How do I record monies that I have invested into the business

When you incorporate the company, you would have specified a number of shares and their value. This is normally a nominal value.

If it was more of a case of “giving” the company a sum of money, you would simply record this as a director’s loan.

This link may help. It highlights the common cases such as a director’s loan (giving money to the business) and recording share capital:

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