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How to register a new charge at Companies House, or tell us about any you've paid off.
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing designated members and registering with Companies House.
Guidance for companies, limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and eligible Scottish partnerships on the register of people with significant control (PSC) requirements.
How Companies House will take action to enforce the law.
How a late filing penalty will be imposed if your company or LLP's accounts are not filed on time, and how to appeal against a penalty.
Sets out the main requirements for incorporating a company in the UK.
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing partners and registering with Companies House.
Guidance on the information sharing measures in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
A list of company formation agents and company secretarial agents you can use to incorporate your company.
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
For company directors, LLP members or people with significant control (PSCs) who are at serious risk and want to protect their personal information from the public.
How Companies House will use its enforcement powers to issue financial penalties.
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
Register now to find out more about what you need to consider when starting a company.
This guidance explains what happens when a private company opts to keep certain statutory register information on the public register.
Model articles of association for companies limited by guarantee that were incorporated on or after 28 April 2013.
How to remove your home address from the public register if you’ve used it as a service address for correspondence, or a shareholder's address. This also applies to LLPs and LLP members.
How to remove an overseas entity's registration from the Register of Overseas Entities.
A list of all the fees Companies House charges, and how we determine these fees.
How to remove information that should never have been delivered to Companies House.
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