Category: Corporate Governance & Regulation

A Close Company is broadly defined as a company that is controlled by: five or fewer participators or any number of participators who are also... Continue reading

Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) retain the flexibility of a partnership with the added advantage that a partners personal liability is limited. At least two members... Continue reading

Since April 2018 company directors and other eligible people such as company secretaries, people with significant control (PSC) and LLP members can apply to remove... Continue reading

There are Late Filing Penalties which are designed to encourage companies to file their accounts and reports on time. The penalties were first introduced in... Continue reading

A Company Voluntary Arrangement or CVA is a special arrangement that allows a company with debt problems or that is insolvent to reach a voluntary... Continue reading

After the end of its financial year, a private limited company must prepare full annual accounts and a company tax return. The deadline for filing... Continue reading

Any property, cash and other asset owned by a company when it is dissolved automatically passes to the Crown as ownerless property. This process is... Continue reading

A new one-stop service to register a company and register for tax at the same time has been used by more than 200,000 businesses since... Continue reading

As well as filing accounts with Companies House, there is a requirement to check that the information Companies House stores about your company is correct... Continue reading