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Title	Description
Working for yourself	If you start working for yourself, you’re classed as a sole trader. This means you’re self-employed - even if you haven’t yet told HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Set up as a sole trader	If you’re a sole trader, you run your own business as an individual and are self-employed. You can keep all your business’s profits after you’ve paid tax on them. You’re personally responsible for any losses your business makes. You must also follow certain rules on running and naming your business.
Set up a business partnership	Contents - Setting up - Naming your partnership - Register the partnership
Set up a private limited company	Contents - Setting up - Choose a company name - Company address - Appoint directors and a company - secretary - Shares and shareholders - Memorandum and articles of association - Register your company - Register for Corporation Tax
Setting up a social enterprise	You must choose a business structure if you’re starting a business that helps people or communities (a ‘social enterprise’).
Register as an overseas company	You must register an overseas company with Companies House if you want to set up a place of business in the UK.
Unincorporated associations	An ‘unincorporated association’ is an organisation set up through an agreement between a group of people who come together for a reason other than to make a profit (for example, a voluntary group or a sports club).
What you must do as a Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) contractor	You must register as a contractor with the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) if: - you pay subcontractors to do construction work - your business doesn’t do construction work but you usually spend more than £1 million a year on construction
What you must do as a Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) subcontractor	You should register for the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) if you work for a contractor and you’re one of the following: - self-employed - the owner of a limited company - a partner in a partnership or trust
Closing a limited company	You usually need to have the agreement of your company’s directors and shareholders to close a limited company.
Contact Companies House	All limited companies in the UK must be registered with Companies House. Overseas companies with a branch or place of business in the UK must also be registered.
File your confirmation statement (annual return) with Companies House	Use this service to: - file your confirmation statement (previously annual return) - sign up for email alerts to let you know when your confirmation statement is due
Object to a limited company being struck off	You can object to a limited company’s application to be struck off the companies register if you’re a shareholder or other interested party, such as a creditor, and have a reason to stop the application
Restarting a non-trading or dormant company	dormant company You must tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if your non-trading or dormant limited company starts trading again. You’ll also need to put together statutory accounts and Company Tax Returns after your company’s year end.
Restore your dissolved company	You can only apply to Companies House to get your company restored (known as ‘administrative restoration’)
Running a limited company	Contents - Directors' responsibilities - Taking money out of a limited company - Company changes you must report - Company and accounting records - Confirmation statement (annual return) - Signs, stationery and promotional material
Set up and run a flat management company	You can set up a limited company - sometimes called a Right to Manage or flat management company - so residents can jointly run a property, eg a block of flats.
Cancel a winding up order	If your company is being wound up (liquidated) you’ll be sent a copy of the winding up order.

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