Companieshouse Opiniões 

I discovered 12 months ago someone had used my name & address, classing me as being the Director. I managed to get this removed but then discovered I was classed as owning 75% of the company. I had nothing to do with them, only discovered this had happened due to receiving a letter from Companies House congratulating me. The company is now classed as Dissolved but my name remains on there. Customer service is atrocious, they allow fraudulent activity to happen. Name given to them had the title of Mr, obviously isn’t me as I am female - also date of birth isn’t mine. Why don’t they correspond with us first before adding our name & address online? They are as disgraceful as the fraudster. The only way I could get my name removed is via a Court Order.

Just called about a business being set up in my name that I know nothing about. The woman sounded like she had just woke up!
Asked what was going on and she couldn’t tell me.
I asked why my info had been used? Couldn’t tell me.
Fill in this form and this form and hung up.

They're a load of crap. Someone used my address as a company director (by the way everyone, this is a nationwide scam) and these morons yes I said morons don't do any diligent checks on the clowns that phone up with fake names and details. They're not interested in the slightest. Had to sign upto Companies House and fill out a form to have my address removed. I contacted the police on 101, Actionfraud. I was informed that if I knew the fraudster then they wouldn't remove my details. Thanks for getting back to me guys, oh wait a minute, you haven't. I think Companies House is a circus, full of clowns.

Waited an age for call to be answered. Greeting wasn’t anything like “Companies House how can I help you”. It was simply “Number?”. Agent was abrupt and disinterested in the extreme. And as it subsequently turned out the information reluctantly provided was damagingly incorrect.

Whilst companies house shares the challenges of all government departments and websites, they genuinely try to communicate and support.

I received an email regarding incorrect details and was able to get through directly to someone polite and helpful (I was worried it was a scam when that happened).

Far better then other UK government departments such as HMRC

Why is every single government website so bad and poorly laid out? Were they all designed and coded by work experience kids? It's genuinely shameful. How can it take HOURS to send an email for something like a password reset?

XUHAOHAWO Limited is a scam. I have been trying to get delivery of an item ordered on 17th July (and in the end a refund) with no success. They insist delivery has been made, while my address was supplied correctly and no delivery has been made.

I’m honestly not sure what happens here. They have an important job but they’re the most disorganised company. I paid for my company to be registered and paid for special delivery so it could be signed for etc. They lost it. It’s in their building but they lost it. They take weeks to respond (if they respond at all) and owe money for the registration fee and special delivery. It’s been several months. If I could give less than one star I would. I’m still waiting.

Serious Concerns about the information being recorded by this establishment, to the point it is NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE.
I checked this website for information on a company I intended to employ for work at my house. I needed to check that they held Public Liability Insurance before I even considered employing them.
Companies House stated there was a Public Liability Insurance held, so I went ahead and employed them.
When things went wrong - guess what - NO Public Liaiity Insurance is held, and when I asked why the hell their site had stated it was held, I was informed they just added whatever information the company had sent them!!
So, just lie through your teeth, commit fraud, and get away with it all, thanks to the aid of this really "useful" website - well, useful for criminals anyway.
Seriously, what is the point of recording information that you haven't bothered to check???
This company is not fit for purpose, and probably commiting an offence itself by publishing incorrect data which members of the public rely on.
Utterly Useless to anyone other than a criminal.

Disproportionate penalty for late filing by a matter of hours. Their communication structure seems designed to maximise chances of late filing/revenue from penalties rather than provide timely reminders. Of course poor reviews mean nothing as their de facto monopoly position means absolutely no reason for them to improve

One of the most disorganised rip offs ever established. Submitted original documents by Signed for post but they nit pick so returned documents by 1st class post which apparently they never received ??? Funny how 1st Class Royal Mail never arrives. Next I am being fined penalty of £750 per month for delays caused by them. What do they actually do for Companies - nothing as we had a bogus company use our address which means they cannot be bothered to do due diligence check. So next received a letter for fines saying we have 14 days to pay yet letter took four days to arrive with threat that if i dont pay they will send their thugs under guise of debt collectors. Since we all pay HMRC why do we actually need this as well. Problem is we cannot do anything as they are protected and can do as they please even penalise us for their disorganisation. Advise always sent Documents by Signed For post when dealing with them. They are good at threatening and taking swift action too almost like they want to destroy small businesses instead of helping them.

Company used my address as their head office, obviously worried about fraud and problems down the line with letters or worse coming to my house. Companies House couldn’t be more useless, they registered my address to the fraudulent company with no checks to ensure this was in fact the correct address or a false one. Simple check Companies House, send a letter to the address the application is for and get a response to confirm that this is the correct address before registering it and causing problems for a homeowner! Once Companies House have registered the company guess who has to jump through hoops and bang their head against a wall in attempting to rectify the problem? Yep the home owner who had nothing to do with the application or registration.

Utter tripe. Awful service, awful attitude.

Information not verified. Wont investigate any fraud and only want to palm you off.

Like lots of other people I have found out that some supposed foreigner had managed to register a fake business at my address and has also listed his self as a director also at my address
I am having to jump through hoops to get his details removed from my address I am not very computer savvy so I have had to get help from the citizens advice to fill in all the forms and send copies of my utility bills etc that companies House required to prove my innocence
I am a pensioner and have found this very distressing but have received no help whatsoever from companies House in fact I have been made to feel like the offender not the victim
Obviously companies House allow anyone to register a business without any checks whatsoever but I am having to prove my innocence it's about time this set up was closed down as they are certainly not fit for the purpose how the government allow this to happen is beyond me

My son runs a small theatre company-producing shows for children which always receive 4 and 5 star reviews.

Last month, totally out of the blue, he found his business accounts suspended by Santander. Equally as unsympathetic.

Companies House has unilaterally stuck his company off. No prior written notification nor reason was given. The shock caused great stress.

After investigation we discovered that my son's accountant had passed on his work to another accountant. A particular piece of paper was not provided to Companies House so they struck off the company.

My son had to take out substantial loans in order to pay his actors and keep the shows going. Santander refused him access to his account and he was unable to receive payment from theatres.

My son completed new forms-paid £140 and was told the documents were received and would take 10 days to process and re-instate his company.

This morning on phoning for progress he was informed that the documents had a wrong date on them and had been send back to him by second class mail.

Today we paid a further £140 to re-submit the documents-my son must wait a further 10 days-take out even more loans to pay actors to keep the shows on the road.

You could not imagine in any industry such levels of incompetence. Years ago Companies House was accessible and efficient.Notification of changes given.

No longer. It is a shambles and not fit for purpose

It's difficult to know whether it's incompetence or fraudulent behaviour at Companies House but they ignoring objections and are allowing companies with huge debts to dissolve voluntarily without going into liquidation.

This enables companies to take money for jobs and then instead of doing the work simply dissolve the company and keep the money.

Aija was very professional, helpful and answered all my queries patiently, explaining in detail what everything meant and what I should expect - an absolute credit to the Company as Aija is the first person after 4 phone calls to guide me through technical difficulties for completing my annual statement for the first time - thank you Aija⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I recently discovered that my home address in the UK is being used by a Chinese National who is resident in China as both a Business Address for his Company and a correspondence address.
4youworld limited is the name of the fraudulent company using my address.
I first phoned companies house and was astounded to be informed that no check is made ,or evidence of address being used is required.
I was told I needed to complete forms online or paper based. I did this a few weeks ago without any proper response yet. I guess I'm going to be chasing my request to have my address removed from their site for some time judging by other people's experiences. Not Impressed!!!!
They really need to insist on proof of address when a Company registers itself. It's not Rocket Science.

Absolute bunch of tyrants…From Companies House, HMRC, Police the Government..they’re all thieves and criminals with suits on. Taken 3 weeks to remove my personal home address and still nothing. Each time you call they have no clue, phone is answered by retired tyrants working from home. How they’re allowed to use our data like this is absolutely disgusting then to be told they’re working 2 months behind. Wake up and look at other countries as an example UK should be ashamed of themselves this country is going down hill, no wonder they opted out of brexit because they don’t like to do business honestly other than rob hard working middle class citizens.

Possibly the worst organisation I have ever dealt with. Firstly, their nit-picking, bureaucracy, delays in processing and intransigence over my step-son's accounts meant a six week delay in submission, which they then fined him for!!! Now, I have been part of a team trying to set up a TimeBank charity company for the east of England. They have rejected the application because it contains the work Bank. Bank is a generic term that can be applied to food, bottles and time: not just financial services. Now we have missed our funding window. This government wants Britain's companies to be the best in Europe and yet we are forced to deal with this utterly incompetent organisation. Needs scrapping and replacing.