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What’s The Difference Between a Shareholder and a Person with Significant Control (PSC)?

What’s The Difference Between a Shareholder and a Person with Significant Control (PSC)?

A shareholder and a PSC (Person with Significant Control) have lots in common, but there are also key differences which are...

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What Happens to My Limited Company in a Divorce?

What Happens to My Limited Company in a Divorce?

Divorce is never a pleasant topic to have to think about, but it can sadly become an unavoidable reality. Dealing with...

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What Are Shares and Who Can Own Them?

What Are Shares and Who Can Own Them?

Limited companies are a separate legal entity to their owners, but they do still need an owner of some sort. These...

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The Step-by-Step Guide to Working Out Dividend Tax

The Step-by-Step Guide to Working Out Dividend Tax

Dividends are a source of income so (inevitably) you’ll need to pay tax on any you receive. They’re taxed at a...

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How Often Can I Take Dividends from my Limited Company?

How Often Can I Take Dividends from my Limited Company?

If your business is set up as a limited company, paying yourself dividends alongside a salary is usually the most tax...

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What Are Employment Related Securities Schemes?

What Are Employment Related Securities Schemes?

Employee Related Securities (ERS) schemes are a way for limited companies to gift or award shares (securities) to employees and company...

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What is Form SH01?

What is Form SH01?

An SH01 form is used to tell Companies House when new shares are allotted in a private limited company. This is...

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What Does Equity Mean in a Business?

What Does Equity Mean in a Business?

Equity can be used as a way to look at the financial health of a business, as well as understanding its...

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Selling Shares to Raise Funds in a Private Limited Company

Selling Shares to Raise Funds in a Private Limited Company

Limited companies sometimes sell shares as a way of raising funds for the business. Known as equity finance, one of the...

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Using Different Types of Shares in a Company

Using Different Types of Shares in a Company

Shareholders are normally entitled to voting rights and dividend payments in proportion to the value of shares they own, but if...

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Can I Pay Different Dividends to Shareholders?

Can I Pay Different Dividends to Shareholders?

Limited companies can use their leftover profits after tax to make dividend payments to their shareholders. These dividend payments can be...

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How and When Are Shares Created?

How and When Are Shares Created?

When you run your own limited company, you’re legally separate from it, so rather than ‘being’ the business like a sole...

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