The strategic intelligence assessment gives an analysis of the key threats Companies House faces. It aims to guide future prioritisation, decision making, risk identification and mitigation.

The assessment will be followed by a new control strategy, which will outline recommendations and action plans.  

As part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, the company registrars for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland now have new and enhanced powers.

These include the power to proactively share data with other government departments and law enforcement agencies. 

In her foreword to the assessment, Companies House chief executive Louise Smyth said: “I am pleased to introduce our first ever strategic intelligence assessment. This marks one of the major steps forward for the changes underway at Companies House.  

“The assessment forms part of our work to more closely align to the National Intelligence Model and will underpin the work of our new and expanding Intelligence team.  

“I’d like to thank our strategic partners for their valued insights, which have been used to shape our assessment and are helping us to continue our integration into the wider economic crime ecosystem.”