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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
If you manage one or more business taxes online, sign in to your business tax account to view your tax position and manage all your taxes from one place.
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…
You must tell Companies House if you want to change: your registered…
You must tell Companies House about changes to your company’s directors…
You must tell Companies House about any changes to your company’s share…
You’ll need agreement from your shareholders before changing your…
You can use your company’s assets as a security for a loan or overdraft…
This guide explains what the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
We are the department for economic growth. Our services support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country and overseas.
File changes to your company information including directors, shareholders and registered office address, and where your company records are kept
We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
Employers have duty of care for those they employ overseas. Advice includes protecting company employees and how the UK government can assist.
Information about how 16 to 19 funding is allocated to colleges, providers, schools and academies.
Report on how small and medium-sized businesses with employees have fared in 2014.
You can ask Companies House to keep your address out of the company records people can search - who can apply, forms, when your address will be removed from the records
How the Department for Transport assesses the business case for major investments.
Tell HMRC about changes to your business - a change of name, address, legal structure or business activity
Sign in or set up a personal or business tax account, Self Assessment, Corporation Tax, PAYE for employers, VAT and other services.
Management systems, policies and checks you need in place at your MOT centre to make sure MOT testing is done to the right standard.
Provides in depth analysis of the findings for family businesses included in the Small Business Survey (SBS) 2012.
Provides findings on the performance of small and medium-sized businesses with no employees in 2014, and issues that may have affected them.
What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits
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