A simple, cost-effective package to start your company that provides a full set of formation documents in digital (PDF) format.

Package highlights include:

ü  Private Ltd company

Once you've provided the required details, your application to form a company is submitted electronically for you. To form a company with us, there's no paperwork to print and nothing to sign - everything is done online. 

Our formation prices include the Companies House formation fee, so there's nothing further to pay. 

Subject to Companies House's workload, your company should be formed within 1 working day so you can get trading quickly. 

ü  Registered office service in London, WC1N 3AX.

The registered office address is the official address of your company and will appear on the public record at Companies House, so anyone can see it. In addition, all formal mail from Companies House and HMRC is sent to this address. 

If you wish to keep your residential address private, you can use the cost effective Registered Office Service. During the subscription period we can either scan and email or forward official registered mail to you. By default, they will be scanned and emailed, but you can change this preference at any time. 

This service is renewable on a 12 monthly basis. Currently the cost is. Once this service is renewed, you can choose between annual payment £149.99 per annum or £12.50 per month. 

ü  Officer service address.

All officers of a company are required to provide Companies House with a service address to which official mail to them should be sent. All formal mail from Companies House and HMRC is sent to this address. 

The officer’s service address will appear on the public record at Companies House. Therefore, if you wish to keep your residential address private, you can use the cost-effective Service Address Service.

During the subscription period we can either scan and email or forward official registered mail to you. By default, they will be scanned and emailed, but you can change this preference at any time. 

This service is renewable on a 12 monthly basis inclusive of the registered office address service. 

ü  Digital Company formation documents:

v  Certificate of Incorporation of a Private Limited Company.

The certificate of incorporation is conclusive evidence that the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as to registration have been complied with and that the company is duly registered under this Act. The certificate will state: the name and registered number of the company. the date of its incorporation.

v  Minutes of a Meeting of the Board of Directors.

UK board meetings are required by law to have board meeting minutes taken. Meeting minutes must by law provide a record of motions, votes and abstentions. Minutes of the meeting are a legal document in the UK, in the sense that directors will rely on board meeting minutes to show that they have fulfilled all of their responsibilities. 

Taking the minutes at board meetings is a legal requirement in the UK. Directors can be held criminally liable for non-compliance. 

The Companies Act 0f 2006 mandates that accurate minutes of the meetings should be kept on file for 10 years. Failure to do so is punishable by fines, or, if there is specific director responsibility, criminal charges could be brought against the negligent director

v  Register of Applications and Allotments.

This register includes information of the application for and the allotment of new shares. It's a useful register since it records the issue of shares and maintains a list of who owns which shares..

v  Register of Members and Share Ledger.

The register of members and share ledger is designed to provide a record of who the company shareholders are. It will include a reference to the register of allotments and the register of transfer (if applicable)

v  Register of Transfers.

A register of transfers is quite similar to a register of applications and allotments – but, a register of transfers keeps a record of transfer done by the existing shareholder. 

This may not happen when your business is small – but the larger you get, the more often this may occur. So it's good to have this register in place. 

This register is part of suite of registers, often called the ‘statutory books’, that a limited company must have in place.

v  Register of Mortgages and Charges.

A 'charge' is the security a company gives for a loan. For example, a mortgage is a type of charge. You can send us the details of a charge created by the company. 

Keeping a register of mortgages and charges helps a company keep track of its current obligations. This makes it easier to give quick answers to queries arising from audit or other third parties. Keeping a mortgages and charges register is particularly advisable for medium to large companies with multiple charges to manage. The charges register is an internal document and should not be confused with the public record maintained by Companies House.

v  Register of Debentures.

A Register of Debentures is a record of documents issued by your company that acknowledges or creates existing debt, or makes a provision for the repayment of a future loan.

v  Register of Sealings or Executions.

v  Register of Directors.

All UK companies must keep a number of statutory registers. A Register of Directors is therefore required for most types of business, including a standard company limited by shares. 

To be compliant with the Companies Act 2006, the directors’ register must include a number of details about each director appointed by the company to manage its affairs, whether they are an individual or a corporate entity. 

Every company must have at least one director who is an individual ‘natural person’. For each individual director, the following information must be recorded in the register of directors:

·         The individual’s full name

·         Any former names (you need to include all names used for business purposes in the last 20 years)

·         A service address (which can be stated as “The company’s registered

office”)

·         Date of birth

·         The country or state (including country of the UK) in which they are usually resident

·         Nationality

·         Business occupation (which can be “None”)

v  Register of Director's Residential Address.

While a director’s residential address must also be retained in the statutory registers, that’s in the separate Register of Directors’ Residential Addresses. 

If you do appoint a corporate director, they must also be recorded in the directors register with the following details:

·         Full corporate or firm name

·         Their registered office address or principal office address, where the corporate does not have a registered office (this acts as a service address)

·         If the corporate is a company registered in the United Kingdom at Companies House and if so registered, its registration number

v  Register of PSC's.

From 6 April 2016 the vast majority of UK companies, even the smallest companies owned by a single person, must keep a Register of People with Significant Control (also known as a “PSC Register”). This register sits alongside the other registers that a company keeps, and must list and give details of individuals or companies that have significant control over it. 

In a similar way to other registers, the PSC Register is available for public inspection. Most of the information included in the register has to be filed with Companies House.

v  Register of PSC's Residential Address.

v  Shares Certificate.

A share certificate is a document that verifies a person’s shareholdings in a company. Created and issued by companies limited by shares, a certificate is essentially a dated receipt proving that the named person is the registered owner of a certain class (type) and quantity of shares in a company. 

The Companies Act 2006 (section 768) defines a share certificate as “prima facie evidence” (i.e., accepted as correct until proved otherwise) of a person’s title to the specified shares.

v  Memorandum of Association.

It is a legal requirement for UK companies to have both the memorandum and articles of association. Both of these governing documents are produced when a company completes its formations process, and subsequently both the memorandum and articles of association will be registered at Companies House. 

Here’s a brief snapshot of the two: 

The memorandum of association (in its entirety) is technically a legal statement outlining the names of a company’s founders. Produced in a standard format, the document lists each subscriber’s objective to become a member and incorporate the business. 

The articles of association act as a guide to how a company should be run. Companies may wish to select “model articles” from Companies House or amend and personalise the standard document in order to devise their own rules and regulations. 

ü  Emailed formation documents.

Once your company has been formed, we'll immediately email you all your important company documents.