Formation

A UK limited company, usually the same day.

Incorporated through Companies House, with the registered office, the PSC register and the authentication code handled. Every statutory date goes on a calendar from the day the company exists.

What is included

Three things a UK company needs from day one

Incorporation is fast and cheap. What catches founders out is the register that has to be accurate and the dates that arrive whether or not anyone is watching.

Step 01

Incorporation

Filed with Companies House, usually accepted the same day or within 24 hours of submission.

  1. 1Name availability and sensitive-word check
  2. 2Memorandum and articles of association
  3. 3Share structure and founding shareholders
  4. 4Certificate of incorporation returned to you
Companies HouseLtdShares
Step 02

Office & register

A registered office on the public record, and the statutory registers that have to be right rather than merely filed.

  1. 1Registered office address
  2. 2Directors service address, so your home stays private
  3. 3PSC register of people with significant control
  4. 4Web authentication code held securely
Registered officePSCAuth code
Step 03

HMRC & calendar

The tax registrations that follow incorporation, and the dates they create.

  1. 1Corporation Tax registration and UTR
  2. 2VAT registration where you need or want it
  3. 3PAYE scheme if you will run payroll
  4. 4Confirmation statement and accounts dates set
UTRVATPAYEAccounts
Packages

Three packages, priced up front

Every figure is fixed and quoted before any work begins. All three include the registrations a UK company needs from day one.

What each package includes
What’s included $239+ Wise verification feeBasic Package $299+ Wise verification feeStandard Package Most complete$329+ Wise verification feePremium Package
Incorporation UK LTDIncludedIncludedIncluded
UK registered office address (1 year)IncludedIncludedIncluded
Directors service address (1 year)IncludedIncludedIncluded
PSC register with Companies HouseIncludedIncludedIncluded
Soft copy of incorporation certificateIncludedIncludedIncluded
Web authentication codeIncludedIncludedIncluded
UTR numberIncludedIncludedIncluded
UK Wise / Payoneer business accountIncludedIncludedIncluded
Premium tax consultationIncludedIncludedIncluded
Digital identity verification (required)IncludedIncludedIncluded
Business Stripe account guidanceNot includedIncludedIncluded
Business PayPal account guidanceNot includedNot includedIncluded
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Prices are in USD and cover our work. Government charges — the Wise verification fee — are billed separately at cost, and we confirm the exact figure before you pay. Forming in the US instead? See the US LLC packages.

How it runs

Four passes, each ending in something on the public record

Nothing here is a status update. Each pass produces a document or a registration you can point to.

Structure

Shareholders, share classes, directors and whether a Ltd is actually the right vehicle for what you are doing.

You receive

RecommendationFixed quote

Incorporate

Filed with Companies House the same day your documents are signed, with the registered office appointed at the same time.

You receive

CertificateArticles

Register

Corporation Tax, UTR, and VAT or PAYE where they apply. The authentication code is stored and handed to you.

You receive

UTRVAT number

Hand over

Your document pack, the statutory registers, and a calendar carrying every date the company now owes.

You receive

Document packFiling calendar
How we work

Four rules that keep a company out of trouble

A UK company is easy to form and easy to neglect. Most of the damage we are asked to repair comes from the same four places.

01

The register is accurate, not merely filed

PSC details, share allotments and officer changes are updated when they happen rather than reconstructed the night before a confirmation statement.

An inaccurate PSC register is an offence, not an oversight.

02

Your home address stays off the record

Directors get a service address, so the public register carries ours rather than where you sleep. The registered office is ours too unless you want otherwise.

Statutory mail is scanned and forwarded the day it arrives.

03

Dates are tracked, not remembered

Confirmation statement, annual accounts, Corporation Tax and VAT quarters go on a shared calendar from the day the company exists.

You are told before a deadline, not after it.

04

You hold the authentication code

The Companies House code is yours. We keep a copy to do the work, and you can change it or file without us whenever you want.

Nothing about the structure depends on us staying involved.

Questions

What founders ask about UK companies

Anything else, raise it on the structure call. Questions are free before the filing goes in.

Do I need to live in the UK?

No. A UK limited company has no residency requirement for its directors or shareholders, and you can own and run one from anywhere.

You do need a UK registered office address, which we provide, and banks will apply their own checks — some are straightforward with non-resident directors and some are not. We point you at the ones that are.

How fast is incorporation, really?

Usually the same day, and almost always within 24 hours of Companies House accepting the application. It is genuinely quick.

What takes longer is the rest: a UTR follows by post, VAT registration commonly takes a few weeks, and a bank account depends entirely on the bank.

Will my home address be public?

Not if you use our service address, which is the default. Companies House publishes a director's service address and the company's registered office, and both can be ours.

Your usual residential address is still supplied to Companies House but is not published on the public register.

Do I have to register for VAT?

Only once your taxable turnover passes the registration threshold in a rolling twelve-month period. Below that it is voluntary.

Registering early can be worth it if your customers are VAT-registered businesses and you are buying a lot with VAT on it. It is a worse idea if you sell to consumers. We will tell you which one you are.

Tell us what the company is for

Tell us what the company is for. You get back a structure recommendation, the registrations you actually need, and a fixed figure.