# Companies House is to make all of its digital data available free of charge

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/16/companies-house-make-digital-data-available-free-charge/
- Published: 2014-07-16T15:12:37+01:00
- Author: Finbar Cullen

Companies House customers are currently required to pay up to £1 per search to view
business appointments, charges and document images, including annual accounts. However,
Companies House is to make all of its digital data available free of charge.

Any public information on the register that is delivered through digital channels
will be available free of charge. Any services in which Companies House has to manually
intervene will continue to attract a fee to recover costs.

This will make the UK the first country to establish a truly open register of business
information. [This change](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-companies-house-data-to-boost-uk-economy)
will come into effect from the second quarter of 2015 (April – June).

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Finbar Cullen, [Research**Plus**](http://www.researchplus.co.uk/)

 

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