Draft regulations have been published to extend what personal information an individual can request Companies House make unavailable for public inspection.
The draft Protection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025 provide that:
- individuals may apply for the day of their date of birth, their signature and, in the case of directors of companies, their business occupation to be protected from public inspection; and
- amend the Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009 to widen the protection of usual residential address regime to allow any individual to apply to have their usual residential address made unavailable for public inspection.
As a result, once the draft regulations are fully in force, an individual will have the right, subject to certain exceptions, to apply for their usual residential address, signature, day of date of birth and business occupation to be protected, without needing to justify the application or meet qualifying criteria.
It is intended that the regulations will come into force on 21 July 2025 (or if they are not made before 21 July 2025, the day after the regulations are made).
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