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Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved
How to file your company annual accounts with Companies House
This guide explains what the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year
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
Your company's financial year can run for more or less than 12 months - find out how to change it
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
What the confirmation statement is and how to send your statement to Companies House.
File changes to your company information including directors, shareholders and registered office address, and where your company records are kept
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
Tell Companies House of a change to your company's objects.
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 happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
How to prepare a Company Tax Return for your limited company or unincorporated association - deadlines, corrections and penalties
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
File your Company Tax Return with HMRC, and your company accounts with Companies House
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
How to request and manage the authentication code you'll need to file information online at Companies House.
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