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Companies House: PSC04 - Notice of Change of Details for Person with Significant Control

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Steps to Notify of a Change of Details for a Person with Significant Control (PSC) through Athennian and file with Companies House:

  1. Verify the Companies House ID and Value in the Settings section
    •  Navigate to your profile > Settings > Account > Profile
      • Make sure to fill in the Companies House PresenterID and Companies House Authentication Value (the value provided when you signed up for a Companies House account)
  2. Complete Entity Details and Compliance information:
    • Navigate to General > Details
      • Ensure the company is registered in the UK. Select Jurisdiction: Country as the United Kingdom
      • Add the UK region under Jurisdiction: Region (if applicable)
    • Navigate to General > Compliance
      • Input the correct Entity Registration Number
      • Input the 8-digit Company Registry ID
      • Input the Company Authentication Code
      • Ensure that any other key information is added (if applicable)
  3. Set up the Affiliation:
    • Make sure you have an Affiliation (Other Professional for example) selected as a Person
    • Ensure the affiliation has both updated Mailing Address and Residential Address
    • For a Beneficial Owner affiliation to be created automatically, they must own securities as recorded in Securities > Ownership.
  4. Complete the Person Profile:
    • Navigate to People to open up the person profile
    • Open the Contact tab
      • Input the Date of Birth (must be over 16 years of age)
      • Add the Citizenship (must be United Kingdom), Tax Residency and Region
    • Open the Addresses tab
      • Confirm that there are updated Mailing and Residential addresses that match those in the Affiliations section
  5. Create a "Change of Other Professionals" Task:
    • Navigate back to the entity and go to Tasks and click + New
    • 1. Details tab
      • Select Change of Other Professionals as the Task Type
      • Fill in the Title in the Memo description text field
      • Add the Due Date
      • Click Save
    • 2. Change of Other Professionals tab
      • Under Incoming - click + Add to select the incoming individual and click Confirm
      • Input the Effective Date (cannot be future dated) and Resolution Date
      • Mark the task as Pending using the Status dropdown
      • Click Save to save the task
  6. File with Companies House:
    • Open the 2. Change of Other Professionals tab of the pending task
    • Select either "File for Notice of change of significant control"
      • Check the applicable box(es) for the Type of Change
      • Click Save
    • Click the PSC04 - Change of details of individual person with significant control blue button to file with Companies House
    • Review the filing overview and ensure all information is correct
    • Click File
    • Once filed, a green message will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen confirming "Filing successful - PSC04 filed with Companies House"
  7. Check Filing Status:
    • Click on the profile icon at the top right corner of the screen and select Settings
    • Under Efile - click on the Orders section to view the e-file order status
    • The Status will update live as Companies House processes the filing

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