LEI Lookup UK: Check Status and Companies House
Find out how to check a UK LEI record, read its registration status and renewal date, and compare a company number with Companies House.
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Market-specific guidance for reportable securities transactions, UK EMIR and fund operations, annual renewal and GLEIF record checks.
Find out how to check a UK LEI record, read its registration status and renewal date, and compare a company number with Companies House.
A lapsed LEI remains valid, but its reference-data renewal is overdue. Learn how the FCA distinguishes UK reporting firms from clients and how to renew an existing LEI.
LEI application
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Current record from the issuer
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Legal address
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Accounting parent relationships
Direct parent
Ultimate parent
Your details — the certificate comes to this email
Before we send your order to WM Datenservice, we verify in the business register that you may act for the company. This usually takes up to 1 business day after payment.
Upload a signed PDF. We verify your authority before sending the application, usually within 1 business day.
Signed authorisation (PDF)
Authorisation
Download the PDF, print it and have an authorised representative of the company sign it. Then upload a scan of the signed PDF. WM Datenservice needs this signed authorisation for every transfer.
1. Download
WM Datenservice transfer power of attorney, pre-filled for this LEI.
2. Upload
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Bank transfers usually arrive within 1–3 business days (SEPA Instant can be faster). We start your LEI registration as soon as the payment is received.
We are currently testing our ordering system. Payments are processed, but orders are not yet submitted for LEI registration and will be refunded in full.
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