Electronic Filing - Direct with Companies House

PC Share Register Plus incorporates the technology to file certain Companies House forms directly with Companies House. The software handles both sending of instructions and the receiving of responses from Companies House without the need for any external software. An Internet connection, dedicated email account (we can provide this for you if required) and an eFiling account with Companies House are required.

In order to eFile forms direct with Companies House Form, it is necessary to have entered certain information regarding your eFiling account and also entered details of the Companies House "Company Authentication Code". If any of the required details have not been entered you will be prevented from eFiling and will be prompted as to the nature of the problem.

For the Company :

Company Name: The Company Name must be entered in the Company Info tab of the company.

Company Number: The Company Number must be entered in the Company Info tab of the company.

Registered Office Address: You must enter at least the first line of the Company's Registered Office in the Company Info tab of the company.

Company Authentication Code: In order for Companies House to accept the electronic filing of documents, you must inform them of a 6 character Company Authentication Code which will be used to identify the company. To set up the code, click on the Setup Authentication Code button on the Company Info tab of the company.

Company Authentication Code Accepted: You cannot start eFiling until Companies House has received and registered this code. To record that the code has been registered by Companies House, click on the Setup Authentication Code button on the Company Info tab of the company.

For the "presenter" which is eFiling:

It is necessary to fully complete the eFiling details for each presenter (multiple presenters can use the same eFiling account).

To use Companies House eFiling, you must first have opened an eFiling account with Companies House. You can download an application form from: http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/toolsToHelp/pdf/ofscaa.pdf

eFiling with Companies House works through email communication and it is necessary for you to have a dedicated email account to be used for eFiling that is NOT used for any other purpose, which is registered with Companies House. PC Share Register Plus handles both the sending and receiving of emails with Companies House without the need for any other software and will attempt to send/receive emails using the default Internet connection on the PC. When setting up eFiling for a presenter you must enter:

•	Presenter ID (allocated to you by Companies House)

•	Auth Code (allocated to you by Companies House)

•	Dedicated Email address

•	Technical parameters (POP3 and SMTP settings) for the dedicated email address

NB. If you would like to be provided with a dedicated email address for use for eFiling, please contact your supplier.

Before submitting live instructions, you should click on the "Comms Test" button in the eFiling tab of a presenter in order to send a "Comms Test" to Companies House in order to check that email communication is working.

NB. If you wish to disable sending and receiving of emails from a particular workstation (if for example it does not have an Internet connection) you can do this by selecting "Subscription Details & Preferences" from the File menu and selecting "Workstation Preferences".