Persons with Significant Control

Information about the PSC check.

Data resource: Companies House list API and Companies House statement list API .

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Highlights

Active PSCs
Corporate PSCs
Natures of control
Statements
Verification

Disclaimer

We summarise factual information and apply automated rules to help users navigate public registers more efficiently. Notes and key notes are informational only. They do not represent legal advice, financial advice, compliance findings, risk ratings, or confirmation of wrongdoing, sanctions status, ownership effect, or regulatory status. Highlight icons are intended to draw attention to available information and are not risk ratings.

Results may be incomplete, delayed, or affected by limitations in the underlying public data. Users should always verify information with the relevant official source before making legal, financial, lending, procurement, compliance, or business decisions.

Counts

Total: total number of PSCs recorded.

Active: number of PSCs not marked as ceased and with no ceased-on date recorded.

Active individuals: number of active individual PSCs.

Active corporate entities: number of active corporate entity PSCs.

Ceased: number of PSCs marked as ceased or with a date recorded on which they ceased.

PSC Rules

We group results into four categories: Key notes, Notes, No notes, and Data unavailable.

Key notes highlight information related to the company's status.

Notes highlight contextual information about the company.

No notes means none of our rules were triggered and no notes were surfaced.

Data unavailable means expected data required for one or more rules was missing, unavailable, or could not be interpreted.

Highlight indicators are intended to draw attention to notes and improve scannability. They are not risk ratings or findings of non-compliance.

No notes
  • There is at least one active PSC recorded.
  • There are no active PSCs recorded as corporate entities.
  • There are no active PSCs recorded as super secure.
  • There are no active PSCs recorded as legal persons.
  • There is no active PSC with nature of control: ownership of shares – 75% or more.
  • There is no active PSC with nature of control: ownership of voting rights – 75% or more.
  • No active individual PSC has their identity verification statement due in the past.
  • No active individual PSC has a recorded identity verification removal date.
Key notes
Restrictions notice issued to PSC.

The company has issued a restrictions notice under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1B to the Act.
OR
The partnership has issued a restrictions notice under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to The Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017.

Notes
PSC exists but not identified.

The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is a registrable person in relation to the company but it has not identified the registrable person.
OR
The partnership knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is a registrable person in relation to the partnership but it has not identified the registrable person.

No active PSC recorded.

There were no active PSCs recorded, there was no PSC exemption link present, and there was no recognised statement explaining the absence.

No individual or entity with significant control.

The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company.
OR
The partnership knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the partnership.

PSC failed to confirm changed details.

A PSC has failed to comply with a notice given by the company under section 790E or EA of the Act.
OR
The partnership has given a notice under Regulation 11 of The Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 which has not been complied with.

PSC contacted but no response received.

The company has given a notice under section 790D or DA of the Act which has not been complied with.
OR
The partnership has given a notice under Regulation 10 of The Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 which has not been complied with.

PSC details not confirmed.

The company has identified a registrable person in relation to the company but all the required particulars of that person have not been confirmed.
OR
The partnership has identified a registrable person in relation to the partnership but all the required particulars of that person have not been confirmed.

Awaiting confirmation from PSC.

The company knows or believes it has a PSC but has not yet had confirmation.

Steps to find PSC not yet completed.

The company has not yet completed taking reasonable steps to find out if there is anyone who is a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company.
OR
The partnership has not yet completed taking reasonable steps to find out if there is anyone who is a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the partnership.

{count} active PSCs recorded as super secure.

The number of active PSCs recorded as super secure.

Active PSC owns 75% or more shares.

An active PSC has nature of control: ownership of shares – 75% or more.
OR
An active PSC has nature of control: ownership of shares – 75% or more with control over the trustees of a trust.
OR
An active PSC has nature of control: ownership of shares – 75% or more as a member of a firm.

Active PSC owns 75% or more voting rights.

An active PSC has nature of control: ownership of voting rights – 75% or more.
OR
An active PSC has nature of control: ownership of voting rights – 75% or more with control over the trustees of a trust.
OR
An active PSC has nature of control: ownership of voting rights – 75% or more as a member of a firm.

{count} active PSCs are legal persons.

The number of active PSCs recorded as legal persons.

{count} active PSCs are corporate entities.

The number of active PSCs that are corporate entities.

Identity verification statement not supplied and due date has passed for {count} active individual PSCs.

The number of active individual PSCs for which there is no recorded date on which their identity verification statement was supplied, and the due date is in the past.

Identity verification statement was removed for {count} active individual PSCs.

The number of active individual PSCs with a recorded date on which the identity verification statement was removed.

Data unavailable
Identity verification details unavailable for at least one active individual PSC.

For at least one active individual PSC, the dates on which the identity verification statement was supplied, removed, or due were missing or could not be interpreted.

PSC statements unavailable.

All PSC statements were unavailable.

Some PSC statements unavailable.

Some but not all PSC statements were unavailable.

Nature of control unavailable for at least one active PSC.

Nature of control was unavailable for at least one active PSC.

Service / transport errors

400 invalid company number format → check is not run.

404 resource not found → check is run, assumes no PSCs are recorded.

401/403 auth → check is not run.

429 rate limit → check is not run.

Timeout / 5xx → check is not run.

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