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Guidance: Community interest companies: forms and step-by-step guides

Office Of The Regulator Of Community Interest Companies

February 1
09:56 2024

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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
  • 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 an industrial and provident society (IPS) 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

It includes links to the appropriate forms, model constitutions (including the memorandum of association and articles of association) and model special resolutions.

Published 1 September 2012
Last updated 1 February 2024 +show all updates
  1. Updated broken link for the form DS01 for dissolution

  2. Added information that Community Interest Companies (CICs) can now file Resolution online by using Companies house upload system

  3. Added information on Peron of Significant Control

  4. Updated information on filing CIC accounts

  5. Added helpful tips

  6. Updated information on filing CIC accounts online

  7. Updating step-by-step guidelines to incorporate and convert an application.

  8. Updated the Regulators Office address

  9. Uploaded online account filing webinar

  10. Updating link to online accounts facility

  11. amendments to guidance notes

  12. To ensure the new online process is at the top of the document

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