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Sets out the main requirements for incorporating a company in the UK.
Find out who should register for Corporation Tax as a non-UK incorporated or non-UK resident company.
We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
Quarterly release providing information about the number of companies on the register, newly incorporated companies, and removals from the register.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company.
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