Online Company Formation
To have a limited company you need to register it with companies house. There are many online company formation agents in the UK who will undertake this exercise in a matter of hours.
To form a company the agent must be registered with the companies house website and there is a list online to help you. You can see the list of approved agents here
The company we recommend is register my business who have been established since 2001.
They will either form an off the shelf limited company (where the company is already formed and you take over the shareholding - this is a much faster way of forming a company - alternatively you can register your own unique name although this will take a longer time but at least you will have your own name rather than some obsure "made up name"
Online Filing of Documents
For companies registered in England, Wales and Scotland, the Software Filing service supports the electronic submission of:
- Change of Registered Office Address (Form 287)
- Appointment of a Director/Secretary (Form 288a)
- Resignation of a Director/Secretary (Form 288b)
- Change of Director/Secretary Details (Form 288c)
- Annual Return (Form 363a)
- New Incorporations (Forms 10,12 and Memorandum and Articles) from Sept 2001.
- Allotment of Shares (excluding non-cash (Form 88(2))
- Increase in Nominal Capital (with Resolution (Form 123))
- Location of Register of Debenture Holders (Form 190)
- Location of Register of Debenture Holders in a non-legible form (Form 190a)
- Location of Register of Members (Form 353)
- Location of Register of Members in a non-legible (Form 353a)
- Audit Exempt Abbreviated Accounts
- Dormant Company Accounts (DCA)
An online formation agent will be able to produce electronically and in hard copy format:
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Memorandum of Association
- Articles of Association
- Share Certificates
- First Board Minutes