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Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity in the United Kingdom
Sanctions, anti-bribery, anti-money-laundering and checks on the companies you deal with. In the United Kingdom, that means local law, local regulators and local practice, handled by a qualified professional who practises there.
Who handles this work
On request
WONE Global can find the right Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity professional in the United Kingdom for you.
No WONE Global Partner holds this yet. Send us your requirement: WONE Global confirms whether a vetted Associate firm can act, tells you who it is and checks for conflicts before any work begins.
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London · Tuesday 3 November
20:40
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- Monday – Friday
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- London · Manchester · Birmingham
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- +44
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- UK & Ireland
What the rules say in the United Kingdom
Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity, the essentials
From the United Kingdom market guide: the points that matter most for risk, compliance & financial integrity, each with the source it was checked against.
Full guide · Source-checked research100% of statements checked against a source145 checked against an official source0 checked against a secondary sourceChecked 2026-10-19Not yet professionally reviewed
Identity verification for directors and people with significant control became a legal requirement at Companies House on 18 November 2025.
Introduced under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. New incorporations must include each director's Companies House personal code.Companies House · checked 2026-10-18A person with significant control is someone who holds more than 25% of the shares or voting rights, can appoint or remove a majority of the board, or exercises significant influence or control.
Companies keep a PSC register at Companies House that is public and can never be blank; changes are generally reported within 14 days.Department for Business and Trade / Companies House · checked 2026-10-18Employers must check that a job applicant is allowed to work in the UK before employing them, and can face a civil penalty for employing an illegal worker without a correct check.
UK-wide.Home Office · checked 2026-10-18Every overseas entity on the Register of Overseas Entities must file an update statement each year, within 14 days of its statement date, even if nothing has changed.
Overseas entities that own UK land or property and are registered at Companies House. Changed or new information must be verified by a UK-regulated agent no more than 3 months before the statement date.Companies House · checked 2026-10-18An overseas entity that fails to file its update statement commits a criminal offence and cannot buy, sell, transfer, lease or charge its UK property or land.
A note of the failure is added to the public register.Companies House · checked 2026-10-18Banks and other regulated firms must identify and verify a corporate customer, including its name, company number, registered office, directors and senior managers, and understand its ownership and control structure.
Money Laundering Regulations 2017 regulation 28. Listed companies on a regulated market are exempt from some of these requirements.legislation.gov.uk · checked 2026-10-18Regulated firms must identify and take reasonable measures to verify a customer's beneficial owners, and cannot rely solely on information filed at Companies House to do so.
Money Laundering Regulations 2017 regulation 28(4) and (9).legislation.gov.uk · checked 2026-10-18Before starting a business relationship with a company, banks and other obliged entities must obtain an extract of its PSC register and report material discrepancies with what they know to Companies House.
Money Laundering Regulations 2017 regulation 30A. Since 1 April 2023 a report is required only where the discrepancy could reasonably be linked to money laundering, terrorist financing or concealing business details.Companies House · checked 2026-10-18
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Scope
What the service covers here
- 01Identify the relevant compliance exposures
- 02Review counterparties and third-party risks
- 03Design proportionate policies and controls
- 04Support investigations, remediation and ongoing monitoring
Key questions
What we will work through with you
- What needs to be decided before risk, compliance & financial integrity work starts?
- Who is professionally responsible in each country?
- Which other work, such as tax or employment, must happen at the same time?
- What information and decisions are needed from the business?
If your work involves another country or another area of expertise, WONE Global brings in the right professional and keeps all advisers informed.
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What clients bring to Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity
The cases this service leads or joins, each with what is at stake, how WONE Global handles it and who handles it in the United Kingdom.
Urgent Regulators have arrived at our office abroad. What do we do now?Competition, antitrust & market conductUrgent Our bank has frozen an international payment. What can we do?Payments, FX, digital assets & treasuryAre our controls abroad strong enough before we grow further?Audit, assurance & financial integrityAre our sanctions and anti-money-laundering controls good enough?Sanctions, AML, security & terrorism-related riskCan we safely do business with this company abroad?Due diligence, valuation & forensic accountingWe suspect misconduct in our office abroad. How do we investigate?White-collar investigations & financial crimeWe think we've been defrauded by someone abroad. What now?White-collar investigations & financial crimeWe suspect fraud in our subsidiary abroad. How do we investigate?White-collar investigations & financial crimeAre we exposed to sanctions through a customer, supplier or route?International trade, customs & sanctionsAuthorities are investigating payments made by our agents abroad. What now?White-collar investigations & financial crime
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