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Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved
The Insolvency and Companies List was formerly known as the Companies Court. We handle cases relating to the insolvency of companies, including: petitions to wind up a company applications to unfreeze bank accounts or challenge a winding up petition applications...
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
How to follow companies and find company information for free using our online services.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
File changes to your company information including directors, shareholders and registered office address, and where your company records are kept
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
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
If you're a company secretary, use Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) form CIS305 to register your company as a subcontractor, or apply for gross payment status.
This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
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.
This guide explains what the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
Use this form to register (incorporate) a private or public company. Include the optional continuation pages if needed.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
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
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
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)
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