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You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
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
You must tell Companies House if you change your company’s: name address…
You usually need to get directors or entitled shareholders to vote (known…
A company can change its name either by: a special resolution permission…
You must tell Companies House if you want to change: your registered…
You must tell Companies House about changes to your company’s directors…
You must tell Companies House about any changes to your company’s share…
You’ll need agreement from your shareholders before changing your…
You can use your company’s assets as a security for a loan or overdraft…
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.
For company directors, LLP members or people with significant control (PSCs) who are at serious risk and want to protect their personal information from the public.
This guide explains what the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
How to remove your home address from the public register if you’ve used it as a service address for correspondence, or a shareholder's address. This also applies to LLPs and LLP members.
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
You can ask Companies House to keep your address out of the company records people can search - who can apply, forms, when your address will be removed from the records
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
The independent Inclusion at Work Panel has today published a report on the state of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) business practices in the UK.
Complain about or report company for breaking the law or committing fraud, running scams, or selling faulty products of 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
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
Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together
Find out what an HMRC officer will do when they visit your business and what records they’ll ask to see.
What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits
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