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If a limited company owes you money, you can use Form SD1 (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.

If someone owes you money, you can use this form (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.

Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.

• When you can make a statutory demand

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• Statutory demand forms

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• How to serve a statutory demand

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• Challenge a statutory demand

  If you do not agree with a statutory demand you’ve been given, you can…

• Contact the Insolvency Service

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Form SD2R: Statutory Demand under Section 268(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986. Debt for Liquidated Sum Payable Immediately.

Form SD4: Statutory demand under section 268(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986. Debt for liquidated sum payable immediately following a judgment or order of the court.

Form SD3: Statutory demand under Section 268(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986. Debt payable at future date.

Creditors can use Form Bank 1 to petition when debtors fail to comply with a statutory demand for a liquidated sum payment under the Insolvency Act 1986.

Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions

Creditors can use Form Bank 2 to petition when debtors fail to comply with a statutory demand for a liquidated sum payment under the Insolvency Act 1986.

What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors

Use form US-Individual 2002 to apply for relief at source or to claim repayment of UK Income Tax.

Use this form to apply to the court to close or wind up a company if it can't pay its debts. This is also known as 'compulsory liquidation'.

How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.

Use this 'application notice' for all applications to the court about insolvency, except when applying for an administration order, winding-up petition or bankruptcy petition.

How to get scientific advice about your licence application from MHRA, including: submitting a request, your meeting with MHRA, fees.

• Updated: 25 March 2022

Use this form to notify Companies House of a statutory declaration of solvency.

Change your protocol, update your authorisation, report safety issues, submit safety updates and complete your end-of-trial study report.

• Updated: 26 March 2024

A property owner or landlord can use this form with a 'particulars of claim' form to make a claim for possession of property.

What to do if you've been made bankrupt: how to get help with bankruptcy, and how to oppose a bankruptcy petition.

Forms for landlords and/or tenants to propose action relating to tenancy agreements.

• Updated: 15 September 2023