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The CIC Regulators telephone line & answerphone service is now available
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Watch our recent webinar to find out if the Community Interest Company model is for you. We give a brief overview of social enterprise models and the differences.
Watch our recent webinar to discover what you need to know (from the Regulator's perspective) on submitting a successful application of incorporation or conversion to a community interest company.
Business Secretary Alok Sharma confirms Louise Smyth as interim Regulator of Community Interest Companies
The Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies (CICs) has robust plans in place to maintain services for CICs and protect the welfare of employees during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
We’ve identified the most common mistakes for each document you need to submit and compiled a list of Hints and Tips to get you on your way, whether applying online or submitting via paper application
Delighted to announce a new online accounts filing service for Community Interest Companies the Regulator, Ceri Witchard, tells all in a Q&A podcast.
Sign up to our “CICs New Online Incorporation Process” webinar
This webinar will cover: what CICs are, director’s responsibilities, funding, tax incentives and a little bit on dividend payments
CICs and Agents, who file on behalf of CICs, are invited to participate in user-testing the new online report and accounts filing service from Companies House.
This is your chance to learn about funding, dividends and Tax Relief to sustain your CIC and ask questions. Interested? Sign up to take part.
The Government is proposing to make incidental changes, as part of secondary legislation, to implement Corporate Governance reforms later this year:
We are currently developing a new service to allow Community Interest Companies (CICS) to file their annual reports and accounts online.
Take a look at our webinar on Conversions to a CIC
This is your chance to learn how to incorporate a CIC and ask questions. Interested? Sign up to take part.
CIC Regulator's voicemail service is currently unavailable and engineers are on-site.
Introductory webinar recording about the basics of CICs.
This is your chance to learn about the basics of CICs and ask questions. Interested? Signup to take part
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