AWRS60100 | Variations and conditions: variations that must be notified

Wholesalers must notify to us any changes to their approval details. These variations are made online by the wholesaler logging into their AWRS account via the Government Gateway and following the prompts to input and submit the necessary changes.

For changes of partners and company officials, phone number, email address, trading name and VAT number we must be notified as soon as possible and no later than 14 calendar days after the change has occurred.

New trading premises must be notified to us at the very latest by the date the business first intends to use the new premises for a controlled activity. Where a business no longer uses certain trading premises we require notification no later than the date that the premises cease to be used.

Changes to the address of principal places of business or to any trading premises must be notified at the very latest by the date the business first intends to use any new premises for a controlled activity.

If the legal status of the business changes, for example a sole proprietor becomes a limited company or the sole proprietor sells their business to a new owner, the approval will not transfer to the new legal entity. They must re-apply for AWRS approval and they must notify us of the cancellation of the old legal entity’s AWRS approval.