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Free and impartial help with money and pensions.

• Updated: 21 December 2017

How Universal Credit is affected by having money, savings and investments. We call this ‘capital’.

• Updated: 22 July 2025

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…

What happens to money in your Court Funds Office account after your 18th birthday

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) replaces the 3 existing providers of government-sponsored financial guidance – the Money Advice Service, the Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise. It provides free and impartial debt advice, money guidance and pension guidance to...

• Updated: 15 April 2021

How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.

Send money to a prisoner in England and Wales by debit card for free

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

Find out if you’re a money service business and need to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.

• Updated: 18 August 2023

Find out how venture capital schemes work, who can apply and what tax reliefs are available for your investors.

• Updated: 25 May 2023