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The same 25% thresholds apply regardless of nationality or location. What extra detail is needed when the shareholder is itself an overseas company.
Short answer
The people with significant control rules apply identically to foreign and UK owners: anyone holding more than 25% of shares or voting rights, or otherwise controlling the company, must be identified. Where an overseas company is the shareholder, further detail on that entity is recorded.
Written and reviewed by Waqas Sagar Member of ICAEW, Fellow of ACCA, Fellow of AAT, a double graduate and entrepreneur at heart, helping startups grow and serving thousands of businesses nationwide with an excellent team. Published by LimitedCompany.Accountants, 12 London Road, Morden, London SM4 5BQ. Reviewed 12 September 2026 against 2026/27 UK rates and current Companies House and HMRC guidance.
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Overseas corporate shareholders
A non-resident individual PSC is recorded with the same details as a UK-resident one, including nationality, country of residence, and the nature of their control, and must complete identity verification like any other PSC.
Country of residence does not change whether someone counts as a PSC; the test is entirely about the level of ownership or control, not where the person lives.
Where a company incorporated outside the UK holds more than 25% of the shares, it is usually recorded as a relevant legal entity rather than the individuals behind it, provided it is itself subject to its own transparency requirements in its home jurisdiction.
If the overseas company is not subject to equivalent disclosure requirements, Companies House may expect the individuals who ultimately control it to be identified and registered as PSCs instead, so the ownership chain needs checking carefully.
Our fixed monthly packages for a UK limited company start at £89 plus VAT and run to £169 and £289 plus VAT as bookkeeping, VAT, payroll and reporting are added. One-off filings are sold at fixed prices, and the Companies House fees we pay for you are charged at cost with no VAT added. Overseas owners are quoted on exactly the same published prices as UK-resident clients.
Rates, thresholds and deadlines here reflect the 2026/27 UK position and current Companies House and HMRC guidance. Check GOV.UK, or ask us, before relying on them for your own company.
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Yes, trustees and, depending on structure, beneficiaries with sufficient control can themselves need registering as PSCs.
Yes, in the same way as for UK owners, with residential addresses protected where a service address is given.
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