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You must declare £10,000 or more in cash, or the equivalent in another currency, if you take it between Great Britain and any other country.

How to take legal action if someone owes you money (small claims court), how much it costs, what happens next. Includes information from withdrawn guidance EX303, EX304, EX306, EX321, EX325 and EX350.

• What a court claim is

  You can apply to a county court to claim money you’re owed by a person or…

• Court fees

  You must pay a court fee when you make your claim. If you know the claim…

• Claim the interest

  You can claim interest on the money you’re owed. The interest will be…

• Make a claim

  You can make your claim online, unless: you do not know how much money you…

• After you make your claim

  Your claim, including your name and address, will be sent to the person or…

• Resolve your claim through mediation

  Mediation is when an impartial professional (the mediator) helps both…

• What happens at the hearing

  If there’s a hearing, you can: represent yourself pay for a barrister or…

• Enforce a judgment

  You can ask the court to collect payment from the person or business who…

The Payment Exception Service is a way for people who do not have a bank account to collect benefit or pension payments. It replaces the Simple Payment service

Search for unclaimed money in a Court Funds Office account - find account, get information and claim

How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.

Find out if you’re a money service business and need to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.

• Updated: 18 August 2023

Find out how the new Customs Declaration Service cash account works, when it can be used and what type of customs charges you can pay.

• Updated: 9 March 2023

Find out how the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme works and the conditions you must meet if you want to use it.

• Updated: 18 December 2023

What happens to money in your Court Funds Office account when you recover your mental capacity.

What happens to money in your Court Funds Office account after your 18th birthday

What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn...

• Updated: 18 August 2023

Find out how to operate PAYE if you pay your employees with assets that can be sold or cashed in, like stocks, shares or cryptoassets.

• Updated: 19 December 2018

Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money

Tips at work do not count towards the National Minimum Wage - tips and tax, what your employer has to do, advice and help, cash in hand payments

How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need

How to use a risk-based approach to carry out compulsory risk assessments of your business.

• Updated: 4 August 2021

Apply for a payment out of Court Funds Office paid in by a defendant to settle a court case

Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions

Apply for compensation if you own property near the proposed High Speed 2 route, Phase 1 or 2 - what you can claim for, eligibility, how to apply