Certificate of Incumbency UK Apostille

If you need your Certificate of Incumbency apostilled, you can send it to us for apostille processing.

All Certificates of Incumbency will be certified by our solicitor and will have an official, FCDO-issued, apostille certificate attached within 3 working days (or sometimes just a few hours with e-Apostille).

Have a Certificate of Incumbency legalised with a UK apostille certificate by The Apostilles Group from just £90 digital or £115 paper.

Includes FCDO fees & solicitor.

​Your document will be transported using Royal Mail's Guaranteed Special Delivery service to the FCDO Legalisation Office and back (where necessary).

Eligible for…

e-Apostille

Get an FCDO issued, digital only, e-Apostille, with AES/QES digital solicitor certification on your Certificate of Incumbency

Paper Apostille

Get an FCDO issued, physical paper apostille, with solicitor certification on your Certificate of Incumbency

Certificate of Incumbency questions…

What is a Certificate of Incumbency?

It is a document that is created to confirm certain details about a company, it doesn't follow any particular template and you can include any publicly available information on it. If one of the officers or directors signs the document, you can include any relevant information.

Who can get a Certificate of Incumbency?

Anyone can create a Certificate of Incumbency for any company. You may need one as an alternative to a Certificate of Good Standing, as these are created by Companies House and can only include certain information.

What do I need to get a Certificate of Incumbency?

You only need to know the data points that you wish to include in the Certificate of Incumbency.

LEGALISATION SUPPORT SERVICES

EMBASSY ATTESTATION

The Hague Convention only applies to 83 countries, we've selected the most popular to chose from but if you need a different country we will be able to carry this out for you. Find out more here.

TRANSLATION OF APOSTILLED DOCUMENTS

Your apostilled Certificate of Incumbency can be translated digitally (if you need a hard copy, please let us know) in to any of 130 languages from £80

CERTIFICATE OF INCUMBENCY APOSTILLE

Things to remember

You may need other documentation apostilled which aren't issued by Companies House, such as:

  • ​​Bank Statements

  • Powers of Attorney

  • Trust Arrangements

  • many other documents...

    It may be acceptable to whomever is requesting the apostilled documents to have these documents included in our standard bundle, do please check to avoid incurring unnecessary costs.

REASONS YOU MAY NEED A CERTIFICATE OF INCUMBENCY LEGALISED

  • Trading overseas in the name of a UK based company

  • Opening overseas bank accounts in the name of a UK based company

  • Opening offices abroad in the name of a UK based company