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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…
Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved
Your company's financial year can run for more or less than 12 months - find out how to change it
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
How to file your company annual accounts with Companies House
Find out how to work out payments and when you should make them if your company’s annual taxable profits are over £20 million.
This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
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
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 access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
Tell Companies House of a change to your company's objects.
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 Companies House-recognised filing software to manage your company accounts, returns and tax accounts
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Types of model articles of association a limited company can have, including older versions of Table A from previous company legislation.
What the confirmation statement is and how to send your statement to Companies House.
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