Companies House and Trust Register Discrepancy Reporting Record

Procedure, decision record and log for reporting material discrepancies in beneficial ownership information to Companies House or the HMRC Trust Registration Service under regulation 30A.

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Accountancy practice – compliance & management

Companies House and Trust Register Discrepancy Reporting Record

About this document

What it’s for

Regulation 30A requires firms to report to the registrar any material discrepancy between the beneficial ownership information they hold and the information on the public register – the Companies House PSC register, the Register of Overseas Entities or the Trust Registration Service – both at onboarding and during the relationship. This document explains what counts as a material discrepancy and records each decision and report.

When to use it

  • Whenever CDD, a periodic review or the year-end work shows that the register does not match what you know
  • Before establishing a relationship with a company, LLP, overseas entity or registrable trust

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • Part 1 – Procedure
  • Part 2 – Discrepancy decision record
  • Part 3 – Discrepancy log

How to complete it

  • Give the client the chance to correct the register first where that is appropriate
  • Record the decision in Part 2 and report through the Companies House online service or to HMRC as directed
  • Never report if doing so would tip off – speak to the MLRO first

Key points to check

  • Updated for the Money Laundering Regulations as amended by SI 2026/621 and the CCAB 2026 guidance
  • Tailor it to your firm before use

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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