AML and register guides for accountants
Practical writing on monitoring European companies: what the registers publish, what they do not, and how to turn a change in a filing into evidence you can defend.
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Can you rely on Companies House for client due diligence? What it proves and what it doesn’t
Can you rely on Companies House for client due diligence? What the register proves, why regulation 28(9) rules it out for owners, and what to record.
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Is your client’s director or owner a PEP? What the AML file must record
When a client’s director or owner is on a PEP list: when regulation 35 applies, what changed for UK PEPs in 2024, and what the AML file must record.
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Which Companies House changes should trigger an AML client review?
Which Companies House changes should trigger a review of an AML client file, which can wait, and what the file must record when one does.
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Tracing a client’s owners through a holding company: what the CDD note must show
How to trace a client’s owners through a holding company, where the chain stops, and what the CDD note must record at each layer.
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How to record an AML decision so it holds up at inspection
What an AML decision record must show, which decisions to write down, how to record a departure from policy, and how long to keep it.
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AML software for UK accountants: identity checks or a client file, and what each costs
AML software for UK accountants: when you need identity checks, when you need a client file, and what FigsFlow, Certivus, Veriphy and EntityWatch cost.
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Your client company has been dissolved: what the AML file needs before you close it
A dissolved client is no longer a customer. What the AML file must record before you close it, when the five-year retention clock starts, and restoration.
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A client is a possible sanctions match: how to clear it and what to record
How UK accountants clear a possible sanctions match: name vs target match, which list to use since OFSI’s closed, what to record, and when to report.
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The AML client file for accountants: what it must contain, section by section
What a UK accountancy practice’s AML client file must hold, section by section, with the regulation behind each part and a checklist.
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What your AML supervisor looks at in a client file
On an AML review your supervisor samples client files. What they check in each one, the findings they raise most often, and what the file must show.
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Ireland: who may search the RBO, and what the client file must show afterwards
Who can search Ireland’s beneficial ownership register since 2023, what a designated person gets from it, and what the client file must still show.
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Ongoing monitoring of clients: what counts as evidence
Learn what ongoing AML client monitoring requires, when to review, what evidence to keep and how to record a review with no change.