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How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
You can apply to the court to close or ‘wind up’ a company if it cannot…
You must send the right form to the court before they can deal with your…
If the court accepts your petition, they’ll arrange a date for a hearing.…
Stopping self-employment, winding up or liquidating a limited company
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Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
Compulsory liquidation occurs when a court orders the liquidation of a company.
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
Insolvency and your limited company.
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.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
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
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
If your limited company is struggling, it may be possible to go into administration.
Blogs where government organisations talk about their work and share information and ideas.
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
Your responsibilities as a company director after your company has been liquidated - helping the official receiver, settling debts, what you can and cannot do.
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
What you need to do or know if your company is sold, stops trading or is being wound up for Corporation Tax purposes.
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