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Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
Use this online form to appoint an individual as a company director.
Complain about or report company for breaking the law or committing fraud, running scams, or selling faulty products of services
Your company's financial year can run for more or less than 12 months - find out how to change it
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
Use this form if your confirmation date is 4 March 2024 or earlier, to confirm that the company's details are up to date.
Use this form to give notice of shares allotted following incorporation. Include the optional continuation pages if needed.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
Find out what to do if you've just registered a limited company - rules to follow, financial support and what to register for.
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year
Find Companies House-recognised filing software to manage your company accounts, returns and tax accounts
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)
Use this form to change the details of an individual who is a director.
Register a mortgage or charge at Companies House that was created or evidenced by an instrument on or after 6 April 2013.
How to appeal a penalty if you’re a company director or an accountant who has received a penalty from Companies House for filing your company accounts late.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Use this form if your confirmation date is 5 March 2024 or later, to confirm that the company's details are up to date.
Use this form to give notice of an unconditional change of name by resolution.
Unincorporated associations are organisations set up through an agreement between a group of people who come together for a reason other than to make a profit
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