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The Insolvency and Companies List was formerly known as the Companies Court. We handle cases relating to the insolvency of companies, including: petitions to wind up a company applications to unfreeze bank accounts or challenge a winding up petition applications...
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…
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
As a landlord, find out if the leaseholders in your block have the right to take over management of your building, and the process they must go through to do this
Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
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.
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...
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
Submissions related to human medicines need to be submitted directly to the MHRA.
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
How to set up a flat management company to manage property on residents' behalf and what you must do to run it legally
Certain company transactions that may be open to challenge if the company enters liquidation or administration.
The Business List contains three separate sub-lists: business financial services regulatory and pensions business. Business We deal with a wide range business disputes, often with an international dimension. Frequently these concern a business structure (company, LLP, LP, partnership etc) including:...
This guidance sets out how the MHRA is handling centralised applications that were still pending on 1 January 2021.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
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 .
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