Anti-Money Laundering · glossary

PSC register

The public list at Companies House of the people with significant control over each company. The company files its own entries, so the firm never relies on the register alone. Merranby’s first named only Oliver. CDD Record: Merranby, paragraph 5 · Chapter 3 · see Material discrepancy

Explained in Chapter 3, Client Due Diligence on a Company and the PSC Register, of Anti-Money Laundering.

How it comes up, in Chapter 3
Companies House keeps a public list of the people who own or control each company. It is the PSC register, short for the register of people with significant control.
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