Corporate Governance & Regulation
Consider signing up to PROOF scheme
One of the services offered by Companies House helps combat fraud and protect your company from unauthorised changes to records. The free service is known as the protected online
Corporate Governance & Regulation
Changing accounting date
There are special rules in place which limit the ability to change a company’s year end date. A company’s year-end date is also known as its ‘accounting reference date’ and is
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Companies House to pause strike off process
Companies House has announced that they have once again temporarily paused the voluntary and compulsory strike off processes. The hiatus is set to be in place for one month from 21
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Striking companies from Companies Register
There are a limited range of circumstances when a company can request to be removed from the register (known as being struck off). For example, a voluntary strike off can be
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New IPO search facility
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trademarks and copyright.
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Consultations to crack down on fraud announced
The government has unveiled three new consultations to help combat fraud by reforming the UK’s register of company information. This follows an announcement earlier this year that
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Responding to a court judgement
In today’s precarious business environment many companies are unable to pay their debts. If this happens, your creditors can ultimately apply to the court to get their debts paid.
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Filing deadlines for company confirmation statement
As well as filing accounts with Companies House, there is an important requirement to check that the information Companies House has about your company is correct. This is
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Events company collapse
A recent investigation by the Insolvency Service has seen a husband and wife disqualified from being directors for a total of 17 years. The husband and wife team were directors of
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Closing a limited company
There are a number of reasons why you may decide to close your limited company. This could be because a limited company structure no longer suits your needs, your business is no