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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
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
You must tell Companies House if you change your company’s: name address…
You usually need to get directors or entitled shareholders to vote (known…
A company can change its name either by: a special resolution permission…
You must tell Companies House if you want to change: your registered…
You must tell Companies House about changes to your company’s directors…
You must tell Companies House about any changes to your company’s share…
You’ll need agreement from your shareholders before changing your…
You can use your company’s assets as a security for a loan or overdraft…
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
Leading food delivery companies will introduce enhanced security checks on their apps to prevent the market being abused by illegal workers, following discussions with the government.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
How to set up a flat management company to manage property on residents' behalf and what you must do to run it legally
Find Companies House-recognised filing software to manage your company accounts, returns and tax accounts
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
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.
Submit HM Land Registry applications in the portal, reducing errors and requisitions.
Check if your company can pay a reduced rate of 10% Corporate Tax if it exploits patented inventions and innovations.
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.
Find out what's different for PAYE when paying a pension recipient, commutation, lump sum arrears and other circumstances.
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together
Find out if a business is, or has been, authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to provide claims management services
Find out if you can claim Corporation Tax relief on your Research and Development (R&D) project.
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