Community interest companies: forms and step-by-step guides
The processes you need to follow, and the documents you need to submit, when you are a community interest company or you wish to form (or convert to) a community interest company.
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A Community Interest Company (CIC) is a limited company, with special additional features, created for the use of people who want to conduct a business or other activity for community benefit, and not purely for private advantage.
This step-by-step guidance explains what you need to do to:
- Handy Hits and Tips befor completing your CIC application
- Online application checklist
- form a CIC online or by post
- form a community interest public limited company (plc)
- convert an existing company to a CIC
- convert a charitable company to a CIC
- convert a Registered Society to a CIC
- convert a private company to a community interest plc
- convert a plc to a community interest plc
- change or specifying an asset-locked body in the articles of association
- alter clauses in the articles of association
- alter the object statement of a CIC
- change the status of a CIC to a community interest plc
- convert a CIC to a charitable company
- convert a CIC to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- convert a CIC to an IPS
- arrange the voluntary dissolution of a CIC
- file an annual CIC report and accounts online or by post
- file amending CIC accounts
It includes links to the appropriate forms, model constitutions (including the memorandum of association and articles of association) and model special resolutions.
Updates to this page
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Edited the fee for applying to strike a company from the Companies House register in section 16.1. It costs £13 to apply online and £18 to apply on paper.
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Added guidance on submitting amending CIC accounts
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Update on the change to Community Interest Companies incorporation fees for online application and paper applications
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Updated guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence
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Added Conversion application checklist
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Added a checklist for the online process for Community Interest Companies
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Updated contact details on point 18
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Updated guidance on converting a Registered Society to a Community Interest Company
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Updated broken link for information on Person with significant control (PSC)
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Updated fees for incorporation & conversions
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Customers can no-longer send the form CIC34 to Scotland - removed the Scottish address
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Add video of webinar on Community Interest Company or Charity do you know the difference?
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Updated broken link for the form DS01 for dissolution
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Added information that Community Interest Companies (CICs) can now file Resolution online by using Companies house upload system
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Added information on Peron of Significant Control
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Updated information on filing CIC accounts
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Added helpful tips
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Updated information on filing CIC accounts online
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Updating step-by-step guidelines to incorporate and convert an application.
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Updated the Regulators Office address
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Uploaded online account filing webinar
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Updating link to online accounts facility
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amendments to guidance notes
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To ensure the new online process is at the top of the document
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Coding for addresses amended
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Added links to main list
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Adding further information - online incorporation
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New process for a CIC converting to a CIO
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Form IN01 continuation sheet added
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Updated the notice of intent to remove the company from 3 to 2 months.
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Companies House addresses amended
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Step-by-step guides updated to reflect new version of IN01
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Updated office address
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Updated form IN01 link
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Updated the convert a CIC to a Registered Society step-by-step guide.
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Voluntary dissolution step by step guide updated.
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Convert an existing comapny to CIC step-by-step guides updated
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