Text for AML Update Service
AML Update: Updated 5MLD requirements – reporting on a company’s beneficial ownership
Purchase this policy: Anti-Money Laundering Policy
- Change date
- 12/10/2026
- Word count
- 379
- Deployment measure
- 7/10
Rationale
A new paragraph before the 30-day reporting window directing fee earners to verify that a company client is currently and properly registered at Companies House, with a note about the risk of criminals using documentation from dissolved or struck-off companies.
In accordance with Regulation 30A, you must report discrepancies in the beneficial ownership of a company to Companies House. Regulation 30A has been amended to bring the Register of Overseas
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