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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.
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.
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If someone owes you money, you can use this form (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.
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.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
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.
If you have a court order that's not been paid, use this form to ask the court to 'freeze' money held by a third party, such as the debtor's bank.
Use this form for recovery under the statutory charge and request to postpone enforcement.
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.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
If a defendant hasn't responded to your claim, use this form to ask the court to decide how much they should pay you, including costs.
Ask the court to place a charge on someone's land or property (also known as a 'charging order') so they can't sell it without paying what they owe you after a court order.
Use this form to notify Companies House of a statutory declaration of solvency.
Make a general application (‘application notice’) as part of divorce, dissolution or separation court proceedings.
Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money
Use this form to request to reissue an enforcement or for an order to obtain information from a judgement debtor.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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