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How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
This guide explains what the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
Find Companies House-recognised filing software to manage your company accounts, returns and tax accounts
You can use software to file your company accounts, file changes to your…
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Find out about how and what you’ll be paid and how to check your pay when you’re employed by an umbrella company as a temporary worker.
Find out how venture capital schemes work, who can apply and what tax reliefs are available for your investors.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
Find out if you can use the free online filing service to file your Company Tax Return with HMRC and accounts with Companies House.
Find out how to raise money for research, development or innovation using the Enterprise Investment Scheme or a Venture Capital Trust.
How to work out the benefit charge for company vans available for private use.
Check if your company can pay a reduced rate of 10% Corporate Tax if it exploits patented inventions and innovations.
File changes to your company information including directors, shareholders and registered office address, and where your company records are kept
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
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing designated members and registering with Companies House.
How to send information to Companies House through our extensible markup language (XML) schemas, by purchasing software or developing your own.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
A list of company formation agents and company secretarial agents you can use to incorporate your company.
Use form NE01 to drop limited or cyfyngedig from the company name if you are a company limited by guarantee.
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How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
How companies incorporated in the UK, or where the parent company is incorporated in the UK, can comply with UK accounting and reporting requirements.
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