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Documentation Required:

Identity & Address Documents for Companies

• Certificate of Incorporation
• Memorandum of Association & Articles of Association
• List of directors, shareholders, owners/ beneficiaries on Company’s Letter Head signed by Company’s Director if company is in UK and by Third Party Professionals (CA/ACA/CPA/Solicitor) if company is not registered in UK
• ID (Copy of Passport/DVLA) for all Executive Directors, shareholders, authorised signatories, owners/ beneficiaries (significant shareholding but necessary in cases of 25%)
• Proof of address (Bank Account Statement/Council Tax Bill/Utility Bill not older than 90 days) for directors, shareholders, authorised signatories, owners/ beneficiaries (significant shareholding but necessary in cases of 25%)
• 3 months Bank statement for Directors/Signatories
• Proof of Business address
  • Bank account statement showing at least one transaction not older than 90 days
  • Latest Utility Bill
  • Business current account or Business credit card statement addressed to the business at the trading address (less than three months old)
• Business plan / activities (for new companies)
• Audited Financial Statement for last 3 years
• Complex ownership/company structures – (a company structure chart must be provided if complex) certified by Third Party Professionals (CA/ACA/CPA/Solicitor)
• 6 months Bank statement of the company
• Confirmation of the company’s listing on a regulated market (if company is listed company)

If the corporate company is 100% Subsidiary of a listed Company or a Company under the Control of a listed Company, you must receive the above as well as:

• Audited Financial Statement of Parent company
• Evidence of subsidiary status of Parent company (e.g. Organisation legal structure)
• Certificate of incumbency/ Good standing of Parent company
• Certificate of incorporation of Parent company
• Entry on a local register/official government website (e.g. company house) of Parent company
• A listing of the officers (this should be available on the official register/government website entry)

If international:

• All documentation must be notarised

Client identification requirements for Charities/Trusts

• Certificate of Registration with the Charity Commissioner
• List of all signatories (list on application form)/all trustees
• ID for all signatories/trustees
• Proof of address for all signatories/trustees
• Proof of Business address
• Complex ownership/company structures - a incorporation structure chart must be provided
• 2 years Financial statements (Audited)