TRSM93020 - How to: contents: get proof of registration: contents: downloading a proof of registration document
This guidance provides information on how get a proof of registration document online.
Once the registration process has been completed, if the trustee or agent needs to download a proof of registration document to provide to a relevant person (see听TRSM70030), they will need to sign out of the Trust Registration Service and then sign back in again to download the proof of registration document.
A trustee will need to claim the trust before downloading a proof of registration document if they did not register the trust and have not updated the trust鈥檚 details online since it was registered. See TRSM92010 for information on how to claim a trust.
A trustee can download a proof of registration document by completing the following steps:
1.听Go to听/guidance/manage-your-trusts-registration-service
Alternatively, go to www.gov.uk and search 鈥楳anage your trust鈥檚 details鈥�.
2.听Read the guidance on the page about getting proof of registration.
3.听Select the green 鈥楽tart now鈥� button to access the 鈥楽ign in using Government Gateway鈥� page. The green 鈥楽tart now鈥� button can be found in the 鈥楿sing the online service鈥� section of the guidance near the bottom of the page.
4.听Enter the trust鈥檚 Government Gateway user ID and password and select 鈥楽ign in鈥�.
5.听Confirm if an agent is managing the trust鈥檚 online register for the trustees by answering 鈥榊es鈥� or 鈥楴o鈥� and then select 鈥楥ontinue鈥�.
6.听Answer the security questions shown on screen.
The answers the trustee gives must match the information provided when the trust was registered or last updated online. This includes any spaces between or after words.
7.听Check that the information has been entered correctly and select 鈥楽ubmit鈥�. The trustee will be notified on screen if they have successfully answered the security questions.
8.听Read the information on screen and select 鈥楽tart maintaining this trust鈥�.
9.听Confirm if the trustee wants to view the trust鈥檚 last declaration by answering 鈥榊es鈥� or 鈥楴o鈥� and then select 鈥楥ontinue鈥�.
10.听Select 鈥楪et proof of the trust鈥檚 registration鈥� when the trustee is asked what they want to do next and then 鈥楥ontinue鈥�.
11.听Confirm if the trustee needs to make any changes to the trust鈥檚 details by answering 鈥榊es鈥� or 鈥楴o鈥�.
If no changes are required, the trustee will be taken to the 鈥楪ive feedback' screen.
12.听Check the top right-hand corner of the 鈥楪ive feedback鈥� screen. The trustee will see that the document appears to download.
13.听Select the download to open a PDF copy of the trust鈥檚 proof of registration.