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Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved
Making changes to your company - passing resolutions, changing addesses and where your records are kept, your company name and type, directors' and secretaries' details, share structure, constitution
You must tell Companies House if you change your company’s: name address…
You usually need to get directors or entitled shareholders to vote (known…
A company can change its name either by: a special resolution permission…
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You must tell Companies House about changes to your company’s directors…
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You can use your company’s assets as a security for a loan or overdraft…
Types of model articles of association a limited company can have, including older versions of Table A from previous company legislation.
The guide to VAT rules and procedures.
We register and regulate charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence. The Charity Commission is a non-ministerial department.
How to change your charity structure, for example from unincorporated to a CIO or charitable company.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
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