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Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved
Paying Corporation Tax when your limited company sells an asset for more than it paid - includes chargeable gains, intangible assets, working out inflation
Your limited company usually pays Corporation Tax on the profit…
The gain is usually the difference between what you paid for the asset and…
‘Intangible assets’ include intellectual property and business reputation…
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
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
Information about registered land and property in England and Wales owned by overseas companies.
Guidance and model documentation for businesses about moving to employee ownership.
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
Making changes to your company - passing resolutions, changing addesses and where your records are kept, your company name and type, directors' and secretaries' details, share structure, constitution
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
Information about registered land and property in England and Wales owned by UK companies.
Find out what to do with your payroll and PAYE reference numbers if your business changes but does not cease to trade.
What it means to be dormant for Corporation Tax or Companies House - trading and non-trading, annual accounts, Company Tax Returns and telling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
How an obliged entity can make a report if there’s a material discrepancy between the information it holds about a person with significant control (PSC) or registrable beneficial owner of an overseas entity, and the information on the Companies House...
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
How to set up a flat management company to manage property on residents' behalf and what you must do to run it legally
Defines a mutual, which is characterised by the extent to which members have democratic control of the business and share in its profits.
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