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Free
We’ll take care of your company registration fee – plus, there are no monthly fees for your account.
Fast
Your business account should be open in few days, and your company is usually registered in few days time - less than a week.
Secure
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How to get started setting up your limited company
Time to turn your idea into reality. In one streamlined process, you can register your UK limited company and open a business bank account. Better yet, we’ll take care of the registration cost with Companies House, so it won’t cost you anything . Here's what you'll need to register your company:
Unique company name
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Director and shareholder information
You'll need the name, nationality, date of birth, occupation and address of the director. If there are more than one director or shareholders, you can add this detail later directly with Companies House.
Registered office address
This will be where official communications are sent, for example, letters from Companies House. The address must be in the UK.
That is really all!
Nothing more than what have been said!
Frequently Asked Questions about Company Formation in UK.
Company registration or incorporates a business in the UK with Companies House, the official registrar of companies for England and Wales. The process creates a legal entity with a separate identity from its shareholders.
Not necessarily! You do not have to live in the UK to register a UK company. The law allows foreign individuals and businesses to form companies in the UK subject to the following requirements —
- Appoint at least one director (individual or company) who is a resident in the UK;
- Have a registered UK office address for the company
Consider engaging the services of a solicitor, accountant or agent like Your Company Formations to help you comply with all the requirements of forming and running a successful enterprise in the UK as a foreigner.
There are no hidden costs for any of our packages. We advertise a fair, transparent cost for our services, so no unexpected fees are added at the end of the checkout process. We include the Companies House charge of £13.00 with all our formation packages. This fee is charged on all new formations and is included in the price you see.
A Limited Company requires at least one share per shareholder, with a minimum of one shareholder. There is no limit to the number of shares held by a shareholder.
When you form a company using our service, we only require you to complete the online forms. A new limited company formation also requires a registered office address, a director and a shareholder holding at least one share. You can use our professional address services if you would prefer to keep your business or personal Director’s address private.
Once your application is completed, we will set up your company within 3 working hours, dependent on companies house workload on the day. You will receive a notification telling you that your application has been approved. Digital copies of your company documents in PDF format will be sent to your email address. Once this is completed, you can immediately begin trading with your company.
Yes, You can form your limited company - it can be owned, managed and run by one person. The person would act as the sole director and shareholder of the company.
Setting up a company is a complex, time-consuming process that requires filing different forms of paperwork in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, working with company incorporation agents saves you the time and hassle of handling the process yourself.
Your Company Formations provides adequate guidance on the suitable corporation structure for your business idea and handles and files the paperwork. And because of our longstanding relationship with Companies House and other service providers, you benefit from negotiated incorporation rates and cashback for opening your business account with our selected partners.
Your company is dormant if it is not actively trading and has no income. If your company is dormant, you need to follow the following steps -
- Notify Companies House - As soon as your company is dormant, file your confirmation statement and annual accounts, which should not contain any significant transactions for the previous financial year.
- Notify HMRC - Write to HMRC citing your Company Name and UTR number. If your company is newly registered, inform HMRC in the letter that you do not intend to begin trading until further notice. If your company has been trading but has ceased, indicate the date the company was formed and the date you ceased trading in the letter.
- Your company must file dormant company accounts and Annual Confirmation Statement with Companies House - You’ll need to file these two documents to companies house annually even if your company is dormant.
Company confirmation documents confirm that your company exists as a separate legal entity. These are —
- Certificate of incorporation
- Share certificates
- Articles of association