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Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
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…
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
How to apply for a discretionary grant where the dissolved company can be restored. (Company has been dissolved for less than six years)
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
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
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Find out about paying Corporation Tax, instead of Income Tax, if you’re a non-UK resident company with UK property income.
We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
When HMRC will issue a joint and several liability notice to individuals who have been involved with companies which have become insolvent and have a tax liability with HMRC.
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