The Latest Breaking News from Companies House

Ex -PM sets up private company Boris Johnson Ltd

Listed as director is Shelley Williams-Walker, a longstanding ally who was head of operations at No 10 under Mr Johnson.

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022

Trolls accused Barbara Windsor's widow of 'playing the long game' after the icon's death

Scott Mitchell has recalled how a routine admin change on Companies House prompted one cruel commenter to claim he had 'played the long game' following Barbara Windsor's death in 2020, as he prepares to release a new book about their love story

Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022

Callous conman ripped off customers to tune of £15,000 with a bogus groundwork company

Christopher Barlow, 37, conned five people to hand over large amounts of cash for work he did not complete.

Manchester Evening News · Oct 6, 2022

Oxford Street candy shops could face stricter rules under council campaign against ‘dirty money’

Westminster Council leader calls for tougher measures to tackle ‘dirty money’ in the capital

Evening Standard · Sep 21, 2022

Managing director of council's hospitality company steps down

Sefton Hospitality Operations Ltd was set up after the council failed to find a company willing to go into business with it

Liverpool Echo · Sep 16, 2022

Leaping Lambs owner speaks for the first time since closure amid Ofsted investigation

The owner said it had become financially unviable

Bristol Post · Sep 13, 2022

Could your house be next in the great Companies House fake registered office address scandal?

One suburban semi has been used as the registered office by 99 new companies, to the bemusement of the woman living there

Daily Mirror · Sep 8, 2022

Aaron Banks ‘writes off £7m loan’ as Leave.EU goes into liquidation

Brexit campaign group fronted by Nigel Farage leaves thousands in unpaid fines for data law breaches

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2022

Rise of the parking app makes the rich richer as motorists struggle

Digital parking has spread rapidly across Britain, but campaigners say it is stressful or inaccessible for many

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2022

Companies House failures enabled a fraud which cost savers at least £3million

The names of the directors, the accounts, the registered office addresses, were all a fiction designed to snare investors

Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022