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Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
You can choose to liquidate your limited company (also called ‘winding up’…
A director can propose a company stops trading and be liquidated (‘wound…
A director can ask a court to order the company to stop trading and be…
You may choose members’ voluntary liquidation if your company is ‘solvent’…
The liquidator is an authorised insolvency practitioner or official…
When a liquidator is appointed, directors: no longer have control of the…
Your company’s bank account will be frozen when someone files a petition…
How to apply for bankruptcy: how long it lasts, bankruptcy restrictions, what happens to your home and assets when you're bankrupt.
You can apply to make yourself bankrupt if you cannot pay your debts.…
When you’re made bankrupt, your name and address will be published in: the…
You’ll usually get an email or letter from the adjudicator within 28 days…
You have to follow bankruptcy restrictions when you’re bankrupt. This…
Your assets might be sold to pay your bankruptcy debts. You have to hand…
Your home might be sold depending on your equity - your share after any…
Your trustee will tell you if you have to make monthly payments from your…
You can apply to cancel (‘annul’) your bankruptcy if: the bankruptcy order…
Your bankruptcy and the restrictions generally end when you’re…
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
Under the disregards and pardons scheme, you can get a historic conviction for gay sex offences removed.
Set up, change or cancel your car tax Direct Debit, swap to another payment method, and what to do if you miss a Direct Debit payment
Find out the UK's requirements for the holding and movement of excise goods in duty suspension within the UK and the EU.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
When an ISA can be closed, and how to void or repair an ISA if you're an ISA manager.
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.
How to manage Eurasian beavers on your land without a licence and when you need a licence in England.
Correct an original registration with the register office or GRO - what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes
How to remove information that should never have been delivered to Companies House.
Application form DS2E: application form to cancel the entries relating to a registered charge for which an END has been sent.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
New rules give consumers greater confidence to challenge decisions
Director overstated his company’s turnover to claim the maximum Bounce Back Loan and could not account for how the money was spent
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