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Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
As a director of a limited company, you must: follow the company’s rules,…
How you take money out of the company depends on what it’s for and how…
You must report certain changes to Companies House. Changing your…
You must keep: records about the company itself financial and accounting…
You need to check that the information Companies House has about your…
Signs You must display a sign showing your company name at your registered…
As company director, you take on many legal requirements and duties. You must know what they are and when you need to complete them.
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
Find out the basic rules of VAT, how they apply to clubs and associations, and how to treat VAT on subscriptions and other payments.
If the UKCA marking applies to products you manufacture or supply, you will have specific obligations and responsibilities for compliance, depending on your role.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Guidance for reservists and their employers about what happens before, during and after mobilisation, applying to delay or cancel mobilisation, getting financial assistance, reservists' rights during redundancy
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
As a tenant renting out a commercial property, you have certain responsibilities including maintenance, health and safety, and making provisions for your staff and visitors
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
This document lists government ministers and their responsibilities.
What you must do when you sell your company, partnership or sole trader business
Find out about checks you need to carry out before accepting goods into your excise warehouse and your obligations when receiving cash payments for duty-suspended sales of alcohol products.
Use the online form service or postal form CF411 to apply for National Insurance Home Responsibilities Protection.
As a land owner or manager, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
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