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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 report a security vulnerability on a Companies House service or system.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
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.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Your responsibilities as a company director after your company has been liquidated - helping the official receiver, settling debts, what you can and cannot do.
VisitBritain (VB) is the national tourism agency, responsible for marketing Britain worldwide and developing Britain’s visitor economy. It works with UK Trade & Investment as well as airlines, travel operators, global brands and the official tourism bodies for London, England,...
Complaint against a UK based company regarding alleged breaches of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises brought to the UK National Contact Point.
Guidance on the use of the sensitive words accreditation, accredit, accredited and accrediting, in a company, Limited Liability Partnership or business name.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
The Company Names Tribunal practice direction provides the framework for the management of proceedings brought before the Tribunal.
Information about changes that UK companies need to file with Companies House and the rules and requirements on how to submit them.
Sending your confirmation statements.
How an obliged entity can make a report if there’s a material discrepancy between the information it holds about a person with significant control (PSC) or registrable beneficial owner of an overseas entity, and the information on the Companies House...
Information about tax avoidance schemes that try to avoid an Income Tax charge on distributions when winding up a company.
Find out how to work out payments and when you should make them if your company’s annual taxable profits are over £20 million.
What the confirmation statement is and how to send your statement to Companies House.
Check if someone is disqualified from being a company director, when their disqualification starts and ends, why they were disqualified
You can report serious concerns about your employer to us, if you suspect wrongdoing in an area we regulate.
Tell HMRC if a company wants to enter the qualifying asset holding company (QAHC) regime, make an information return or make other notifications.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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