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How to file your company annual accounts with Companies House

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

• Overview

  You must tell Companies House if you change your company’s: name address…

• Get agreement from your company

  You usually need to get directors or entitled shareholders to vote (known…

• Company name

  A company can change its name either by: a special resolution permission…

• Company address

  You must tell Companies House if you want to change: your registered…

• Directors and company secretaries

  You must tell Companies House about changes to your company’s directors…

• Shares

  You must tell Companies House about any changes to your company’s share…

• Constitution and articles of association

  You’ll need agreement from your shareholders before changing your…

• Mortgages and loan guarantees

  You can use your company’s assets as a security for a loan or overdraft…

Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company.

• Directors’ responsibilities

  As a director of a limited company, you must: follow the company’s rules,…

• Taking money out of a limited company

  How you take money out of the company depends on what it’s for and how…

• Company information you must report

  You must report certain information to Companies House. Reporting…

• Company and accounting records

  There must be a clear division between the company’s finances and those of…

• Confirmation statement

  You need to check that the information Companies House has about your…

• Signs, stationery and promotional material

  Signs You must display a sign showing your company name at your registered…

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

Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company.

Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.

• Updated: 30 November 2023

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

What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors

Your company's financial year can run for more or less than 12 months - find out how to change it

Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator