Need help with Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) guidelines for a company registered in Spain? This page will help you find your company's UBO info and the documents you need.
UBO Term
In Spain, a UBO can be called a "Beneficiario Real/Efectivos"1.
Accessing UBO info
To find a UBO for a Spanish company, you can use the "Registradores"2 for UBO reports and "Ancert"3 for Proof of Registration (PoR) documents.
Approved UBO documents
If the KYC team can't access a document with your UBO data, you might need to provide your UBO reports and PoR documents:
- UBO declaration: an official "Informe De Titularidad Real De Personas Jurídicas"4 .
- Proof of registration: an official "Información Mercantil interactiva de los Registros Mercantiles de España"5.
- Other official documents that show the company's ownership, such as: "Estatutos Sociales"6 (Articles of Association) and "Libro de Registro de Accionistas"7 (shareholder registers).
Informe de Titularidad Real de Personas Jurídicas
- Authenticated document issued by the "Consejo General del Notariado"8.
- Document title: your document indicates that it is a "Informe de Titularidad Real de Personas Jurídicas".
- Date: clearly visible date indicating when the declaration was made.
- Company identification details: tax identification number and the company name.
- UBO information: ownership date and details, the UBO’s name, personal identification number, place of residence, nationality and date of birth.
Estatutos Sociales
- Document title: your document indicates that it is an "Estatutos Sociales".
- Company details: the company's name and its legal framework.
- Company objectives: the main reasons the company is created or its primary activities.
If you have further questions, submit a request to Swan Support.
Footnotes
- "Beneficiario Real/Efectivos" translates to “real beneficiary/effective beneficiaries”, people with beneficial interests in a company.
- "Registradores" refers to the Spanish Association of Registrars.
- "Ancert" is a platform for verifying real ownership of legal entities.
- "Informe De Titularidad Real De Personas Jurídicas" is a report on the ownership of legal entities.
- "Información Mercantil interactiva de los Registros Mercantiles de España" is a service provided by the Mercantile Registers of Spain, offering real-time access to business data.
- "Estatutos Sociales" are the "Articles of Association," these define the internal rules and roles within a company.
- "Libro de Registro de Accionistas" is a record of company shareholders.
- "Consejo General del Notariado" represents the General Council of Notaries in Spain.