Reading a filing without a law degree
This is a confirmation statement. Four sides of form, and five things on it worth reading.
Every figure is cited on screen. Company examples are fictional specimens.
Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0
Transcript
- 0:00
This is a confirmation statement. Four sides of form, and five things on it worth reading.
- 0:16
The header. Name, number, date. Two companies can share a name. Only the number is unique.
- 0:29
Nature of business. This is what they said they would do when they registered, and this one was last confirmed in 2019. Seven years ago. Treat it as a hint.
- 0:44
Registered office. This is where official post goes. Very often it is the accountant’s address, not where anybody actually works.
- 0:59
People with significant control. Over seventy-five per cent of the shares. This is the person to write to, and it is not always the director.
- 1:14
Statement of capital. One pound, one share. It tells you almost nothing, so do not read it as revenue.
- 1:28
Four things to take from it. The number, the owner, the office, and how old the rest of it is. Everything else is administration.
- 1:53
No law degree required.
About this film
Reading a filing without a law degree runs 2:00, read by Imogen and appears on Leadistry's Methodology page. The full narration is above in 8 sections, so you can read it instead of watching if that is quicker. Every figure shown on screen comes from the Companies House public record or a named published source, and the companies used as examples are fictional specimens rather than real customers.