PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(9 July 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies registered in England and Wales have declared a legal entity registered abroad as a person with significant control.
Asked by:
Steff Aquarone (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Steff Aquarone (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
In limited cases, a foreign company can be a Relevant Legal Entity (RLE) and can be legitimately recorded as a UK company's Person with Significant Control (PSC).
We identified 24,450 unique, non-dissolved companies on the England and Wales register that have at least one active RLE registered to an overseas country or territory as a PSC.
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