# Persons with Significant control (PSC) statements **URL:** \ **Category:** Person with Significant Control\ **Created:** [January 22, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29 "2016-01-22T10:53:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rryan](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rryan](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/rryan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/1 "2016-01-22T10:53:06Z")
As part of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act companies are required to supply details of the people who own or control their company (PSCs). Companies will need to keep this information on their own register, in addition to the register of directors and the register of members which they already keep. PSC information must also be filed with the central public register at Companies House. Companies which keep their own registers will provide PSC information via the Confirmation Statement (previously the annual return), while companies which chose to hold their register at Companies House must submit PSC01, PSC02 or PSC03 forms for each PSC in the company. If the company cannot provide PSC information via one of these methods they must file a PSC08 giving a statement as to why this information cannot be provided. The PSC08 form ‘Notification of a PSC Statement’ is specified in the PSCStatementNotification schema and is outlined in the brief description below. When the statement is no longer applicable it can be withdrawn by submitting a PSC09 as specified in the PSCStatementWithdrawal schema. There are seven different statements which can be provided and these can be thought of as being one of three types: **Company Statements** These statements apply to the company as a whole. If a company gives one of these statements they cannot submit any other statements or PSC Notifications while this statement is active. These Company Statements are outlined below as the value which needs to be submitted followed by the wording from the Act: NO\_INDIVIDUAL\_OR\_ENTITY\_WITH\_SIGNFICANT\_CONTROL _The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company._ STEPS\_TO\_FIND\_PSC\_NOT\_YET\_COMPLETED _The company has not entered the particulars of any registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity and has not yet completed taking reasonable steps to find out if there is anyone who is a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company under section 790D of the Act._ **PSC Statements** These statements apply to a PSC not already on the central public register at Companies House. A separate statement must be filed for each PSC that they apply to. For this reason a company could have multiple PSC Statements alongside PSC Notifications on their register. A PSC Statement cannot be filed if a Company Statement is active for that company. These PSC Statements are outlined below as the value which needs to be submitted followed by the wording from the Act: PSC\_EXISTS\_BUT\_NOT\_IDENTIFIED _The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe there is a registrable person in relation to the company and has been unable to identify the registrable person._ PSC\_DETAILS\_NOT\_CONFIRMED _The company has identified a registrable person in relation to the company and all the required particulars of that person have not been confirmed._ PSC\_CONTACTED\_BUT\_NO\_RESPONSE _The company has given notice under section 790D of the Act; and the addressees of the notice have failed to comply with the notice within the time specified in it._ RESTRICTIONS\_NOTICE\_ISSUED\_TO\_PSC _The company has issued a restriction notice under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1B of the Companies Act 2006._ **PSC Linked Statements** These statements apply to a PSC already held on the central public register at Companies House. When this statement is submitted details of the PSC are also required. A PSC Linked Statement cannot be filed if a Company Statement is active for the company and as it applies to a PSC already held on the register it can only be filed if the PSC exists on the register. The PSC Linked Statement is outlined below as the value which needs to be submitted followed by the wording from the Act: PSC\_HAS\_FAILED\_TO\_CONFIRM\_CHANGED\_DETAILS _The company has given a notice under section 790E of the Act and the addressee has failed to comply with the notice within the time specified in it._ Alongside this statement details of the PSC must be provided as specified in the schema. These details must match those which are already held on the register at Companies House. ---
**Author:** ![PJ\_O\_Neill](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PJ\_O\_Neill](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/PJ_O_Neill)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/2 "2016-02-05T16:06:34Z")
Ryan… some of the text in the statements that you’ve given here differ with the prescribed texts given in the Dept. for Business Innovation & Skills guidance document. ([https://www.icsa.org.uk/assets/files/free-guidance-notes/PSC-Register-Guidance-for-companies-SEs-and-LLPs.pdf](https://www.icsa.org.uk/assets/files/free-guidance-notes/PSC-Register-Guidance-for-companies-SEs-and-LLPs.pdf)). Which version is correct? ---
**Author:** ![chirst](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chirst](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/chirst)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/3 "2016-02-07T21:10:30Z")
Sorry for the confusion, your feedback is much appreciated. The schema is using a plain english version of the legal text, which is shown in the details above, so you can match the enum to the legal text. We have used the a combination of both on our web screens to try to help customers who maybe confused by legal jargon. We shall look to address this confusion for our release next week, thanks again for your feedback. ---
**Author:** ![ashwakeman](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@ashwakeman](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/ashwakeman)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/4 "2016-03-11T14:28:00Z")
Can I confirm that (based on my understanding of the Draft Incorporation Schema) that it is possible to incorporate a company where Company Statements or PSC Statements are used if they apply on incorporation? ---
**Author:** ![rryan](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rryan](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/rryan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/5 "2016-03-11T14:51:14Z")
Yes it is possible to incorporate a company where Company Statements or PSC Statements apply. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![ashwakeman](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@ashwakeman](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/ashwakeman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/6 "2016-03-14T14:51:23Z")
It helps… and as a result a few more questions Can I further clarify that: For the indivdual PSC statements if used on incorporation we will need to essentially repeat the same statement multiple times, for example PSC\_EXISTS\_BUT\_NOT\_IDENTIFIED, based on the number of times this statement applies to the company. and Where we do use these statements it’s essentially all or nothing and we won’t enter any other details of the person/entity in question at that time. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![chirst](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chirst](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/chirst)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/7 "2016-03-16T13:18:41Z")
Apologies for delay replying. Yes you would need to send the statement as many times it applies, so if you think you have 4 PSCs, you need to give the same statement 4 times. Until you have confirmed the details you are unable to send is the details of the PSC at the time of incorporation. hope that helps ---
**Author:** ![PJ\_O\_Neill](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PJ\_O\_Neill](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/PJ_O_Neill)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/8 "2016-03-31T12:51:58Z")
In reference to these two pieces of information provided by rryan at the start of this thread on Jan 22: 1. If a company gives the statement STEPS\_TO\_FIND\_PSC\_NOT\_YET\_COMPLETED then the company cannot submit PSC Notifications while this statement is active. 2. A PSC Statement cannot be filed if a Company Statement (e.g. STEPS\_TO\_FIND\_PSC\_NOT\_YET\_COMPLETED) is active for that company. Is this still an accurate description of logic that Companies House intend applying to PSC Filings? If so, will it apply to filings only, as I would think that for the PSC Register a company may believe that they have to maintain an active Company Statement of STEPS\_TO\_FIND\_PSC\_NOT\_YET\_COMPLETED as they work through issuing PSC Notices, until such point that their STEPS\_TO\_FIND\_PSC\_NOT\_YET\_COMPLETED are completed? ---
**Author:** ![chirst](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chirst](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/chirst)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/9 "2016-03-31T13:42:52Z")
Yes this logic is correct. In the schema you will see we have differentiated between company level statements and PSC level statements. You can only have 1 company level statement on a company at any 1 time. When you have the details for the first PSC, you would need to withdraw the company level statement, file a notification form and if you think there are say 3 more PSCs but you havent confirmed their details you would need to submit 3 PSC level statements to reflect this. ---
**Author:** ![formations](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@formations](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/formations)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/10 "2016-04-07T14:47:38Z")
Hi, Just to be clear, when submitting an electronic application for incorporation, will we be able to make just the company level statement that STEPS\_TO\_FIND\_PSC\_NOT\_YET\_COMPLETED rather than filing the PSC details? ---
**Author:** ![chirst](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chirst](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/chirst)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://xmlforum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/persons-with-significant-control-psc-statements/29/11 "2016-04-08T07:58:15Z")
Yes, if the company doesnt have confirmed PSC details, they will need to supply just a statement on incorporation or confirmation statement