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…We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public.
Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved…
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
When a company is dissolved, all of its assets pass to the Crown and are…
You may be able to apply for a court order to restore a company if: you…
You may be able to claim or buy an asset belonging to a dissolved company…
You may be able to get back a dissolved company’s assets if you were one…
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
Remove your charity from the charities register after you've closed (or 'dissolved') it.…
We can investigate companies that have been dissolved without entering into formal insolvency proceedings
This guidance deals with the circumstances in which the Registrar of Companies may dissolve a company
How to get and claim your State Pension, State Pension age - for men born on or after 6 April 1951 and women born on or after 6 April 1953.
How the Bona Vacantia division deals with dissolved company assets, the importance of jurisdiction and an overview of the detailed guidance.
Use this form to apply to a court to end your marriage or civil partnership.
How to apply for a discretionary grant where the dissolved company can be restored. (Company has been dissolved for less than six years)
Guidance on referring cases, buying assets, restoring a dissolved company and applying for a discretionary grant.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on BEIS’ impact assessment of the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill.
How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.
This factsheet provides further background information on the business rates measure within the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill.
How to refer or buy land that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Contact the Pension Service about State Pension eligibility, claims, payments and complaints, and to update your details (such as your address or bank details)
How to reclaim bona vacantia after a dissolved company is restored to the register.
Product Safety Report for Wax Dissolving Lamp sold via Amazon presenting a serious risk of fire and electric shock.
…The Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a Will) and without known kin (entitled blood relatives) and collect the assets of dissolved companies and other various ownerless goods in England and Wales.
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