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Why have a dormant company?

Published in Business finance on June 30, 2014 by Johnathan Korchak

The vast majority of companies actively trade, but there are also over 300,000 dormant companies registered with Companies House. Dormant companies benefit from reduced administrative requirements: in particular, they don’t have…

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Tags: dormant companies, company types

Things to consider before issuing new shares in a UK limited company

Published in Shares and shareholders on June 23, 2014 by Johnathan Korchak

Raising money for a company by issuing shares can open up a lot of opportunities. However, not all expanding companies will want to allot further shares, and often businesses can meet their objectives in other ways or raise…

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Tags: shares, share issue

How to issue shares – step by step

Published in Shares and shareholders on June 20, 2014 by Johnathan Korchak

A new share allotment is one of the main ways for a company to raise new finance. Compared to share transfers, where no new money is received by the company, a share allotment can provide funds to expand or otherwise advance the…

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Tags: shares, share issue

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How to change your company name

Published in Company records on June 13, 2014 by Jayne Challinor

Whether part of a re-branding exercise or simply to correct an error – it’s easy to change your company name. Indeed, according to Companies House over 50,000 UK companies changed their name in the year to December 2013. For…

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Tags: company records, company names, Companies House

7 things a prudent investor should always look for in a company’s Articles of Association

Published in Company records on May 30, 2014 by Henry Catchpole

There can be many good reasons to invest in a company but what safeguards will you have? Will others, perhaps with more shares or a different class of shares to you, have disproportionate levels of control or receive greater…

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Tags: shares, shareholder rights, articles of association