Times change. If filed electronically, they're available in minutes.

My point is that 'someone from Cardiff' couldn't just send a form in saying a director has resigned for it to be actioned!

So they do have to check it???

Quote ="Fuzzy Duck"It's quite simple to see who is "in position" by looking at the "people" section on Companies House website: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp ... 9/officers'" Yeah - but that's just a summary based on the forms they've received. Which may or may not reflect reality.

Quote ="Fuzzy Duck"It's quite simple to see who is "in position" by looking at the "people" section on Companies House website: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp ... 9/officers'" Yeah - but that's just a summary based on the forms they've received. Which may or may not reflect reality.

Who ? Companies House ?

No.

Well, you've misunderstood the reference to the bloke in Cardiff; which is where Companies House has their base these days, but never mind. It's not important.

Actually, you can do that and it does happen.

Fraudsters file directors' appointment and resignation forms, take over the company, strip out the assets and disappear. It's far from unknown and Companies House have come up with a scheme called Protected Online Filing to counter it.

However, we're drifting away from the relevance of the thread........