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How you might know if your company is in distress.
This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.
You can object to a limited company being struck off the Companies…
To object online you need: the limited company number of the company that…
Companies House will let you know if your objection is successful. If it…
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
What you can consider doing if your company is in financial difficulty.
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
Sending your confirmation statements.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Heather Williams on 12 May 2025.
Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
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