Entities release notes
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| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
Import and save documents with Entities AI Assistant You can now upload documents to Entities AI Assistant and save them to the related company’s working documents. Assistant identifies entity information in the uploaded document and recommends the company. When you confirm, the document is automatically saved in working documents. |
| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
Appoint individuals with Entities AI Assistant You can appoint individuals to roles directly from Entities AI Assistant using data from imported documents. When you upload a document, Entities AI Assistant categorizes information for you and suggests actions. You stay in control of all the data and actions, and the AI Assistant handles searching and entry for you. Entities AI Assistant keeps track of user roles and permissions. |
| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
New public APIs The following APIs are now available: Addresses Create, update, and delete addresses. Link addresses to entities. Appointments Create an appointment Audit trail Get audit trail list or entry Data libraries List data library statuses and data library types. Get the details of a status/type Trusts Get a list of trusts, get details of a trust. |
| Enhanced | Mar 30, 2026 |
Data library enhancements You can now download multiple attachments at once to a ZIP or PDF format from data libraries. When you export documents as a PDF, the file contains a table of contents listing all included documents’ titles. |
| Enhanced | Mar 30, 2026 |
Complete reviews with read-only access in Review Manager Reviewers now only require read-only licenses to complete reviews in Review Manager. Read-only users can update review status and add comments. |
| Enhanced | Mar 30, 2026 |
Include ultimate parent % details in related undertakings report The Related Undertakings report now includes the option to show information about immediate parent % in addition to ultimate parent %. |
| Enhanced | Mar 30, 2026 |
Label update in e-filing responses On the Document Details page, in the Electronic Filing Details section, the Message table row is now Message received from trade registry. |
| Changed | Mar 30, 2026 |
Hong Kong form updates We added the following manual entry forms for Hong Kong: IRBR5, NM10, NNC3RF, NNC6, NSC21, NSC22, NSC23. We made updates to the following manual entry forms: NAR1, NM8, NN1, NN15, NSC2. We also updated the auto-generated NAR1 and NN1 form. |
| Fixed | Mar 30, 2026 |
We delivered the following improvements:
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| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Introduction of Reports Use Quick reports to explore and export record data from the Reports area.
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| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Export entity details to PDF The Companies, Individuals, Other Entities, Partnership, Documents, and Data library detail pages in modernized Entities now include an Export feature, so you can generate a PDF of the page. You can use this PDF to share entity information with stakeholders or to save a snapshot of a record at a specific point in time. |
| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Introduction of new sections in document details page
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| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: AI document summary You can now generate AI-powered summaries for supported documents directly from the Documents list in modernized Entities. This feature helps you quickly understand document content without opening the file. |
| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Enhanced documents details with Notes, user-defined fields, and improved formatting We've updated the Document details page in Modern Entities to provide better visibility into Data library information and improve overall readability.
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| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Company Notices in Company details page The Company Notices section in Entities lets you track and manage notices for a company. Active notices appear as cards. Use the toolbar to add, edit, or resolve notices. |
| New | Mar 30, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Introduction of Connected records in Data library details page The Data Library details page now includes a Connected records section. This hierarchical table displays records connected to the current item, including parent and child items.
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| New | Mar 24, 2026 |
Number of entities in a structure shown in Group Visualization When you open a chart in Group Visualization, you can now see the number of entities included in the chart in a badge next to the chart name. Select the badge to display the Structure statistics window with more details. You can also open statistics from the Export as PDF document pop-up. |
| Fixed | Mar 24, 2026 |
Group Visualization improvements We fixed an issue with an incorrect number being displayed in the Conditional Formatting tab in some cases. The auto-applied setting name now displays correctly in the Settings menu. When exporting charts containing merged sub-chart paths to PDF, the merged path table is now correctly displayed in the exported file. We fixed an issue with the Chart Text menu causing errors in certain cases. We fixed an issue with introducing changes to multiple entities in Scenario mode. The action dialog now closes without errors. |
| New | Mar 02, 2026 |
New user role right for the modernized Entities experience access Administrators can now use the new Access Modernised UI (read only) user role right to control users access to the modernized Entities experience. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes When appointing individuals to UK entities, you can now see if the individual does not have an IDV code recorded. We removed the SBEE Act 2015 suffix from the list of PDF forms. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
UK e-filing: Updates to how the CS01 and LL CS01 are generated We updated the process for generating part 6 of the CS01 form and part 2 of the LL CS01 form. When the forms are generated after the Confirmation Statement date, they show only the Directors whose appointments are active when the forms are being generated, in alignment with Companies House guidance. |
| Changed | Mar 02, 2026 |
UK e-filing: Companies House Presenter accounts blocked in Entities The free Presenter e-filing Companies House accounts, prefixed with 'E', cannot be registered in Entities. You must use credit accounts, prefixed with '0', to submit filings through software. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
We added Zimbabwe Gold as a selectable official currency. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
Irish e-filing: Updates to the B1 form We removed the notes pages for the B1 form's PDF output, as this information is only available online. |
| Fixed | Mar 02, 2026 |
We updated the relevant registers to now show 0 (zero) where there is a zero consideration paid. |
| Fixed | Mar 02, 2026 |
We fixed an issue with the UK Delivery tab in My Preferences not being visible for selected users. |
| Fixed | Mar 02, 2026 |
We fixed an issue with saving date information in the Import Document wizard. |
| Fixed | Mar 02, 2026 |
We fixed an issue with the Data Library Type Name, Category Name and Access Group fields not always being visible for data libraries. |
| Fixed | Mar 02, 2026 |
We fixed an issue with the data library search returning error 500 on some occasions. |
| Fixed | Mar 02, 2026 |
We fixed an issue with the legacy AOK currency being displayed for Angola. Now, AOA is displayed. |
| Fixed | Mar 02, 2026 |
We fixed an issue with a duplicated cancelled share class header showing for the register of members. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Updated Dashboard date format for yyyy-mm-dd preference If your regional preference is set to yyyy-mm-dd, the Dashboard header now displays the date as, for example, 2026 January 22, Thursday. Previously, the day name appeared first (for example, Thursday, 2026 January 22). This update applies only to the yyyy-mm-dd preference; other formats remain unchanged. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Date-time fields now always show time In modernized Entities, date-time fields now consistently display the time portion (hours and minutes, and seconds when configured), even when localization is applied. This update applies to the following fields:
These fields now always display both date and time, based on their configuration and intended behavior across all supported regional formats. |
| New | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities localization The modernized Entities interface is now localized based on your language preference. The app uses the language selected in the classic version under My preferences > Regional Preferences > Language. The interface supports the following languages:
English (US) is the default and fallback language if your selected language is not supported. The layout direction remains left to right for all supported languages, including Arabic. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Status badge moved before favorite star on detail pages On details pages for modernized Entities, the status badge now appears before the favorite icon. This order makes it easier to identify if a record is live or pending. This update applies to all modernized pages, including Company and Data library. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Enhanced calendar navigation in Reminders > List view The Reminders list view calendar now offers better control over the date range. Adjust the three-month view to filter reminders by your selected dates. Select Learn more for details on Calendar view and Calendar highlights. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Updated default column order in Pending events In Compliance > Pending events, we updated the default column order to improve visibility. The first three columns are: Urgency Category, Pending ID, and Reminder. The Pending ID column is fixed; you cannot hide or move it. All other columns support standard hide and reorder options. Select Reset Columns to restore the default order. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Compliance and Data library toolbar updates
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| New | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Regional date formats in entity filters Date filters in modernized Entities now follow each user’s regional date format across the Data library (entity-level and top-level), Ownership relationships, and Compliance views. This update applies to both placeholder text and entered or selected values in date and date range filters. |
| New | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: User-specific date and number formats for Entities list and detail pages User-defined fields on entity details pages now respect your regional settings.
This update applies to all relevant user-defined date, date-time, number, and percentage fields on modernized list and detail pages. It ensures that visual formatting aligns with regional preferences for improved consistency and readability. |
| New | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Pending state and tracking information on Data library details page When a data library record is pending, the details page displays its status and tracking information. To view these pages, you need the Data Library Security > Show Pending Data Library Items (Read only) permission. A The Pending section displays values from the Pending events list, including: Tracking, Reminder, Assigned to, and Notes. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Support for additional custom field types in Data library The modernized Entities interface now supports additional Data library custom user-defined field types. These fields appear on the Data library detail pages and relevant entity detail pages, matching the format in classic Entities. Supported field types include: Multi-select countries, Address, Share Class, Share Plan, and Auto Number (all variants). These fields appear in the Data library section of: Data library details page and entity details pages (for example, company or partnership). |
| New | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Data library section in Partnership details page Modernized Entities now displays Partnership details Data library (DL) content on Corporate Partnership and Limited Partnership details pages.
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| New | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Data library details page Based on the access permissions configured in the classic version, you can now view the Data Library details page in the modernized Entities interface. If your permissions don’t allow, the details page opens in the classic version instead. When you open a Data library record in modernized Entities, the system checks the Data Library type for formula-based restrictions. If the type uses read or access formulas, the record opens in classic Entities instead of the modernized view. Only records without these formulas open in the modernized Data library details page. This behavior ensures that records with formula-based access rules continue to function correctly. |
| New | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Introduction of new sections in Data library details page The details page includes the following section based on your access permissions:
The information displayed in these sections depends on your access permissions. Based on your access level, some information might be limited or not visible. |
| Enhanced | Mar 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Summary column now links to Data library details In both the top-level and entity-level Data library lists, the Summary column is now a link. Select Summary to open the details page and access record information quickly. |
| Enhanced | Feb 24, 2026 |
New entity box look and feel in Group Visualization We improved the design of the entity boxes appearing on group structure charts for enhanced readability. The box layout when using chart symbols now includes the chart symbol and the relevant information contained within a rectangular box. We also updated structure and spacing on all entity boxes shown on charts. |
| Enhanced | Feb 24, 2026 |
Custom watermark in Group Visualization chart exports You can now add a custom watermark to charts exported to PDF and PNG. The watermark can be up to 50 characters long and it appears across each page of the exported file. |
| Enhanced | Feb 24, 2026 |
Display clustered entities in the exported chart's index You can now include information about clustered entities, such as branches, on the index page of the PDF chart export. These details are now included automatically when you use the Add cover and index pages option when exporting the chart to PDF format. |
| Enhanced | Feb 24, 2026 |
Other improvements in Group Visualization
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| New | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Viewing group structure charts You can now open group structure charts from modernized Entities. Chart files open in the group visualization section of the classic Entities experience. |
| Enhanced | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Documents enhancements
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| New | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Introduction of the Me filter To make user filters clearer, the Me option in modernized Entities now displays your full name. This helps you quickly confirm which account the filter refers to. For example, the option now appears as Me (<your first and last name>) instead of just Me. The filtering behavior hasn’t changed, only the label has been updated for clarity.
On Compliance > Reminders and Compliance > Pending events, the For user filter now defaults to Me, so you first see reminders and events assigned to your account. |
| Enhanced | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Number format on the Dashboard The Dashboard page in modernized Entities now displays dates and numbers based on your regional preferences. Date follows your selected format (day, month, year), with the month shown by name. Numeric values use your preferred decimal and thousand separators. |
| Enhanced | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Data Library enhancements Use multicolumn sorting on the Data library page to organize results by multiple fields in a defined priority order. Sort by any supported column, then press Shift and select additional columns to add secondary or tertiary sort levels. You can add as many sort columns as you need. Sorting is available on Related QuickRef, Related entity, Category, Date, Type, Summary, Status, Reminder date, and Assigned to columns. The Summary section on the Data Library details page displays key metadata for each record. |
| New | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: List view in Reminders The Reminders page in modernized Entities now includes a view switcher that lets you toggle between Table view and List view, so you can choose the layout that works best for you. In list view, you can use the calendar to filter reminders by a specific day or date range, making it easier to focus on relevant reminders and manage upcoming work. It also displays reminders as cards grouped by urgency. |
| Enhanced | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Open entity details from Related entities and QuickRef fields You can now open entity details directly from Related Entities and QuickRef user-defined fields (UDFs) in the Documents page of modernized Entities. When a UDF is configured as a QuickRef and references an entity with a modernized details page, the value appears as a clickable link. Selecting a link opens the related entity’s details page based on your access level. If your access is limited, the page shows only the information you’re permitted to see. This behavior is consistent across supported modernized entity types and will apply to additional entity types as they become available. |
| New | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Ultimate parents section on the company details page The company details page in modernized Entities now includes a dedicated Ultimate parents section. This section shows the ultimate parent entities and ownership percentages for the selected company when available and when you have the required permission.
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| New | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: File reference now available on individual details page
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| Enhanced | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Limited access view on entity details pages In modernized Entities, you can open an entity details page even if you do not have access to all subpages or child pages. Instead of blocking access entirely, the application now shows a reduced limited access view of the entity details page. The limited access view includes:
Access to subpages and child pages continues to follow your role-based permissions. Where you have access (for example, Appointments or Compliance pages), you can still navigate to those tabs from the limited access view. |
| Enhanced | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Opening entity details from lists and Dashboard You can now open an entity details page from lists and dashboards even if you do not have full permission to view all entity details. Selecting an entity from supported locations opens the limited access view, while still allowing access to any sections and subpages permitted by your role. You can open entity details from:
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| Enhanced | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Filter Compliance items by User group On the Compliance > Reminders (table view) and Compliance > Pending events pages in modernized Entities, you can now filter items by user group. This helps you focus on reminders and pending events assigned to specific teams. This update restores the User group filter with live data, aligned with what’s available through the API. |
| Enhanced | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: New columns for individuals and pending events
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| Enhanced | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Access permissions to Documents The Documents main menu item and the Documents list page in modernized Entities appear only for users who have access. If a user does not have access to any of these areas, they are hidden. |
| Important | Feb 02, 2026 |
Modernized Entities: Known issue If you have the Show historical records by default user preference configured in classic Entities, you currently cannot view historical records in modernized Entities. |
| New | Feb 2, 2026 |
Entities interface in Arabic You can now set the Entities interface language to left-to-right Arabic in User Preferences. |
| Enhanced | Feb 2, 2026 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes to UK forms The CS01 and LL CS01 forms were updated to exclude directors appointed after 18 November 2025 from the Confirmation and Verifications Statement (part 6). IDV details of these individuals are confirmed on appointment or incorporation. |
| Enhanced | Feb 2, 2026 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes IN01 and LL IN01 form updates You can now use the precise name storing functionality of the UK IDV Director/Member/PSC Name Override data library on the IN01 and LLIN01 forms. |
| Changed | Feb 2, 2026 |
UK form updates reflecting Companies House fee changes We updated the following forms to reflect the Companies House fee change effective from 1 February 2026: CS01, LL CS01, IN01, LL IN01, DS01, LL DS01, RR01, RR02, SH19 Section 644, RT01, LL RT01, OS IN01, RR05–RR08, SLP CS01, SQP CS01, SQP1, SR01. We added the following new form-fillable forms: EE FM02, EE MP01, RR09, SE CV01. Note If you are filing the paper version of any of the above forms after 1 February 2026, make sure to generate the new version of each applicable form before filing. Forms prepared before the release do not include the relevant changes and will not be accepted by Companies House. You do not have to regenerate forms if you are e-filing. |
| Enhanced | Feb 2, 2026 |
Other form updates
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| Fixed | Feb 2, 2026 |
Group Structure Visualization We fixed an issue with loading stored configurations containing attributes and fields that do not exist in the current chart. |
| New | Jan 27, 2026 |
Group Structure Visualization: setting chart display settings as default You can mark chart display settings you use often as default to apply them to every new chart you open. |
| Enhanced | Jan 27, 2026 |
Group Structure Visualization: rectangle entity box shape is now selectable as a symbol You can now select the Rectangle entity box symbol when applying conditional formatting to a chart. This is the same shape as the default entity box symbol used when no option is selected from the Symbol menu. When you set Rectangle as a symbol, it is listed in the legend on the exported chart. |
| New | Jan 12, 2026 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes New EF-VS wizard for generating e-fileable Verification Statements (EF-VS01) for individuals who are PSCs The new Confirm Verification Details wizard allows individuals to generate EF-VS01 verification statements to link their identity code to their PSC roles for companies and LLPs for which they are a Person of Significant Control. You can verify the generated document, prepare it for e-filing, and electronically file it with Companies House following the standard electronic filing process. There is no paper form made publicly available from Companies House for this filing. |
| Enhanced | Jan 12, 2026 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes CH02 and other form updates Postcode submission when e-filing is optional for other jurisdictions. This change affects the following forms: AD02, AP01-AP04, CH01-CH04, CS01, LL AP01-02, LL CH01-02, LL IN01, LL MR04-05, LL PSC01-06, IN01, MR04-05, PSC01-06. |
| Enhanced | Jan 12, 2026 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes Backdated Confirmation Statements from before 18 November 2025 are now forced to be Confirmation and Verification statements. |
| New | Dec 16, 2025 |
Visualize multiple structures in one group structure chart You can now merge different corporate ownership structure charts into one in Group Structure Visualization. For example, you can run legal voting structure and legal capital structure charts and merge them to create one chart with both types of information. You can apply conditional formatting to highlight corporate structures in the merged chart. You can also revert chart merging to go back to the initial chart. |
| New | Dec 16, 2025 |
Documents in modernized Entities The modernized Entities interface now includes the Documents feature that shows all documents in a table view. You can browse, search, filter, and download documents from one place. |
| Enhanced | Dec 16, 2025 |
Data library filtering enhancements in modernized Entities The modernized Entities app introduces improvements to filtering in Data Library, including updated controls for Record classification, Category, and Type. You can now search, select, and reset filters more efficiently as you change categories or types. These enhancements make it easier to refine table results and view only the records that match your selections. |
| New | Dec 16, 2025 |
Introduction of sorting and ordering capabilities in modernized Entities The modernized Entities app provides flexible sorting tools that help you organize table data the way you need. You can sort by a single column or create a multicolumn sort to refine the order of your results. |
| Enhanced | Dec 16, 2025 |
User-defined field sections in modernized Entities User-defined fields are now organized in section on entity details pages. User-defined fields now display values instead of references. |
| New | Dec 15, 2025 |
Entities integration with Diligent Boards You can publish documents from Entities to Boards and use Boards approvals to collect signatures on entity documents. |
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Dec 15, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes Precise storing and submitting individuals’ forenames, middle names, and surnames To address new Companies House requirements for name formats which are causing discrepancy between company or individual details and the Companies House register, we have introduced the new UK IDV Director/Member/PSC Name Override data library for precise storing of individuals’ names. The UK IDV Director/Member/PSC Name Override data library allows you to precisely record an individual’s forenames, middle names, and surnames. You can use this data library to control how name elements are submitted to Companies House without altering the individual’s general name information in Entities. Data recorded in this data library applies only to UK identity verification filings, such as CS01 and LL CS01, and, if applicable, incorporations, such as IN01 and LL IN01. You can use this data library in cases of additional or missing middle names, preferred names differing from formal names, open compound first names, or differences in spelling between internal and Companies House records. |
| Enhanced | Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes E-filing forms updates We have updated templates that produce e-filing and paper CS01 and LL CS01 Confirmation Statements, as well as EF-VS, so that the Verification Confirmation Statements with made up to dates prior to 18 November go live date are now correctly produced and can be e-filed. |
| Enhanced | Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes IN01 form updates We made the following updates to the IN01 form:
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| Fixed | Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes CH01 paper form updates On CH01 paper forms, the year used in Date of change of details is now correct. |
| Enhanced | Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes CS01 form updates We made the following updates to the CS01 form:
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| Enhanced | Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes SH06 paper form updates Improved the paper form output of share class rights on continuation pages for multiple share classes. |
| Enhanced | Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes IN01 form updates The country name Guernsey is used on the form instead of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. |
| Fixed | Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes LL IN01 form updates We resolved issues with PDF previews that appeared in selected cases. |
| New | Nov 17, 2025 |
Data library in modernized Entities The modernized Entities view now includes information about data libraries connected to companies, individuals, and other entities. You can view this data in a streamlined table in the Data library tab, or access details relevant to the selected entity on the Data library page inside the entity record. To view or edit data library details, switch to the classic view directly from the data library list. |
| Enhanced | Nov 17, 2025 |
Other entities in modernized version You can now view the details page for other entity types in modernized Entities. |
| Enhanced | Nov 17, 2025 |
Improved Company details in modernized Entities The Details page in company details now includes more data about the company, if it’s available. We’ve added two new sections, Dormant company and Elective resolutions. |
| New | Nov 17, 2025 |
Company ownership information in modernized Entities The new Ownership page in a company record displays ownership details. |
| Enhanced | Nov 17, 2025 |
Navigation updates You can now switch between modernized and classic Entities while remaining in the context of your task. When you switch to classic Entities from an entity details page, you are taken directly to the equivalent of the page you were on. For example, when viewing company details in modernized Entities, you can switch directly to the company details page in classic Entities to make changes to data. |
| New | Nov 17, 2025 |
Registers of partners and contributions Partnership records now include a new Reports tab. From this tab, you can access the Registers option and run the following reports:
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| Enhanced | Nov 17, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes Changes to support mandatory ID verification We’ve updated UK e-filing messages, automated PDF forms, reports, and wizards to include entity verification requirements mandated by Companies House for individuals from November 18, 2025. Companies House’s identity verification requirements differ based on the individual’s role. Changes in Entities reflect this to support companies in remaining compliant:
The Confirmation Statement wizard in Entities generates the relevant documents:
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| Enhanced | Nov 17, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes Mandatory ID verification: e-filing messages and form changes We updated forms to include Identity Verification (IDV) codes, also known as Companies House Personal Codes (CHPC). To protect individuals’ personal information, the codes are obfuscated on the auto-generated PDF forms. E-filing messages sent to Companies House from Entities contain the required IDV details. The updated UK forms will be automatically made available on November 18. Before that date, Entities will continue to use the previous version of the forms. We’ve updated the following forms to include mandatory ID verification:
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| Enhanced | Nov 17, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes Form updates to replace signature with authentication We’ve replaced the Signature section with Authentication on several UK forms to reflect Companies House changes to forms. The following forms now include the Authentication section:
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| Enhanced | Nov 17, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes Notifying of a name discrepancy If IDV details of an individual include information about a name discrepancy, these details are now used on the relevant forms. |
| Enhanced | Nov 17, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes
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| New | Oct 22, 2025 |
Early access to modernized Entities experience We are announcing the launch of a new, modernized Entities experience with an updated look and feel, available for data center users. This interface streamlines entity management, enhances user experience, and improves accessibility. This launch introduces the first phase of the modernized experience, with additional capabilities coming in future updates. Access the modernized interface from the classic Entities application. During this early stage, explore the new layout and share your feedback to help shape future enhancements. Continue to access all Entities features in the classic interface. You are exploring a beta version. In some rare cases, you may see a blank page when navigating to the modernized Entities view. To see the data, try refreshing the page. If the issue is not resolved after a few attempts, contact support. We're already working on more updates and we appreciate your support at this early stage. |
| New | Oct 13, 2025 |
Managing fund information in Entities You can now add and manage information about funds in Diligent Entities. You can create funds using the New Other Entity wizard. For each fund, you can view details on a dedicated page, add entity details, and provide fund-specific information, such as fund managers. Entities records and stores history for each fund.
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| Enhanced | Oct 13, 2025 |
Trust management improvements The New Trust wizard now has an option to add addresses. You can now select the Trust entity type when searching for entities in the Other Entity search tab and when completing wizards. When hiding the Trusts feature in System Tools > System Options, the warning message now displays the correct number of trusts in the system. |
| Fixed | Oct 13, 2025 |
The Share Redesignation wizard no longer causes the 500 internal server error. |
| Fixed | Oct 13, 2025 |
We resolved issues with addresses in the New Individual and New Company wizards. You can now select The Company's Registered Office option when entering addresses, such as a service address or a Register of Members address. |
| Fixed | Oct 13, 2025 |
We resolved issues with removing contacts when there were multiple contacts linked to a shared address. You can now remove duplicate contacts from shared addresses. |
| New | Sep 29, 2025 |
Managing trust information in Entities You can now add and manage information about trusts in Entities. For each trust, you can view and edit details on a dedicated page, assign trustees and beneficiaries, record unit transactions, and create visualizations of its group structure.
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| Enhanced | Sep 29, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes in Entities With this update, we introduced a series of new functionalities supporting e-filing with Companies House, usability improvements, and changes in preparation for the November 2025 Entities update.
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| Enhanced | Sep 29, 2025 |
Chart assist improvements in Group Visualization You now have more flexibility when creating conditional formatting witch Chart assist. When you select the AI icon in the Conditional formatting tab, Chart assist displays in a chat window. You can request the same formatting options as you could before by selecting one of the prompts available in the chat. To see the full list of options, select More prompts. You can also ask Chart assist to create custom formatting rules by entering your own prompt in the input field. When the AI-generated conditional formatting is ready, Chart assist automatically applies it to the chart. You can revert these changes using the new Undo and Undo all options. To apply the conditional formatting again, select Redo. |
| Changed | Sep 29, 2025 |
Secure File Sharing is now Data Room To align Entities with other Diligent products, we renamed references to Secure File Sharing (SFS) to Data Room. You can see the changes in user roles, plus screens related to Working Documents and screens related to data libraries. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
You can now import .ics calendar files from the Reminders section in Entities into MS Outlook. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
You can now assign the Add/Edit Alerts for Self user role rights to users with the read-only access rights to give them permission to create and edit their own alerts. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
When viewing an individual’s appointments to committees, you can now see the related company if you select Appointment Category or Position from the Within list. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
Custom templates now appear under Template Documents in User Defined Documents. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
System-defined fields shown on the Company Details page that have been set to be hidden when blank are now correctly displayed if they contain data. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
When performing a batch change to user preferences, you must now select a user role in the Security options section. When performing a batch change to user preferences, the checkbox next to the selected user now works as expected. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
We resolved issues with displaying and selecting share certificates in the Transfer Shares wizard. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
We resolved issues with adding insiders to insider lists. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
We resolved issues with the incorrect ultimate percentage of ownership being shown in selected group structures. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
You can now use workflow names containing an apostrophe without the names causing issues. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
We fixed issues with missing shareholders in group structure when running structure above and below in certain configurations. |
| Fixed | Sep 29, 2025 |
South Africa: We resolved issues with shareholder data being cleared when performing share disposal. |
| Enhanced | Aug 4, 2025 |
New data available in Entities AI Assistant You can now ask Entities AI Assistant about individuals. To ask about an individual, use the ‘@’ character followed by their name. Entities AI Assistant can now provide you with more information than before. To the available data you can get about companies, we added the custom fields configured for your organization by your administrator, called user-defined fields. The exact information available depends on the type of entity and the configured user-defined fields. |
| Enhanced | Aug 4, 2025 |
Entity name badge in Entities AI Assistant When you ask Entities AI Assistant about an entity, the selected entity’s name appears in a badge above the input field. When you switch to another entity, the name in the badge updates as well. |
| Enhanced | Jul 15, 2025 |
Group visualization: Entities AI Assistant updates You can now access the updated Entities AI Assistant from Group Visualization and ask free text questions about entity information. To select an entity, type ‘@’ followed by the entity name. |
| New | Jun 30, 2025 |
Entities Starter package available on Diligent One Platform Entities Starter package is now available on Diligent One Platform. With this package, you get Entities on Diligent One, and you can access it from the Launchpad. For information about the package and details on the available Entities features, contact your Customer Success representative. Your organization’s administrator can add and manage users using Diligent One administration features, and control user access and security from within Entities. To find out how to add and manage Entities users as an administrator on Diligent One, go to Adding and managing users. For information on how to control user access and security features, go to Entities administration. |
| New | Jun 30, 2025 |
Entities AI Assistant app in Microsoft Teams With the Entities AI Assistant app in Microsoft Teams, you can access key corporate information without going to Entities. You can ask questions the same way you would when using Entities AI Assistant in the Entities interface. You can use the Entities AI Assistant app as an individual chat or add it to a Teams channel. |
| Enhanced | Jun 30, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes in Entities Following the Companies House announcement of a new set of changes to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA), Entities is releasing a set of upgrades. Changes in Entities are being rolled out in phases, based on the Companies House announced schedule.
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| Enhanced | Jun 30, 2025 |
E-filing changes
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| New | Jun 30, 2025 |
Login email address in User Details You can now enter your login email address in the User Details tab in My Preferences. By default, the Login email field is populated with your contact email address. Note This functionality is introduced in preparation for upcoming releases. |
| Enhanced | Jun 30, 2025 |
Alerts updates for administrators You can now create alerts for multiple users at once. When you create data library reminder alerts, you can configure them to only notify the user in the Assigned To setting. Note To use the new alerts functionality, contact Support to arrange for changes to your site configuration. |
| Enhanced | Jun 30, 2025 |
UK forms: You can now produce a document from the Stock Transfer form for non-GBP share classes using Microsoft Print to PDF. |
| Enhanced | Jun 30, 2025 |
If there is a single share class available for an entity, the Share Class section shows it as a default when allotting, transferring, or performing a share buyback. |
| Fixed | Jun 30, 2025 |
The Insider Manager Inbox Processor now checks for HTML markup appearing immediately after the Insider Manager ID (IMID) and ignores it so that the messages can be processed. |
| Enhanced | Jun 17, 2025 |
Group visualization: Extended color palette for chart formatting We added a new option for selecting border, fill and text colors when formatting group structure charts. You can now specify chart colors in the following ways:
To switch between the previous palette and the new color picker, use icons in the top-left corner of the Fill, Border, and Text color settings windows. |
| Fixed | Jun 17, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with displaying long conditional formatting rule names in the legend section of the exported charts. |
| Enhanced | May 20, 2025 |
Group visualization: Chart export improvements The export experience in Group Visualization now features more intuitive navigation and detailed control. When you export Group Visualization charts, the Export window now contains two collapsible sections:
You can display shorter index entries on the cover page of the exported file when your export contains only sub-charts. To show only sub-chart names in their respective index entries, select the Omit main chart name from sub-chart index entries option. When exporting charts for viewing or printing, you can now select and deselect all available sub-charts using the All charts option in the Charts section. |
| Fixed | May 20, 2025 |
Group Visualization now displays the date of incorporation for the top entity in a chart. |
| Enhanced | May 12, 2025 |
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) changes in Entities Following the Companies House announcement of a new set of changes to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA), Entities is releasing a set of upgrades. Changes in Entities are being rolled out in phases, based on the Companies House announced schedule. You can now record and store Individuals Identity Verification (IDV) codes. In addition, Administrators can run reports to identify individuals missing the required codes. After the upgrade, by default, users don’t have access to the new UK Identity Verification field on the Individuals page. Administrators can selectively configure user access to related features with user roles. Administrators with access to System Reports can run a report to check if all individuals are assigned IDV codes. |
| Enhanced | May 12, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with incorrect interest percentage being shown in sub-charts for entities with multiple owners. |
| Fixed | May 12, 2025 |
Data Library fixes
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| Fixed | May 12, 2025 |
For Hong Kong companies, Hong Kong Registers now refer to Business Registration Number instead of Company Number. |
| Fixed | May 12, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with the Single Alternative Inspection Location address field not being updated when changing the address with a wizard. |
| Fixed | May 12, 2025 |
The Australian territories South Australia (SA) and Northern Territory (NT) are now mapped to correct corresponding region codes when downloading data from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). |
| Fixed | May 12, 2025 |
We resolved an issue with running the Batch Update Company Ownership UDF document template script. |
| Fixed | May 12, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with the Open Document paperclip icon not working as expected in the All Documents tab. |
| New | Apr 22, 2025 |
Group visualization: Early access to AI Chart assist available for Entities Platform An early access release of Artificial Intelligence (AI) upgrades to Diligent Entities is available. Entities AI features drive efficient and informed entity management. With Chart assist, you can create optimal conditional formatting of your Group Structure charts with minimal effort. Chart assist can propose formatting for entities or for relationships. After Chart assist creates the formatting, you can further edit and adjust it to your needs. |
| Fixed | Apr 22, 2025 |
We fixed issues with chart connectors and arrows being incorrectly displayed after exporting to the PPT format. |
| Enhanced | Mar 31, 2025 |
Entities AI Assistant updates Entities AI Assistant is now available in two modes which control how you interact with it. Your administrator controls which mode you use.
You can only access information you have access permissions for. If you can’t access a piece of information from Entities interface, Entities AI Assistant will not be able to give it to you. |
| Enhanced | Mar 31, 2025 |
AI Document Summary updates You can now generate up to 10 summaries simultaneously. For documents with more than 10 pages or 12 000 characters, AI Document Summary creates a more complex summary divided into sections to accurately represent the documents. AI Document Summary is now available in the following areas:
The summaries are generated in the language your administrator has set for your Entities site. The following languages are supported:
The summaries are now available in the AI Document Summary window. |
| New | Mar 31, 2025 |
New wizard – Change Company Details Selected users can now change company details using the new Change Company Details wizard. With the new wizard, you can change the same details as with the Edit option. In addition, you can edit any user-defined fields you have access to on the Company Details page. Changes you make using the Change Company Details wizard are recorded in the audit trail. When changing company details with the new wizard, you can save the event as pending or assign it to other users and workflows. When you edit a pending event and make changes to fields, both the previous and the new value are displayed so that you can easily verify any changes before you accept and action them. Administrators can control user access to this wizard using the new Change Company Details user role right available under Company Security > Company Wizards. |
| Enhanced | Mar 31, 2025 |
Enhancements to partnerships
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| Enhanced | Mar 31, 2025 |
Irish e-filing changes
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| Enhanced | Mar 31, 2025 |
UK e-filing changes
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| Enhanced | Mar 31, 2025 |
UK forms updates
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| Changed | Mar 31, 2025 |
When creating new users, administrators now must select a user role. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
The security (HTML) report no longer produces unnecessary additional data for the First View column. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with audit trail showing that additional data has changed after changing only dates in company details. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
User roles without permission to edit the Region (SUBCOUNTRYC) user-defined field in company details can no longer delete the region information from company details when saving records. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
When you set the Dissolved date field to not be shown when blank, the field remains hidden if no date is entered and shows in company details if it contains a date. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
When running a legal capital structure with the Structure above and below option selected where a user is part of a security group, the entities above the selected company are now correctly displayed. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
For the Registration in Jurisdiction entity type, you can now edit the Country field after the entity is created. |
| Enhanced | Mar 31, 2025 |
The Contact Support window now contains an option to log in to connect.diligent.com. |
| Enhanced | Mar 31, 2025 |
We added support for Caribbean guilder (XCG) for Curacao and Sint Maarten. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
Hidden user-defined fields are no longer selectable in reporting field lists for ad-hoc reports. |
| Changed | Mar 31, 2025 |
The Add to batch wizard is no longer available in the following tabs: Pending Events, Reminders, Working Documents, and Document Store. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
We resolved error 500 which appeared when accessing the Options tab in the Send and Receive wizard in User Preferences. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with repeated data being shown in Appointments > Interests in plans after adding interest. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with the screen display page jumping down when selecting certain checkboxes, such as multi-selecting countries and within the Data Library definitions screen. |
| Fixed | Mar 31, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with scrolling in the Data Library Types window. |
| Enhanced | Mar 25, 2025 |
Entities AI Assistant available in Group Visualization Entities AI Assistant is now available in Group Visualization. With Entities AI Assistant, you can get the key corporate information without navigating the Entities interface. |
| Enhanced | Mar 25, 2025 |
Added the image of the Isle of Man flag to group structure visualization charts. |
| Fixed | Mar 25, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with the additional element '[a]' appearing in company name. |
| Fixed | Mar 25, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with an unexpected action during the 'Remove children and leave entity' action in scenario mode. |
| Enhanced | Feb 25, 2025 |
Include or exclude top entities’ external owners in Group Visualization Group Visualization now gives you more granular control over which external owners (parents) are shown in the charts. With the new Show top external owners option, you can include or exclude external parents of the top entity in the chart. Changing this setting does not affect other external owners. For example, you can exclude the external owners of the top entity while still showing the external owners of all the other entities in the chart. External owners are entities that do not meet the criteria of a given chart but are owners of entities included in the chart. For example, your group structure contains external owners when it’s run with the Get all other parents/owners and Include as Additional Data options. The Show top external owners option is active by default. To hide the external parents of the top entity, in a chart’s Ownership tab, under Show external owners, deselect the Show top external owners option. |
| Enhanced | Feb 25, 2025 |
Two new symbols in Group Visualization conditional formatting Conditional formatting now includes two new symbols:
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| Fixed | Feb 25, 2025 |
We fixed an issue with a number of special characters not displaying correctly in exported group structure charts. |
| Enhanced | Jan 31, 2025 |
Displaying all parent entities when filters are applied in Group Visualization We improved the filtering mechanism in Group Structure Visualization to display all parents of an entity with and without filters. Previously, when filtering was applied to a chart, only the parent entity with the largest ownership percentage would be shown. After the update, all parent entities are shown in the chart. |
| Enhanced | Dec 16, 2024 |
New Shareholders and Corporate Relationships Quick Reports Two new Quick Reports are available:
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| Enhanced | Dec 16, 2024 |
Send and receive changes in Irish e-filing To improve process performance, the Send and Receive process in Entities now uses the CRO submissions-by-date method. |
| Enhanced | Dec 16, 2024 |
Group Structure improvements
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| Fixed | Dec 16, 2024 |
Exporting items from entity history no longer results in an error. |
| Fixed | Dec 16, 2024 |
When duplicating the Individuals report, duplicate surnames are now correctly identified. |
| Fixed | Dec 16, 2024 |
UK: The AP01 form now correctly displays the Turks and Caicos Islander nationality. |
| Changed | Dec 16, 2024 |
Hong-Kong: SIC code descriptions for codes 059, 064, and 065 are now aligned with the Hong Kong Company Registry descriptions. |
| Enhanced | Dec 3, 2024 |
Paper size and format options for exporting charts to PDF in Group Visualization When exporting to PDF for viewing, Entities can automatically fit the chart on an optimal number of A4 or letter sheets. The number of selected size of pages and the chart’s scale are adjusted for optimal zoom and readability. You can select one of the following options:
Additionally, Entities now offers more paper size and format options when exporting charts into the PDF format for viewing and printing. Charts are scaled to fit the selected size. You can select from the following options:
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| Enhanced | Dec 3, 2024 |
Ordering entity notes in Group Visualization group charts You can now customise how to display the order of your entity notes. You can select from the following options:
When adding entity notes in chart text, select one of the options in the Choose entity notes character style drop-down. The selected style is applied to all entity notes in the chart. This setting is saved for future chart exports. |
| Enhanced | Dec 3, 2024 |
Displaying legend entries for sub-charts in Group Visualization exports When exporting charts, you can now select how extensive you want the legend on the exported chart to be.
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| Fixed | Nov 10, 2024 |
US Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting (BOIR) improvements
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| Fixed | Nov 10, 2024 |
When running partnership profiles, the downloaded .docx documents are no longer resulting in the 'corrupt file' errors. |
| Enhanced | Oct 26, 2024 |
US Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting (BOIR) in Entities You can now create BOI reports for the following actions using Diligent Entities wizards:
When submitting follow-up BOI reports, Entities will now display a last submission time for received FinCEN transcripts in addition to last submission date. For users with the appropriate user role rights, transcripts are now visible from Working Documents and Electronic filing sections. Known issues:
The issues will be resolved in Entities in a future release. |
| Enhanced | Oct 26, 2024 |
New default settings for users with e-filing permissions Users with the Send & Receive Electronic filing permissions can now use one of the following default options:
To change the default setting, go to My preferences > Options. |
| Enhanced | Oct 26, 2024 |
New update period filter options in e-filing You can now check for updates in Electronic Filing Send & Receive for the following periods:
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| Enhanced | Oct 26, 2024 |
UK companies: When creating Confirmation Statements, you can now submit a full list of shareholders in place of changes to the shareholder list. To submit the full list, in the Confirmation Statement Wizard, deselect the Part 4 – Shareholder information changes option and select the Part 4 – Override changes only and produce a full list of shareholders option instead. |
| Enhanced | Oct 26, 2024 |
We increased the number of Other Entities that can be assigned to Security Groups. |
| Fixed | Oct 3, 2024 |
We fixed an issue in Group Visualization with how chart relationships are displayed in PPTX files when no values are provided in the Relationships tab. |