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This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money and how to submit a compliance statement.
Acting as an attorney - duties, including registering a lasting power, starting to act, gifting, handling disputes and replacement attorney responsibilities.
You can make decisions on someone’s behalf if they appoint you using a…
As a property and financial affairs attorney, you make (or help the donor…
As a health and welfare attorney, you make (or help the donor make)…
The lasting power of attorney (LPA) must be registered before you can…
Keep a record of: important decisions you make and when, for example…
The Office of the Public Guardian and Court of Protection can check your…
You must tell the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) if: you or the donor…
The lasting power of attorney (LPA) ends when the donor dies. You must…
Your company's financial year can run for more or less than 12 months - find out how to change it
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
If your company wishes to use a venture capital scheme to encourage investment, it must meet the permanent establishment condition.
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
Share a summary of a lasting power of attorney (LPA) with an organisation, add an LPA summary, keep track of which organisations can view an LPA summary.
How to work out payments and when you should make them if your company’s annual taxable profits are between £1.5 million and £20 million.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Find out how to work out payments and when you should make them if your company’s annual taxable profits are over £20 million.
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.
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
Find out about the long-term effects some people can have after having COVID-19.
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
Rules and requirements on filing annual returns, annual accounts and company changes that must be filed by UK registered companies.
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