Characters permitted in the filename of a document submitted with an electronic incorporation

Incorporation
1

Hi,

Will the Companies House validation of an electronic incorporation refuse to accept a document for Articles of Association, Memorandum of Association, Same Name Justification, etc. when the physical filename of the document contains one or more of the following characters?

< > ” ( ) . / + | @ $ ’

Thanks,
PJ

2

Hi PJ,

I presume you are referring to the file name as contained in the body of the XML submission data?

SDN

3

Hi Simon,

Yes, that’s correct. The file name of, for example, the Articles of Association, Memorandum of Association, or Same Name Justification document that can accompany the electronic incorporation.

Thanks,
PJ

4

Thanks PJ,

In general, we would firstly encourage developers not to use/allow filenames.

There is no character validation in that field that we are aware of however, so it should not be a reason for rejection.

Please let me know if this is not the case!.

Thanks
SDN