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Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
A limited company is a company ‘limited by shares’ or ‘limited by…
You must choose a name for your business if you’re setting up a private…
You must provide a registered office address when you set up a limited…
Your company must have at least one director. Directors are legally…
Most limited companies are ‘limited by shares’. This means they’re owned…
When you register your company you need: a ‘memorandum of association’ - a…
Use this service to register your company with Companies House. You will…
Most companies register for Corporation Tax and PAYE as an employer at the…
How to set up a limited company, appoint directors and shareholders or guarantors, and register for tax.
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…
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing partners and registering with Companies House.
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing designated members and registering with Companies House.
How to claim Corporation Tax relief when your limited company donates money, land, property or shares to charity
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
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
Find out what to do if you've just registered a limited company - rules to follow, financial support and what to register for.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
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 .
UK Financial Investments Limited (UKFI) manages the government’s investments in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds) and UK Asset Resolution Ltd (UKAR). UKFI is a company with HM Treasury as its sole shareholder and operates at...
A limited partnership can use this form to be designated as a PFLP.
File changes to your company information including directors, shareholders and registered office address, and where your company records are kept
This page contains the articles of association you will need if you are setting up a Community Interest Company (CIC) that is limited by shares.
Use this form as an application for registration of a limited partnership which is also to be designated as a private fund limited partnership (PFLP).
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
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