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This guidance applies to:

• further education corporations
• sixth-form college corporations
• bodies conducting institutions that are designated as being within the further education (FE) sector

Corporations or other bodies running an institution within the FE sector can change their name:

• in accordance with their Instruments and Articles
• with the approval of the Secretary of State (SoS) for Education - this does not apply to some bodies running a designated institution

There is a separate process for:

• changing a registered name with Companies House
• adopting a business (trading) name