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Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
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 register a group of companies, company divisions, joint business ventures and business units for VAT and what to do if they change after registration.
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
Use form VAT50-51 to apply to register or amend an existing VAT group.
Guidance on the use of the sensitive words accreditation, accredit, accredited and accrediting, in a company, Limited Liability Partnership or business name.
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing designated members and registering with Companies House.
Find out about paying Corporation Tax, instead of Income Tax, if you’re a non-UK resident company with UK property income.
Find out if you can claim Corporation Tax relief on your Research and Development (R&D) project.
The processes you need to follow, and the documents you need to submit, when you are a community interest company or you wish to form (or convert to) a community interest company.
Find out about changes to the Business Investment Relief rules from 6 April 2017.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
File changes to your company information including directors, shareholders and registered office address, and where your company records are kept
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
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