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How to file your company annual accounts with Companies House
File changes to your company information including directors, shareholders and registered office address, and where your company records are kept
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
Understand the definition of ‘director’ so you know if you need to apply for a licence.
Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
What it means to be dormant for Corporation Tax or Companies House - trading and non-trading, annual accounts, Company Tax Returns and telling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
How to set up a limited company, appoint directors and shareholders or guarantors, and register for tax.
How to order certified copies of certificates and documents held on the Companies House register.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
Decision for applicant Capita Plc against registration number 15443887, applicant successful.
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
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.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
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
This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
Decision for applicant AXA against registration number 15528413, applicant successful.
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