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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
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.
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
As a director of a limited company, you must: follow the company’s rules,…
How you take money out of the company depends on what it’s for and how…
You must report certain changes to Companies House. Changing your…
You must use a business bank account for your Limited Company. You must…
You need to check that the information Companies House has about your…
Signs You must display a sign showing your company name at your registered…
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
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
VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.
Annual results from the Export Client Survey which measures the quality and impact of the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT's) export promotion services.
Find out about changes to the Business Investment Relief rules from 6 April 2017.
Paying Corporation Tax when your limited company sells an asset for more than it paid - includes chargeable gains, intangible assets, working out inflation
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