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How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
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Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
Find out how to work out payments and when you should make them if your company’s annual taxable profits are over £20 million.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
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.
There are a number of ways for companies to recover from financial difficulty. Seek professional advice early to understand your options.
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
What you need to do or know if your company is sold, stops trading or is being wound up for Corporation Tax purposes.
Information to help you identify if your organisation needs to publish a modern slavery statement.
Find out about mini umbrella company fraud, including checks you should complete and how to report potential fraud.
Company turnaround or business recovery is a specialised service.
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