THE DARK MONEY FILES · 26:12
The verification game
Ray Blake & Graham Barrow · 13 May 2026
Episode notes
We look at the role of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs) in the new regime at Companies House and explain why understanding both its strengths and weaknesses is important to anyone responsible for onboarding or monitoring UK companies, wherever in the world you work.
22 September 2026 · 21:08
We look at how the recent implementation of identity verification either direct or through an Authorised Company Service Provider (ACSP) at Companies House, might have changed the landscape of incorporations (HINT: it ha…
7 July 2026 · 30:22
In a slightly longer than normal episode we do a deep dive into partnerships of various flavours and how the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act is going to change things. Partnerships are not straightforward (…
15 April 2026 · 19:37
One for the geeks! Changes in company formation levels are often use to justify/criticise different governments' economic policies. We go behind the headline figures to see if this is justified or not (HINT: not!).
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