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Reclaim VAT you've paid on goods and services bought in the UK to use in your business if you’re registered as a business outside the UK.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
You can close down your limited company by getting it ‘struck off’ the…
Before applying to strike off your limited company, you must close it down…
To apply to strike off your limited company, you must send Companies House…
You must withdraw your application if your company is no longer eligible…
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
How to make a negligible value claim for unquoted shares, and how to check if shares previously quoted on the London Stock Exchange now have negligible value.
Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.
Find out about the tax avoidance arrangements used by some umbrella companies.
Statistics on new company insolvencies in England and Wales, and related statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland
Finance companies Satchi Holdings PLC and Hartreel Ltd wound-up after misleading investors and failing to cooperate with an investigation into the firms’ affairs
Complain about or report company for breaking the law or committing fraud, running scams, or selling faulty products of services
Find out how to check your payslip to make sure you are not involved in a tax avoidance scheme, operated by some umbrella companies.
This section presents data derived from a sample of company returns.
Wage slips must show any deductions and explain them - not everyone has the right to a payslip
Find out about changes to the Business Investment Relief rules from 6 April 2017.
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