Why was the British East India Company important to the British government?

HELP HOMEWORK!Why was the British East India Company important to the British government?
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY WAS THE "PART" OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE THAT EXPLOITED AND SUPRESSED NATIVE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE!

THE SOLE AIM: PROFIT AND RICHES FOR THE BRITISH EMPIRE AT ANY PRICE... MOSTLY THE PRICE WERE PAID BY THE NATIVES...