A summary document can be created before submitting a change of company name, this allows you to gain approval before making a submission to Companies House. 

1. To begin the process of changing the company name, go to: How do I change the company name?

2. Before completing the submission, you will be asked if approval is required before sending the change to Companies House.

Note: The approval feature is only available to subscribers to Inform Direct. What are the benefits of subscribing to Inform Direct?
 

3. Clicking Yes and Continue will produce a document which includes the details of the new name. Selecting No will proceed to submit the change to Companies House without creating any documents at this point. 

After clicking Yes, Inform Direct will create a summary document which will be saved into your Document Library. It will also give you the opportunity to create ant supporting documents in advance of the change. 

You will be given the option to open the documents now or save for later, selecting to Open Now downloads the documents in a zip file in addition to saving them to your Document Library. 

4. The approval document created displays the information as detailed below, it includes a section located at the bottom of the document which can be signed and dated. 

5. The submission will now remain as a Pending Approval on the dashboard until completed or removed. You will also see a notification displayed on your portfolio screen as a reminder.

6. On the company dashboard the actions button next to the pending approval provides the options to complete (send the details to Companies House), edit (Change any details before submitting) or remove (if you no longer require to make this submission) the pending submission.  
 

7. Selecting Complete will proceed to a simple summary screen before submitting the change to Companies House and making payment for the name change. 

Note: If you have your presenter information added to the account, the companies House fee will be to your presenter account. If you do not have a presenter code, you will have a payment stage. What is a Presenter Code?