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The Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies oversees the registration and regulation of Community Interest Companies (CICs) in the UK, ensuring they operate for the benefit of the community and comply with legal requirements.
Based on publicly published press releases (last 12 months)
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Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Times and days the CIC Office is open for business. ...
Thursday, 13 November 2025
Filing fee increases will be introduced from 1st February 2026. Read how these will affect becoming a Community Interest Company....
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
The proposed merger of the Office of The Regulator of Community Interest Companies to Companies House...
Friday, 31 January 2025
“From idea to Impact: Your Guide to setting up a CIC”. Take a look at our most recent joint webinar with the Business Support Service...
Thursday, 05 December 2024
We’ve identified the most common mistakes for each document you need to submit and compiled a list of Hints and Tips to get you on your way, whether a...
Thursday, 19 September 2024
Community Interest Companies (CICs) are delighted to announce that CIC’s are now able to file their Resolutions online, using the Companies House “Upl...
Thursday, 21 March 2024
We are looking at showcasing the different scales of CIC’s – from small local businesses to multi-million-pound organisations and the variety & divers...
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Filing fee increases will be introduced from 1st May 2024. Read how these will affect becoming a Community Interest Company. ...
Friday, 09 February 2024
Find out more about what you need to consider when starting a Community Interest Company...
Friday, 08 September 2023
Companies House are exploring how their new powers will be funded and what impact this will have on the fees they charge....
Friday, 01 September 2023
As part of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies commitment to streamline services to provide a more efficient service to our customers, we ha...
Thursday, 19 May 2022
The CIC Regulators telephone line & answerphone service is now available...
Friday, 17 December 2021
Need to contact us over Christmas and New Year? Our festive opening times are ...
Friday, 16 July 2021
Watch our recent webinar to find out if the Community Interest Company model is for you. We give a brief overview of social enterprise models and the ...
Thursday, 18 February 2021
Watch our recent webinar to discover what you need to know (from the Regulator's perspective) on submitting a successful application of incorporation ...
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
The Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies (CICs) has robust plans in place to maintain services for CICs and protect the welfare of ...
Thursday, 12 September 2019
Delighted to announce a new online accounts filing service for Community Interest Companies the Regulator, Ceri Witchard, tells all in a Q&A podcast. ...
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Sign up to our “CICs New Online Incorporation Process” webinar ...
Thursday, 01 November 2018
This webinar will cover: what CICs are, director’s responsibilities, funding, tax incentives and a little bit on dividend payments...
Monday, 15 October 2018
CICs and Agents, who file on behalf of CICs, are invited to participate in user-testing the new online report and accounts filing service from Compani...
Thursday, 07 June 2018
This is your chance to learn about funding, dividends and Tax Relief to sustain your CIC and ask questions. Interested? Sign up to take part....
Thursday, 03 May 2018
The Government is proposing to make incidental changes, as part of secondary legislation, to implement Corporate Governance reforms later this year:...
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
We are currently developing a new service to allow Community Interest Companies (CICS) to file their annual reports and accounts online....
Friday, 09 February 2018
Take a look at our webinar on Conversions to a CIC...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
This is your chance to learn how to incorporate a CIC and ask questions. Interested? Sign up to take part....
Friday, 14 July 2017
CIC Regulator's voicemail service is currently unavailable and engineers are on-site. ...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Introductory webinar recording about the basics of CICs....
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
This is your chance to learn about the basics of CICs and ask questions. Interested? Signup to take part...
Monday, 02 March 2015
Drs. Helen Haugh and Kate Thirlaway at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge would like to extend their most sincere thanks to all the CI...
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
The first national Community Interest Company (CIC) innovation and productivity survey has been launched by Drs. Helen Haugh and Kate Thirlaway at the...
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