Register Your Overseas Company with Companies House

If your overseas company is opening a place of business or establishing a branch in the UK, you're legally required to register with Companies House within one month. This Companies House Overseas Company Registration Form template streamlines the entire process, collecting all the information you need to comply with UK regulations.

Paperform makes UK regulatory compliance simple. Instead of wrestling with PDF forms or spreadsheets, you can create a professional, on-brand registration form that guides applicants through every required field—from parent company details and governing law to UK establishment information and accounting reference dates.

Built for law firms, corporate service providers, and in-house legal teams

Whether you're a corporate service provider handling multiple overseas registrations, a law firm supporting international clients, or an in-house legal team managing UK expansion, this template handles the heavy lifting. The form captures:

• Parent company details: Registered name, number, country of incorporation, registered office address, and legal form
• Governing law and constitution: Applicable law and constitutional documents
• UK establishment details: Trading name, principal business activities, establishment address, and date of opening
• UK representative information: Secretary or authorised person details for UK correspondence
• Accounting requirements: Financial year-end, accounting reference date, and parent company accounting standards
• Director and officer information: Names, addresses, dates of birth, and appointment dates
• Document uploads: Certified constitution copies, director consent forms, and supporting documentation

With conditional logic, the form adapts based on company type and jurisdiction, showing relevant fields only when needed. This keeps the experience clean and reduces errors.

Connect your compliance workflow with Stepper

Once submitted, you can use Stepper to automate what happens next: send confirmation emails, create a case file in your practice management system, generate the OS IN01 filing automatically, notify your Companies House team, and update your CRM—all without manual data entry.

For firms that need clients to sign engagement letters or authority forms before proceeding, Papersign integrates seamlessly. Send the completed registration details straight to an eSignature workflow, keeping everything linked and auditable in one place.

Trusted by legal and corporate professionals across the UK

Paperform is SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliant, with data residency controls that let you store submissions in the UK or EU. You can set user permissions, enable SSO for larger teams, and maintain full audit trails—giving you the security and control that professional services firms require.

Whether you're managing one registration or hundreds, this template gives you a clear, compliant starting point that saves time, reduces back-and-forth, and keeps your client experience professional from first contact to Companies House filing.