The Jersey Company Registry (2026 Update)

Jersey's company registry offers searchable data on 30,000+ entities, but can you identify the ultimate beneficial owner? 

This guide explains what compliance teams can (and can't) access in Jersey's registry, and how to navigate its limitations for KYC/AML verification. 

What Is the Jersey Business Registry? 

The Jersey Registry, overseen by the Jersey Financial Services Commission, holds and updates 15 registries, including company names, foundations, trademarks, and security interests. It maintains a searchable, public online database of company registry data. 

The Jersey Registry (known simply as the ‘Registry’) holds data on the 35,375 (as of 2025) companies registered in Jersey, making it available to the public via a searchable online portal.  

What Data Is Included? 

While Jersey doesn’t make beneficial ownership information available to the public, other forms of ownership data, such as shareholder data, are available. 

• Basic: Name, registration number, status, and registration date. 

• Financial: Capital. 

• Ownership: Shareholder members, capital, and share types. 

• Control: Management and director information (but limited to ‘Significant individuals’), internal company rules and structure. 

Compared with Guernsey, another British crown dependency, Jersey offers more in-depth shareholder data. 

How to Search for Jersey Company Information  

1. Go to the Website. 

Go to the website, https://www.jerseyfsc.org/registry, and click ‘Search’. 

2. Commence Search. 

Enter the entity name and click ‘Search’. 

3. See Results.  

You will see basic details, including company name, registration number, registration date, status and type. 

4. Refine Search. 

You have the option to ‘Refine’ your search, filtering by register, type, status, and registration date.  

5. Select Company. 

By selecting the company, you will registration number, type, status, registration date, dissolution (if applicable), and registered office. 

6. Download Documents. 

To download documents, select ‘Add to Cart’. Go to ‘Checkout’. For purchases, enter your bank details. Complete the order. If you're ordering as a guest, enter your email address. You have 14 days to download the documents once they’re emailed to you. 

Available Documents 

Entity Profile 

This gives a broad, fresh snapshot of a legal entity in one moment in time.  It includes: 

• Basic information: Everything found in an entity search, and 

• Ownership information: Limited, such as share capital and members.  

• Control: ‘Significant person who is an individual’ details, such as their name, role, birthday, address, and nationality.  

Cost: Online viewing (free), online certified copy (£50), and manual certified copy (£140).  

Processing: Instant receipt by email, though manual certified copies must be posted.  

Certificate of Good Standing 

This serves as proof that the entity in question is compliant with Bailiwick of Jersey laws. 

Cost: Online viewing (£50), online certified (£90), and manual certified sent by post (£155). 

Processing: Online copies are emailed instantly, while physical copies are dispatched within 2 working days. 

Other Company Filings 

Users can view and purchase company documents filed with the Registry: 

• Certificate of Incorporation: These show when the company was registered and where. Useful for historical overviews. 

• Annual Returns: This provides details on shareholders, with their addresses, names, the number of shares, share class, and the secretary who signed it. 

• Special Resolution: For details on specific rules and changes to an internal corporate structure. 

• Articles of Memorandum and Association: Outline the rules and responsibilities of a private limited company.  

Cost: Ranges between free (for viewing), while certified online copies cost £90, though sending physical copies cost £140. 

Beneficial Ownership Information in Jersey 

Beneficial ownership information in Jersey remains privately held and only made available to “competent authorities”, law enforcement, and Jersey-regulated obliged entities under the Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008.  

Will This Change? 

According to government officials, Jersey is considering implementing a “legitimate interest access” route to its UBO register, meaning that (technically), non-Jersey obliged entities, journalists, and civil society with a proven “legitimate interest” will be able to access UBO information. 

Since October 2025, the Jersey government has been holding a public consultation on opening the register to those with a legitimate interest. This will end in January 2026. 

While the UK government has welcomed the proposal, it hopes it will merely be an “interim” move towards a fully public register. Considering the EU’s push for “legitimate interest” access over fully public registers, and the recent judicial criticism of public shareholder data across the EU, it seems likelier that Jersey will align itself with the EU’s model over the UK. 

What Is a ‘Significant Person Who Is an Individual’? 

Under the Registry Law, some limited information about a “significant person” must be publicly available, including senior executives and directors – but not secretaries.  

Their residential address cannot be shared, and only the month and year of their birth can be public. In special circumstances – for example, if the “significant person” is concerned for their safety – they can have that information removed from the public.  

What You Can't Find in Jersey's Registry (And What to Do About It) 

Jersey's public registry has three critical limitations that compliance teams need to work around. 

Director Information: Limited Disclosure 

Jersey only discloses "significant persons", executives with substantial control. Company secretaries aren't disclosed, and residential addresses are hidden (only month and year of birth appear). 

Workaround: Cross-reference with UK Companies House if there's a UK parent company. Annual Returns often list shareholders who also serve as directors. For complex multi-jurisdictional structures, platforms like Kyckr eliminate manual searching across multiple registries. 

Beneficial Ownership: Completely Private 

Beneficial ownership data is only accessible to Jersey-regulated entities, law enforcement, and competent authorities. There's no public UBO database like in the UK or the EU. 

Workaround: Request an Entity Profile showing shareholders, who are often beneficial owners in smaller companies. Conduct enhanced due diligence on all shareholders. Annual Returns track ownership changes over time, revealing patterns that indicate beneficial ownership. 

Historical Changes: Limited Tracking 

The registry shows status but doesn't flag historical ownership changes, director appointments, or structural modifications. 

Workaround: Purchase Annual Returns from multiple years to identify ownership trends and director changes. 

How to Verify Jersey UBOs 

In Jersey, the ownership trail often leads to complex, cross-border structures, requiring teams to have access to multiple company registries worldwide, all with different requirements, levels of accessibility, and usability. 

Kyckr provides the solution, a single access point to 300 official company registries in 100 countries, either via the Kyckr Portal or the Kyckr API. 

That means no fragmented KYB workflows. No more juggling multiple accounts with different registries. Just one access point to the world’s company registry system.  

Frequently Asked Questions 

Is Jersey a Secrecy Jurisdiction? 

The Bailiwick of Jersey, a British crown dependency on an island in the channel between France and the UK, draws banks and big global corporations for its low taxes.  

But despite being a tax haven, it remains one of the most FATF-compliant jurisdictions worldwide, according to MONEYVAL’s 2024 evaluation. 

What this means for compliance teams: Jersey is not a high-risk jurisdiction.