Please note Companies House guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website. We provide links to the key information below.
Closing a company guidance
Strike off your limited company from the Companies Register
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register.
Company strike off, dissolution and restoration
Information for directors, secretaries or company advisers about how to dissolve a company or restore a company to the register.
Company administration, liquidation and insolvency
Put your company into administration
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration – what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends.
Liquidate your limited company
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator.
Dealing with your limited company’s debts
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors.
Liquidation and insolvency
Overview of insolvency and liquidation proceedings and the documents you must send to Companies House.
Liquidation and insolvency companies in Northern Ireland
An overview of insolvency and liquidation proceedings for companies registered in Northern Ireland, and the documents you must send to Companies House.
Striking off or dissolving a limited liability partnership
How a limited liability partnership (LLP) can be removed from the Companies House register.
Partnerships
Limited liability partnership strike off, dissolution and restoration
How a limited liability partnership (LLP) can be removed from and restored to the Companies House register.
Liquidation and insolvency limited liability partnerships
Overview of insolvency and liquidation proceedings and documents that must be delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
Liquidation and insolvency limited liability partnerships (Northern Ireland)
Overview of insolvency and liquidation proceedings and documents that must be delivered to the Registrar of Companies for Northern Ireland.
Register a limited partnership
How to register a limited partnership.
Overseas companies and European companies
Overseas companies in the UK registration and filing obligations
Registration and filing obligations of an overseas company that opens an establishment in the UK.
Forms
Companies House forms for limited companies
Paper forms that a limited company can file with Companies House.
Companies House forms for limited liability partnerships
Paper forms that a limited liability partnership (LLP) can file with Companies House.