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Use this form as a statement of a company's capital when reducing capital under section 644 and 649 of the Companies Act 2006.
What you can consider doing if your company is in financial difficulty.
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
How to reclaim bona vacantia after a dissolved company is restored to the register.
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
Insolvency and your limited company.
Directors have specific duties if their company becomes insolvent. These still apply if it is trading or if trading has stopped.
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
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...
How you might know if your company is in distress.
How to make a negligible value claim for unquoted shares, and how to check if shares previously quoted on the London Stock Exchange now have negligible value.
Statistics on new company insolvencies in England and Wales, and related statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland
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