Remove an Overseas Entity from the Register of Overseas Entities
Sold the UK property? A UK-regulated agent in central London prepares, verifies and files your removal application for a fixed £700 + VAT, plus the £301 Companies House removal fee — filed within 24–48 hours of receiving the required information.
Remove Your Overseas Entity
Call us and tell us what you need, or send the entity name and Overseas Entity ID below. We confirm the fixed fee and what we need from you the same working day.
Can Your Overseas Entity Be Removed from the Register?
An overseas entity can apply to be removed from the Register of Overseas Entities only when it is no longer the registered proprietor of any qualifying estate — a freehold, or a lease granted for more than seven years — anywhere in the United Kingdom. In practice that means every land disposal or property disposal has completed and the HM Land Registry title (or the Scottish or Northern Irish equivalent) already shows the new owner.
Companies House checks each removal application against all UK land registries. If the entity is still shown as registered proprietor of any title, the application is rejected and the £301 removal fee is not refunded. That is why we check the title registration position before we file, not after.
The entity must also be up to date with its annual update duty. Inactivity, a change of beneficial owner or a wish to reduce administration does not make an entity eligible while qualifying UK land remains registered in its name. If the property has not yet been sold, the right service is usually an overseas entity update statement rather than removal.
Pre-removal checks we carry out
- Overseas Entity ID, registered property interests and Companies House filing history
- HM Land Registry title records for every property the entity has held
- Any overdue update statement, title discrepancy or verification gap that must be fixed first
- Whether any beneficial owner or managing officer information has changed since the last filing
What Does the £700 + VAT Removal Fee Include?
Our fee is fixed and quoted before any work starts. Companies House fees are statutory, charged at cost and shown separately — the £301 Companies House removal fee applies from 1 February 2026.
| Service | Our fixed fee | Companies House fee |
|---|---|---|
| Removal from the register Confirm land disposals, HM Land Registry checks, verification of any changed information, prepare and file the removal application | £700 | £301 |
| Fast-track — 24-hour priority handling of our work | £500 | — |
| Update statement filed first — no changes | £400 | £134 |
| Update statement filed first — with changes (up to 2 persons verified) | £600 | £134 |
| Additional beneficial owner / managing officer verified (each) | £150 | — |
All professional fees plus VAT. Companies House fees are statutory, charged at cost and shown separately.
Fast-track prioritises our own handling; it cannot guarantee a Companies House decision within 24 hours. Group discounts are available where several entities are being removed together.
How Does the Removal Process Work?
Removal is a Companies House procedure with regulated-agent verification built in. We run it in four stages, and you deal with one named person throughout.
Call us and confirm eligibility
Tell us what you need. We check that no qualifying estate remains registered to the entity and confirm the fixed fee.
Land and filing records
We check HM Land Registry titles and the Companies House record, and file any outstanding update statement.
Verification and application
As a UK-regulated agent we verify any changed information and prepare the removal application.
Submit to Companies House
We file with the £301 fee, monitor the decision and confirm when the entity is marked as removed.
What Happens If You Do Not Apply for Removal?
An entity that stays on the Register of Overseas Entities keeps its annual update duty even after it has sold every UK property. An update statement must be filed every year, within 14 days of the statement date, whether or not anything has changed — and the Companies House update statement fee is £134 each time.
Failing to file is a criminal offence. Companies House can impose daily financial penalties, adds a note to the public record, and the Overseas Entity ID becomes invalid until the record is brought up to date. While the ID is invalid the entity cannot buy, sell, transfer, lease or charge UK land. Our Register of Overseas Entities penalties page sets out the consequences in full.
After Companies House removes the entity
Removal ends the entity’s current listing and its Overseas Entity ID stops being valid. It does not erase information already held on the public register — details of the overseas entity and its beneficial owners remain available to view — and it does not dissolve the entity in its home jurisdiction. If the entity later acquires qualifying UK land it must register again and will need re-registration and fresh verification.
What Commonly Delays a Removal Application?
- HM Land Registry titles still showing the overseas entity as proprietor because a land disposal has not completed or title registration is outstanding
- An overdue update statement, or registered information that needs correcting before removal
- Insufficient evidence for regulated-agent identity verification of changed beneficial owners or managing officers
- Differences between the entity’s own records, its Companies House filings and the land registration records
- Protected personal information on the register — entities with protected beneficial owner details cannot currently use the online removal service and need a different route
We resolve these before submission. Fixing them afterwards means a rejected application and a lost £301 fee. Companies House guidance on GOV.UK confirms the entity should wait until every ownership change is shown on the land register before applying — we check that for you.
Why Instruct Edward Young Notaries & Lawyers?
- UK-regulated agent, not an introducer — we hold an agent assurance code, are supervised under the UK anti-money-laundering rules and carry out the verification and filing ourselves
- Property-led — we understand qualifying estates, HM Land Registry titles and what a completed disposal actually looks like on the register
- Fixed fee, quoted first — £700 + VAT for removal, Companies House fees at cost, no hourly billing
- One call to start — call us and tell us what you need; a named person handles the matter from first call to Companies House confirmation
- Central London, worldwide clients — 19 Wigmore Street, with most matters run remotely for entities in the BVI, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Cayman, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UAE
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Remove an Overseas Entity from the Register: FAQs
Address: 19 Wigmore Street, London W1U 1PH · Phone: +44 20 7499 2605 · Email: notary@notarypubliclondon.co.uk
Hours: Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:30
Regulated by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury · Member of the Notaries Society · STEP-qualified principal · Registered Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) with Companies House · UK-regulated agent for the Register of Overseas Entities
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Related Register of Overseas Entities Services
- → Register of Overseas Entities guide — who must register and how it works
- → Registration of overseas entities lawyers London — first registration, £1,200 + VAT
- → Overseas entity update statement — from £400 + VAT
- → Register of Overseas Entities for trusts
- → Register of Overseas Entities penalties — late filings and how to regularise
- → ID1 form verification for individuals — HM Land Registry identity check
- → ID2 form verification for companies buying or selling UK property
- → Form LL restriction certificate for HM Land Registry
Ready to Remove Your Overseas Entity?
Fixed fee £700 + VAT plus the £301 Companies House fee. Filed by a UK-regulated agent within 24–48 hours of receiving the required information. Call us and tell us what you need.