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Sets out the main requirements for incorporating a company in the UK.
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing designated members and registering with Companies House.
Check if your company can pay a reduced rate of 10% Corporate Tax if it exploits patented inventions and innovations.
Sets out the main requirements for incorporating a limited liability partnership (LLP) in the UK.
Equity (Incorporating the Variety Artistes’ Federation): annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
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 .
Unincorporated associations are organisations set up through an agreement between a group of people who come together for a reason other than to make a profit
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year
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