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The Company Secretarial software is able to electronically file certain company forms directly with Companies House via specially formatted emails sent to and responses received from Companies House. The software handles the sending and receiving of these emails without the need for any external email software.

 

Additional system requirements for e-filing

•Internet connection allowing sending of SMTP email (usually on port 25 or alternatively port 587).
•Internet connection allowing receiving of POP3 email (usually on port 110).
•Dedicated POP3 email account (ie. an account that is not used for any other purpose than e-filing and is only accessed through the e-filing software) - see note below re provision of free POP3 email account.
•Access to SMTP server to send emails to Companies House - see note below re provision of free POP3 email account.
•Companies House Electronic Filing Service credit account with the above dedicated email address registered to it. An application form can be downloaded from Companies House: http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/toolsToHelp/pdf/ofscaa.pdf

 

 

Free POP3 email account

In order to simplify matters, for the duration of your subscription to the e-Filing module, we can supply you with a free, dedicated email account, including SMTP email sending facility to be used for the purposes of e-filing within the software.