<p>The Companies House register is one of the most open company registers in the world. Information on every company and its officers is available free of charge and all information delivered to the Registrar under the Companies Act is made publicly available—with the exception of directors' residential addresses which are exempt in law from disclosure. Companies House charges to access some information to cover the costs of providing it but, as it has delivered efficiencies and improved its services, it has made more information available for free.</p><p>Companies House aims to make the information on the register available in line with the Government's open data strategy and this will be further developed as part of its high level strategy which will be published in early 2014.</p>