Source:  Companies House

On Friday 13 March, Companies House was made aware of a security issue with our WebFiling service. We closed the service while we investigated and resolved the issue. The service has been independently tested and is back online as of 9am on Monday 16 March.

For more information, please read our statement on GOV.​UK

Please share this information with your clients and customers. We are also emailing every company’s registered email address to make them aware of this issue and explain what steps to take if they have any concerns.

You can view a copy of this email on GOV.​UK

We recognise that this incident will have caused concern and inconvenience to many of the companies and individuals who rely on our services. Companies House takes its responsibility to protect the data entrusted to us extremely seriously and we have taken swift action to secure and restore our service and are committed to doing everything in our power to support those affected.