This article suggested that Companies House is prosecuting companies as a “revenue gathering exercise”. Not so. Let me explain what we are doing and why. Companies House is a key source of information on companies in the UK.
We offer a large amount of information free on our website and we sell individual company documents, such as accounts, at £1 a time. This service is very popular with businesses looking to check out potential suppliers and customers, and indeed with members of the public deciding whether they want to do business with the company down the road. On average someone buys a document from us every four seconds.