GovWire

If you are lodging an application that involves an overseas entity and includes a disposition that is caught by the Economic Crime (Transparency & Enforcement) Act 2022 you will need to provide either:

• the overseas entity ID supplied by Companies House
• evidence of exception or exemption using form OE1 or OE2

You should ensure you are using the latest version of any application or dispositionary form, which will allow you to provide an overseas entity ID in the form itself.

Digital Registration Service (DRS) customers

If you are not lodging a dispositionary form and need to provide an overseas entity ID then you submit lodge this in a covering letter alongside your application.

Business Gateway customers

If you are not lodging a dispositionary form and need to provide an overseas entity ID then you should either submit this in a covering letter with your application or use the existing additional information field in the submission schema.