Company KYB Form
A know your business form for private limited companies. It covers the registered details, directors, beneficial owners, business activity, expected transactions, sanctions and the documents to provide.
A KYC form for trusts and similar legal arrangements. It identifies the settlors, trustees, protector and beneficiaries, and asks for the trust deed.
Use it when the customer is an express trust, or when a trust sits in a company ownership chain.
8 of 8 core requirements of UK MLRs 2017.
Every question can be removed, reworded, reordered or made optional in the editor. You can add your own questions and fields too.
| Question | Field type | Section | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name of the trust and date it was set up * | Text | Trust details | Reg 28(2) |
| Governing law of the trust * | Country | Trust details | Good practice |
| Settlors: full names, dates of birth and addresses * | Long text | Trust details | Reg 6(1) |
| Trustees: full names and addresses of residence * | Long text | Trust details | Reg 6(1) |
| Protector, if any: full name and address | Long text | Trust details | Good practice |
| Beneficiaries, or the class of beneficiaries if not yet named * | Long text | Trust details | Reg 6(1) |
| Copy of the trust deed (and any letter of wishes) * | File upload | Trust details | Reg 28(18) |
| Any other person who exercises ultimate control over the trust * | Long text | Trust details | Good practice |
| Person completing this form for the customer: full name, role and date of birth * | Long text | Management and authority | Reg 28(10) |
| Proof of authority (power of attorney or board resolution), if acting for someone else | File upload | Management and authority | Reg 28(10) |
| Why do you want to open this relationship, and what will you use it for? * | Long text | Purpose and expected activity | Reg 28(2)(c) |
| Which products or services will you use? * | Multiple choice | Purpose and expected activity | Good practice |
| Expected value of transactions per month (EUR or equivalent) * | Single choice | Purpose and expected activity | Good practice |
| Expected number of transactions per month | Single choice | Purpose and expected activity | Good practice |
| Main countries you will send money to or receive it from * | Long text | Purpose and expected activity | Good practice |
| Will you carry out transactions on behalf of, or for the benefit of, anyone else? * | Single choice | Purpose and expected activity | Good practice |
| Where will the money for this relationship come from? * | Multiple choice | Source of funds and wealth | Good practice |
| Bank and country of the account the funds will come from | Text | Source of funds and wealth | Good practice |
| Do you, or does any beneficial owner, director or authorised signatory, hold a prominent public function now or in the last 12 months? * | Single choice | Politically exposed persons | Reg 35 |
| Is any of them a family member or known close associate of such a person? * | Single choice | Politically exposed persons | Reg 35(12) |
| If yes: name, position, country and dates in office | Long text | Politically exposed persons | Good practice |
| Are you, or is any beneficial owner, director or related company, named on a sanctions list (UN, EU, UK or US)? * | Single choice | Sanctions and other declarations | SAMLA 2018 |
| Is the organisation owned 50% or more, together, or otherwise controlled by sanctioned persons? * | Single choice | Sanctions and other declarations | Good practice |
| Do you do business in, with, or through comprehensively sanctioned countries or regions? * | Single choice | Sanctions and other declarations | Good practice |
| Countries of tax residence | Text | Tax residency | Good practice |
| Tax identification number | Text | Tax residency | Good practice |
| Are you a US person for tax purposes? | Single choice | Tax residency | Good practice |
| I confirm the information in this form is true and complete, and I will tell you promptly if it changes. * | Checkbox | Declaration and signature | Good practice |
| I understand my information will be used to meet anti-money laundering obligations and kept for at least 5 years after the relationship ends. * | Checkbox | Declaration and signature | Reg 40 |
| Name, position and signature * | Text | Declaration and signature | Good practice |
| Date * | Date | Declaration and signature | Good practice |
| Screening: sanctions, PEP and adverse media for the customer, beneficial owners and directors (date and result) * | Long text | For internal use | Reg 35 |
| Customer risk rating and reason * | Single choice | For internal use | Good practice |
| Next review date * | Date | For internal use | Reg 28(11) |
| Reviewed by (name and date) * | Text | For internal use | Good practice |
The settlors, trustees, protector, beneficiaries or the class of beneficiaries, and anyone else with ultimate control.
It is the best evidence of who is involved. Ask for it together with any letter of wishes.
A know your business form for private limited companies. It covers the registered details, directors, beneficial owners, business activity, expected transactions, sanctions and the documents to provide.
A short KYB form for companies listed on a regulated market. Ownership is already public, so it asks for the market and ticker instead of a full beneficial ownership breakdown.
An enhanced KYB form for companies with layered, offshore or nominee ownership. It asks for an ownership chart up to the beneficial owners and the reason the structure is set up this way.
With complead KYC Forms your customers fill in the form online, under your logo. Answers land on the customer record and every name is screened automatically.
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