You will need some personal information for each ‘officer’ of your new company:

• full name
• nationality
• occupation
• date of birth
• town of birth
• full address
• mother’s maiden name

 

You will also need to decide:

• the role or combination of roles each ‘officer’ will play in the company (director, secretary, shareholder)
• the number of shares they will be allocated

The name you choose must not already be registered. You can find this out through our free company name check facility.

 

The name must not be deemed offensive, or imply any undue association with the government or local authority. There are also certain sensitive words which must be avoided.

Once you register to use our system, we will provide you with a username and password-protected account instantly. This allows you to access our user-friendly online system where we guide you through a series of simple questions that provide us with everything we need to form a private limited company for you.

 

Once you submit and pay for your order, we will immediately lodge your application electronically with Companies House.

If Companies House identify any errors or omissions, the documents will be returned and must be adjusted accordingly.

 

If your application fails, we will contact you as soon as possible with the reason and ask you to access your account and make any necessary changes.

 

We will resubmit your application to Companies House as many times as required, at no additional charge.

Yes. The officers of a company may be resident outside the UK.

Once you have formed a new company the details you provide will be forwarded on to HM Revenue and Customs. HMRC will then generate a UTR or Unique Tax Reference number for your company. You will be notified of this number within 2-4 weeks of the incorporation date. HMRC will write a letter (CT41) to the registered office address of all new companies to ensure their records are accurate on confirmation of which the UTR number can be supplied.

A notarisation means that a notary will check all the documents we issue for your company and that he will confirm their authenticity.

 

An Apostille is an internationally recognised certification and legalisation of the corporate documents by the government of the jurisdiction where your company has been incorporated.

 

We highly recommend that you choose this option if you consider opening a bank account or if you need your corporate documents for any legal proceedings (such as concluding a contract, for example).

The nominee director service may be used where a client doesn’t wish to be personally appointed or has to meet local requirements. The name of the director will appear in the corporate documents, in any business contract and sometimes in the jurisdiction’s business register.

 

Upon appointment of a nominee director, a Nominee Service Agreement will be signed between the client and the nominee. It will guarantee the client that the nominee can only act or sign documents upon the client’s request and with the client’s prior approval.

The nominee shareholder is appointed in order to detain shares on behalf of the owner of the company. The name of the shareholder will appear in the corporate documents, and sometimes in the jurisdiction’s business register.

 

Upon appointment of a nominee shareholder, a Nominee Service Agreement (declaration of trust) will be signed between the client and the nominee.