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How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
You can apply to the court to close or ‘wind up’ a company if it cannot…
You must send the right form to the court before they can deal with your…
If the court accepts your petition, they’ll arrange a date for a hearing.…
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
Use this form to apply to the court to close or wind up a company if it can't pay its debts. This is also known as 'compulsory liquidation'.
Information from the Certification Officer on levy eligibility, how to pay and how the levy is calculated.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
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.
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
How HMRC deals with customers who receive a joint and several liability notice for a company that has received COVID-19 support payments, including conditions for giving a notice and safeguards.
Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.
What you can consider doing if your company is in financial difficulty.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
Your and your company's responsibilities - repaying director's loans, interest, tax on loans, reporting to HM Revenue and Customs
How HMRC deals with customers who are involved in tax avoidance, tax evasion or repeated insolvency who receive a joint and several liability notice, including how notices interact with penalties and safeguards.
The Certification Officer’s procedure for investigating reported financial irregularities in trade unions and employers’ associations.
Crime and fraud issues in international trade: theft of goods, money laundering, cyber crime, employee fraud, infringement of intellectual property.
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
Your responsibilities as a company director after your company has been liquidated - helping the official receiver, settling debts, what you can and cannot do.
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