Engagement Letter – Company Secretarial and Companies House Filings

An engagement letter for confirmation statements, statutory registers, event filings and Companies House identity verification services provided as an ACSP.

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Guidance notes included
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Engagement Letter – Company Secretarial and Companies House Filings

About this document

What it’s for

A covering letter and schedules for company secretarial work: confirmation statements, maintaining statutory registers, filing changes of officers, shareholders and people with significant control, routine minutes and resolutions, and identity verification of directors and PSCs where your firm is an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP).

When to use it

  • Taking on company secretarial work for a limited company client
  • Offering Companies House identity verification as an ACSP
  • Providing a registered office or service address

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.

  1. Company details
  2. Services we will provide
  3. Identity verification for Companies House
  4. Changes still to come
  5. Your responsibilities as directors
  6. Our responsibilities
  7. Services not included
  8. Our professional obligations
  9. Identity checks and money laundering
  10. Confidentiality and your information
  11. Fees and payment
  12. Our liability to you
  13. Changes in the law and to this engagement
  14. Ending the engagement
  15. How our agreement fits together

Also included

  • Fees
  • Timetable

How to complete it

  • Tick the services agreed and delete the rest
  • Insert your ACSP number and anti-money laundering supervisor
  • Complete the officers and PSC table in Schedule 1
  • Price each service in Schedule 2

Key points to check

  • Companies House reform dates have moved several times – check the current position before sending
  • Only offer identity verification if you are a registered ACSP and follow the Companies House standard

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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