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Gibraltar company search 2026

Gibraltar company search: no free search, a £20.50 profile instead

Updated 13 November 2026Fees from Companies House Gibraltar, August 2025 tableAbout 7 minutes to read
The short answer

Gibraltar has no free company search. Companies House Gibraltar's e-Registry needs a paid subscription of £10 a month plus an account.

For one company, skip the account: email the profile request form and pay £20.50. The profile names the shareholders, directors and secretary, with status and charges.

Get the profile form Email or subscribe?
Cheapest route £20.50 buys the profile of any Gibraltar company, by email, no account needed Ready the next working day. Shareholders included. Good standing is £62.

You found a Gibraltar company in a contract, an invoice or a pitch deck, and you want to know who is behind it. Gibraltar will tell you, shareholders and all, but not for free. Here is the cheapest way through, and what each pound buys.

Key takeaways

  • There is no free online search; the e-Registry costs £10 a month on top of item fees.
  • A £20.50 emailed profile shows shareholders, directors, secretary, charges and status.
  • Good standing costs £62, or £500 for two hours. Anyone can order it.
  • A status of "Striking off 411 pending" means the Registrar is about to dissolve the company.
  • Owners above 25% are on a register the law opens to the public, run by the GFSC since 1 September 2026.
Chapter 1

Email a form or subscribe to the e-Registry?

£20.50£10/mo

There are three doors into the Gibraltar register. The registry's own e-Registry guidance is plain that online searching needs a subscription, so the free name search some pages promise doesn't exist.

Door 1Email the profile form£20.50

No account. Send the form to the profile desk; the profile arrives the next working day. Same day is £26 if you ask by mid morning.

Door 2Subscribe to the e-Registry£10 a month

Needs a deposit account and a web account first. Then profiles are £10 each, and you can open the whole file online for £10 too.

Door 3Visit or email for the paper file£23

£20.50 plus £2.50 handling. The file is ready the next day and held for 24 hours at the Registry in Gibraltar.

Which is cheaper for you?

By email
One month's subscription

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Key takeaway

For one company the gap is 50p, so email and skip the account. From two a month, subscribe.

Chapter 2

What a Gibraltar company profile shows

The profile is the registry's one-page summary, and it is more open than most offshore registers: the profiles guidance says any member of the public can request one for any Gibraltar company.

On the recordProfile £20.50Good standing £62Full file £10 or £23
Name, number, incorporation dateYesYesYes
Directors and secretaryYesNames and addressesYes
Shareholders and share capitalYesCapital onlyYes, with history
Charges over assetsYesYesYes
Latest return and accounts datesYesNoThe documents
Official proof for a third partyCertified, £25.50YesCertified copies extra

Copies from the file cost £15.50 for the first and £10.50 for each one after, or £20.50 and £15.50 certified, under the table of fees. New filings are open to inspection within a day of arriving.

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Key takeaway

The £20.50 profile already names the shareholders. Pay more only when someone needs official proof.

Chapter 3

Gibraltar company status codes, decoded

The status line is the first thing to read, and the numbers in it are sections of the Companies Act 2014. Pick the wording you see.

A struck-off company can come back, at a price

£200within 1 year
£500within 2 years
£1,000after 2 years, up to 10

Members or creditors can apply to restore within ten years, says the registry's striking off guidance. A company can also ask to be struck off itself, for £38.

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Key takeaway

Any "pending" in the status means don't sign until you know why.

Chapter 4

Gibraltar certificate of good standing: £62, or £500 in two hours

Banks and counterparties abroad usually ask for this one. Anyone can order it, not only the company. It confirms the officers, registered office, capital and charges, and that the company isn't being struck off, wound up or dissolved.

Up to 3 working days£62
Same day£123.50
Within 2 hours£500
  • Only an officer of the company can ask for the long form that adds the shareholders.
  • The fee isn't refunded if the company turns out not to be in good standing, so read the profile first.
  • Some resellers sell the same certificate for several times the £62 fee. The good standing guidance and order form are public.

Using it outside Gibraltar

Sending it to your country?

An apostille comes from the Department of Immigration and Home Affairs, the only competent authority, on a document signed by an approved notary. Next day and same day services exist; its application form has the details. The department's fee table has no line named apostille, so ask for the price when you book.

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Key takeaway

£62 in three days is the right answer unless a deadline is today.

Chapter 5

Checking a Gibraltar company before you pay it

Six things, in the order that saves money. Tick them as you go.

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Key takeaway

For about £20.50 you can answer five of the six questions.

Chapter 6

What a Gibraltar search shows about you, as an owner

If you form here, turn the search around. Gibraltar is a register where anyone can look you up, which is why banks and partners trust it. Your counterparty sees this:

On the annual returnShareholder names, addresses and occupations. For directors, also nationality and usual home address.
On the owner registerName, month and year of birth, nationality, country of residence and the size of the stake, for anyone above 25%.
Kept off public viewYour exact birth date and full address on the owner record. Full accounts go to the tax office, not the public file.

The owner register moved to the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission on 1 September 2026. Unlike most EU registers after the 2022 court ruling, Gibraltar's law still opens it to the public without a legitimate interest test, as the regulations set out.

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Key takeaway

Form here only if you're comfortable being findable. If you need your name off the record, Gibraltar isn't the place.

Chapter 7

Gibraltar company search questions, answered

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Is there a free Gibraltar company search?
No. Companies House Gibraltar says its online searches need a paid subscription of £10 a month. The cheapest one-off check is a £20.50 company profile ordered by email.
Can I see who owns a Gibraltar company?
Yes. The profile lists shareholders, and owners above 25% sit on a beneficial owner register the law opens to the public.
How much is a Gibraltar certificate of good standing?
£62 within three working days, £123.50 the same day, or £500 within two hours. Anyone may order one.
Is Companies House Gibraltar the same as UK Companies House?
No. It is a separate register. A UK search shows a Gibraltar company only if it has registered there as an overseas entity.
Are Gibraltar company accounts public?
Yes, but small and micro companies file only an abridged balance sheet, so there is no profit and loss to read.
Do you form Gibraltar companies?
Yes: £1,190 to start and £890 a year, with secretary, annual return and the tax return for a quiet company inside.

Changelog

  • 13 November 2026: first published, covering the September 2026 change of owner registrar.
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