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Find out if a business is, or has been, authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to provide claims management services
Update: 23 February 2018 - Information for employees, sub-contractors, creditors and suppliers of Carillion in liquidation
This document contains information related to company investigations and The Insolvency Service.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Registration and filing obligations of an overseas company that opens an establishment in the UK.
Form N316A: Application for order that officer of the debtor company attend court for questioning.
How to reclaim bona vacantia after a dissolved company is restored to the register.
How to register a group of companies, company divisions, joint business ventures and business units for VAT and what to do if they change after registration.
Paper forms that an overseas company can file with Companies House.
This collection contains detailed information about company director disqualification and the role of the Insolvency Service
How to file annual accounts with HMRC and Companies House
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Guidance for employers on how to sponsor a worker on the Global Business Mobility (GBM) routes.
This document contains information related to Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and failed companies.
Register with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to book certain types of theory and practical driving tests.
Complain to the Insolvency Service if a director or sole trader is re-using the name (or a similar name) of a company in compulsory or creditors’ voluntary liquidation.
How to get help from the CAC with the employee involvement provisions of these regulations
This guide refers to investigations by the Insolvency Service into companies that have entered into formal insolvency proceedings – which means administration, administrative receivership, voluntary and compulsory liquidation – in England, Wales and Scotland.
This guide explains the role of the insolvency service in investigating phoenixism
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