Search all content on GOV.UK

How to file your company annual accounts with Companies House

Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace

• Overview

  In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine: their…

• Worker

  A person is generally classed as a ‘worker’ if: they have a contract or…

• Employee

  An employee is someone who works under an employment contract. A person…

• Employee shareholders

  An employee shareholder is someone who works under an employment contract…

• Self-employed and contractor

  A person is self-employed if they run their business for themselves and…

• Director

  Company directors run limited companies on behalf of shareholders.…

• Office holder

  A person who’s been appointed to a position by a company or organisation…

• Legal decisions on employment status

  A court or employment tribunal (known as an industrial tribunal in…

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

• Overview

  When a company is dissolved, all of its assets pass to the Crown and are…

• Get a court order to restore a company

  You may be able to apply for a court order to restore a company if: you…

• Buy a dissolved company's assets

  You may be able to claim or buy an asset belonging to a dissolved company…

• Apply for a discretionary grant

  You may be able to get back a dissolved company’s assets if you were one…

If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice

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

Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved

Paying Corporation Tax when your limited company sells an asset for more than it paid - includes chargeable gains, intangible assets, working out inflation

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

Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help