you will understand that it is necessary in order to ensure a successful implementation of the Companies Act 2006 changes.

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

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