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Companies House has been given a top award for its work in implementing the Register of Overseas Entities.
Find Companies House-recognised filing software to manage your company accounts, returns and tax accounts
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
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Sets out the main requirements for incorporating a company in the UK.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
How to request and manage the authentication code you'll need to file information online at Companies House.
An overview of the department's potential commercial activity for each year.
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.
All data on Companies House spending over £500 since January 2014.
Paper forms relating to insolvency that can be filed with Companies House.
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.
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Information on the performance and expenditure of Companies House from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.
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