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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…

Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.

• Updated: 31 January 2023

Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.

• Updated: 23 November 2016

Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation

Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.

• Updated: 18 June 2025

Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.

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.

• Updated: 3 December 2021

How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.

• Updated: 1 May 2024

Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.

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