Guidance

Community interest companies: leaflets

An overview of what community interest companies (CICs) are, how they are set up and how they work.

From:
Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
Published
2 August 2013
Last updated
5 July 2024 鈥� See all updates

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Details

The 鈥榠nformation pack鈥� is an abbreviated version of the 鈥楥ommunity interest companies: how to form a CIC鈥� guidance. It includes information on:

  • the community interest test
  • the asset lock
  • the dividend cap
  • redemption and repurchase of shares and reduction of capital
  • charities converting to CIC status or vice versa
  • converting an industrial and provident society (IPS) to a CIC
  • tax considerations
  • sources of finance
  • charges on assets
  • lenders to the third sector
  • forming a new CIC
  • converting an existing company to a CIC
  • CIC fees
  • the annual CIC report

Updates to this page

Published 2 August 2013
Last updated 5 July 2024 show all updates

  1. Updated Cost for filing documents

  2. Updates on all the fee changes

  3. All leaflets were updated to show the new parent department name and logo, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

  4. Updated office address on all publications

  5. First published.

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