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Hear first-hand experiences of the challenges and advantages of owning your own business, with advice on how to get started.
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 .
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
Running a business from home - insurance, business rates, expenses, tax allowances
How to order certified copies of certificates and documents held on the Companies House register.
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
A guide to starting and growing a business from home.
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
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
This business plan for 2015 to 2016 covers the second year of our 5 year strategy, which was agreed by BIS Ministers in March 2014.
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.
Business Statements made by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, setting out the business of the House.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Find out if you need to register to store goods in the UK for sellers established outside the UK.
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
Find out about a scheme used by individual landlords to avoid paying tax on their property income and reduce Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax.
This document sets out the work we'll do at Companies House to progress towards our strategic goals.
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