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Company Formation - Incorporation fees

UK Company Formations
UK companies are one the cheapest and most flexible of companies within the European Union. For this reason, thousands of business leaders all over Europe don't think about incorporating a local company, but do all their local business through a British company.

Index for Guides

More than 50,000 companies are struck off by the Registrar of Companies every year - Company Restorations
The Registrar of Companies will normally ask for the the Annual Returns and Accounts to be filed prior to restoration and other statutory documents necessary to bring the public file of the company up to date.

Charities Act 1992

Charities Act 1992 c.41
charities act 1992 c.41

main template
to register a charity

Charities Act 1992 c.41
charities act 1992 c.41

Charities Act 1992 - part 4
charities act 1992

Charities Act 1992 c.41
charities act 1992 c.41

Charities Act 1993

Charities Act 1993 (c. 10)
charities act 1993 (c.10)

Companies Act 1985

The Companies Act 1985 (Electronic Communications) Order 2000
The Companies Act 1985 (Electronic Communications) Order 2000

Limited Liability Partnership Act 2000

Limited Liability Partnership Forms
UK Data Ltd - Limited Liability Partnership Forms - Company Secretarial Service, Company Formation Services, Company Guidance Booklets, 1000 Ready Made Company Names available

Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001
UK Company Formations

Apostille

Certificate of Good Standing
The certificate of authentication, both domestic and foreign, only validates the signature of a notary public or certain local or state officers.

Authentications and Apostilles
An apostille involves the addition of a certificate, either stamped on the document itself or attached to the document.

Notary Public
A notary public is an officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

Legalisation - Apostille
Legalisation means confirming that a signature, seal or stamp appearing on a document is genuine.

Foreign Authentication of Documents
The Apostille will then be embossed with the official seal. A fee per document will be payable. Once the process is completed the document is then considered legalised in the country.

Hague Convention
Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents.

Bank Accounts

Bank Verification
Documents required to open a bank account in the UK

Checklist for Bank Account Opening
Bank Account Opening Checklist

Regulations for Anti-money laundering
To complete our verification procedures and to comply with anti-money laundering regulations, please ensure that you enclose the relevant documents for proof of identification with your application.

Banking Services from Formacompany
Barclays International Corporate Services specialises in providing banking services to businesses and professional intermediaries.

Barclays Bank Forms
Barclays Bank Account

Charitable Objects

Index To Example Objects
example objects of charities

Advancement of Education
advancement of education as a charitable cause

Advancement of Religion
advancement of religion as a charitable cause

Animal Charities
animal charities objects

Carers
carers objects for a charitable cause

Community Amateur Sports Clubs
community amateur sports club objects as a charitable cause

Community Capacity Building
community capacity building objects as a charitable cause

Community Transport
community transport objects as a charitable cause

Conciliation and Mediation
concilliation and mediation, counselling objects as a charity

Conservation of the Environment
conservation, preservation of the environment as a charitable cause

Disasters
disaster charity objects

Elderly People
elderly people charity objects

Family Planning
family planning charity objects

The Establishment and Maintenance of a Museum and/or Art Gallery
museum and art gallery charity objects

Promotion of the Law, Police and Crime Prevention
promoting the Law, police and crime prevention as a charitable object

Recreational Charities Act 1958
recreational charities act 1958, recreational charity objects

Refugees and Asylum seekers charity
refugees and asylum seekers charity objects

Relief of Financial Hardship
the relief of financial hardship as a charitable object

Relief of Sickness
the relief of sickness as a charitable object

Relief of Unemployment
the relief of unemployment as a charitable object

Urban or Rural Regeneration
urban or rural regeneration as a charitable object

Charity Guidance

Charity Publications - Guidance
Guidance to the trustees of charities on charity commission publications.

Charities for the Relief of Financial Hardship
Charities for the relief of financial hardship may give extra help to people on low incomes who are also sick, convalescent, infirm, or with disabilities, whether physically or mentally.

Charities for the Relief of Sickness
This guide gives guidance to the trustees of grant making charities for the relief of sickness, including charities for the relief of convalescent persons, people with disabilities, the infirm and the sick poor.

Charities and Fund Raising
This guidance explains the statutory controls regulating fund-raising by Charities in the UK.

Charities and Fund Raising - summary JUly 2002
UK Company Formations

Registering as a Charity Aug 2002
UK Company Formations

Choosing and Preparing a Governing Document August 2002 Guidance
UK Company Formations

Charities and Trading Guidance
UK Company Formations

Information and Services available from the Register of Charities
Untitled Document

Charities and Meetings May 2003
UK Company Formations

Charity Accounts - The framework - Oct 2002
UK Company Formations

Commercial Partnerships - Annex
Untitled Document

Commercial Partnership Guidance
Untitled Document

Promotion of Urban and Rural Regeneration Guidance
Untitled Document

Relief of Unemployment Guidance
Untitled Document

The Recreational Charities Act 1958 Guidance
Untitled Document

Promotion of Community Capacity Building Guidance
Untitled Document

Preservation and Conservation Guidance
Untitled Document

Museums and Art Galleries Guidance
Untitled Document

Charitable Status and Sport Guidance
Untitled Document

Responsibilities of Charity Trustees Guidance
UK Company Formations

Responsibilities of Charity Trustees June 2005 Guidance
UK Company Formations

Payment of Charity Trustees JUne 2003
UK Company Formations

Charity

Charitable Purposes
To be a charity an organisation must have purposes which are exclusively charitable.

What are the Advantages of Being a Charity?
The main advantages are that charities are able to give the public the assurance that they are being monitored and advised by the Charities Commission.

Charity requirements for Registration
The minimum requirements to qualify for charitable status.

Charity Fund Raising
Fund-raising is not a charitable object in itself - it is simply an activity which can be undertaken to help achieve a charitable purpose.

Model Governing documents
There are three main types of governing document, and the type you choose will determine the type of organisation the charity will be.

Charity Trustees
As a charity trustee you are responsible for the general control and management of the charity.

Charity Memorandum and Articles
to register a charity

Requirements of Charity Trustees
All charities must have a clearly identifiable body of trustees, but they are often called various names depending upon what type of governing document the charity has.

Limitations of Being a Charity
There are restrictions on what charities can do, both in terms of the types of work they do, and the ways in which they can operate.

Choosing a Name for your Charity
The name of a charity is important. It is therefore important that charity names are sufficiently different to avoid confusion, and do not mislead members of the public in any way.

Information required by the Charity Commission
The type of supporting information the Charities Commission need to see will depend on the trustees or promoters type of organisation.

Registering as a Charity - Checklist
Frequently asked questions regarding registering a charity.

After your Charity is Registered
If your application for registration is successful, we will send each trustee a letter and leaflet welcoming them to trusteeship and reminding them of these duties, and we will also write to the nominated correspondent confirming your charity's entry on the Register of Charities.

The relief of financial hardship
Charities may relieve hardship in many different ways.

Benefiting the Community
Purposes which benefit the community and are considered to be charitable.

Charity Trust Deed
Trust deeds may also be known by other names, such as declaration or deed of trust, or deed of settlement.

Charity Constitution
What kind of organisation does a constitution create?

Charity Memorandum and Articles of Association
These powers cannot be adopted by existing charities without the authority of the Charity Commission.Â

Companies Act 2006

companies-act-2006.pdf
UK Company Formations

Company Directors

UK Nominee Director Service
Our nominee director service is used to ensure the highest degree of privacy and confidentiality.

Power of Attorney
A Power of Attorney is a document whereby one person confers on another the right to act on his behalf.

First Board Meeting of Directors
Example of Draft minutes of First Board Meeting

Company Directors Responsibilities
Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 place a range of statutory duties upon the director.

Company Formation

Types of Company Formation
Here is a brief guide to the various types of companies that can be incorporated.

UK Private Limited Company
A Private Limited Company can be tailor made to suit individual needs.

Bespoke UK Company Formations
A Tailor Made Company is a new company incorporated with your chosen name.

Ready Made Companies
Our Ready Made Companies available immediately and fully inclusive of all documentation.

Companies Limited by Guarantee
This type of company is normally incorporated for non-profit making functions.

UK Limited Company
We can incorporate your UK Limited Company within four hours.

Advantages of A Limited Company
The principal benefit of trading via a limited company has always been the limited liability bestowed upon the company's officers and shareholders.

Certificate of Non Trading
Example of a Certificate of Non Trading

Company Names

Sensitive Company Names
If the name clearly shows that the company is to promote the interests of a group of individuals, then the name will normally be approved.

Change of Company Name in the UK
If you wish to change the name of your company Formacompany can supply a special resolution for the Directors to sign and submit all the relevant paperwork to Companies House.

Choosing a Company Name
Naming a company has become much more strategic. Names give companies a competitive advantage that cannot be taken away. A company name should be the foundation of marketing efforts.

Company Restorations

Company Restoration Requirements
In order to restore a company to the Register, you have to make an application by way of Claim Form in the High Court

Restoration of a Company incorporated in England
In order for an application to the High Court to be made to restore to the Register a company which has been struck off and dissolved

Main reasons for Restoration of a Company
There are mainly two reasons to restore a company are to continue trading or to release company assets such as property, pension funds or frozen bank accounts.

Company Restoration guidance
In the case of a restoration Order the company is then regarded as having continued in existence as if it had not been struck off and dissolved.

Dissolve a Private Limited Company
A private company that is not trading may apply to be struck off the register of companies.

Striking Off - Defunct
The Registrar may consider a company to be defunct if annual returns and accounts are not filed on time.

Voluntary Striking Off
Guidance to having your company removed from the register of companies.

Bona Vacantia
The expression bona vacantia means ownerless goods.

Sale of Land
Company Restorations - In the case of land with a registered title, this can be proved by producing office copy entries of the title

Dissolved Company Assets
Before a company is dissolved, the members should ensure that any assets owned by the company are transferred out of the company's name.

Restoration of Dissolved Companies
The legal name for ownerless property that passes to the Crown is Bona Vacantia

Repayment of Funds to Restored Company
If a dissolved company is restored to the register of live companies then, unless the restoration order provides otherwise, the Bona Vacantia Division will be obliged to account to the company for the following financial assets.

Sale of Shares
Company Restorations - For the shares to be bona vacantia, it must be established that the shares were beneficially owned by the company at the time it was dissolved.

Application for Company Restoration
We will deal with all of the legal matters, appoint solicitors to submit your application to Court and the Registrar of Companies on your behalf.

Company Restoration Fees
We offer two main restoration services depending on the urgency of your claim. Our Priority Service will take approximately 3 weeks from the time of completed documents to the complete restoration of the company.Â

Bona Vacantia Division
The Companies Group of the Bona Vacantia Division deals with the property and rights which were beneficially owned by dissolved companies.

Adverse Possession of land vested in the Crown
For the land to be bona vacantia, it must be established that the property was beneficially owned by the company at the time it was dissolved.

Property Discharge Mortgage
For the mortgage to be vested in the Crown as bona vacantia it must be established in accordance with normal legal principles.

Disclaiming Property
Before a disclaimer can be effected, however, it must be established that the land was vested in the company at the time it was dissolved.

Property Freehold Reversions
If some of the tenants (but not all of them) wish to acquire the freehold interest, then it will be necessary for the tenants who do not wish to buy the freehold to confirm this in writing.

Intellectual Property Guidelines
intellectual property rights such as patents, registered designs and copyrights which have vested in the Crown as bona vacantia

Property Sale by Mortgage
In the case of property subject to a mortgage, the Treasury Solicitor will usually consent to the mortgagee selling the property under their statutory power of sale

Guidance to Banks and other Financial Bodies
It is the current policy of the Treasury Solicitor to collect all credit balances owned by dissolved companies, regardless of the size of the amount.

Domain Names
Assets, including domain names, only pass to the Crown as bona vacantia if the last registered office of the former owning company was in England or Wales

Sale of Freehold Reversions
Although not bound to do so, it is the usual practice of the Treasury Solicitor to offer to sell freehold reversions to all direct tenants jointly

Discretionary Payments
Where a company can still be restored, restoration to the Register is the appropriate remedy to enable its property and rights to be dealt with, and restoration is the only remedy possible if you wish to continue trading, because it is illegal to trade in the company's name after dissolution.

Company Secretary

Company Secretarial Service - Company Formations
We offer the full suite of individual administrative services, so the company can be run from our office.

Registered Office Service
Every company must have a Registered Office or Agent at which official documents can be served and this address should be displayed on all business letterheads and order forms of the company.

UK Company Secretary
We can provide a Company secretarial service to ensure that these important statutory requirements are fulfilled, leaving the day to day running of the Company to the Directors.

Annual Return
Failure to deliver an Annual Return on time is a criminal offence and may result in the prosecution of your company and its officers or the company being struck off the register.Â

Company Seals
We offer two company seals for company documents.

Maintaining Statutory Register
We can act as Company Secretary for your company, or simply maintain your statutory register and ensure that annual returns are made correctly and on time.

Company Administration, Objections and Directions
The company name, registered number, registered office address and place of registration must be shown on all business letters and order forms.

UK Company Nominees Ltd
UK Company Incorporations Ltd will be the founder shareholder in your new company transferring the shares to you on incorporation.

Changes to the Articles of Association for a UK Company
Guidance on completely new Articles of Association which are adopted by resolution in writing.

Duties of Company Secretary
Details of the responsibilies of the Company Secretary.

Combined Company Register
Registers must be kept at the Registered Office of the company.

Transfer of Shares
Share Transfers will be noted in the register of transfers and register of members.

UK Company Secretaries Ltd
UK Company Secretaries Ltd were incorporated in London on the 09 May 1994

Data

Contact UK Data Ltd
We welcome both telephone enquiries and visitors to our office. Please telephone us if you have any enquiries.

About Formacompany UK Ltd
UK Data is one of the UK's longest established credit reporting companies. With over 14 years experience we have delivered credit reports to over 25,000 clients.

Payment Methods
Payment Methods for Company Formations and Company Secretarial Services.

MoneyGram
Transferring money overseas with MoneyGram.

UK Corporation Tax
Companies that are resident in the UK are subject to Corporation Tax on their profits arising in an accounting period.

After Incorporation
UK Company Formations

European Economic Interest Groupings
Guidance on the main features of European Economic Interest Groupings

Cross Border Mergers
Guidance on the cross-border merger formwhich is completed for each merging company.

Dormant Companies

Dormant Accounts - Dormant Companies
A company can be non-trading in the sense that it isn't doing business. But it may still have other accounting transactions going through its books, which means that it is not dormant in a legal sense.

Accounts and Audit Exemption
A company is dormant if it has had no significant accounting transactions during a financial period.

Registrar of Companies
Although a company may be dormant, Companies House must still keep up-to-date information about it on record and make this available to anyone who wants to know about the company.

Downloads

Statutory Forms - incorporating companies
UK Company Formations

Table A
Offshore Company Incorporations

Statutory Company Forms available from Formacompany
Statutory Forms available for Company Formations

Partnership Agreement - Short
UK Company Formations

Limited Liability Partnership Agreement
UK Company Formations

Established Companies

Ready-Made Non-Trading Companies Available Instantly
Details of companies we have already incorporated, have never traded and are available for immediate transfer.

Ready Made Shelf Companies
The older a company is the more confident people will feel in dealing with you.

Flat Management

Property Management Companies
Where there are multiple tenants a Flat Management Company is normally used to protect the interests of the leaseholders.

New rights for leaseholders
Leaseholders must get together and set up an RTM company.

The RTM Companies Regulations 2003
The RTM Companies Memorandum and Articles of Association Regulations 2003.

The Right to Manage Regulations 2003
A copy of the Right to Manage Prescribed Particulars and Forms Regulations 2003.

Right to Manage - Leaseholds
Leaseholders must get together and set up an RTM company.

Flat Management Companies
This guide is for people who manage a company that has been incorporated to manage a property.

Forms

Free Company Namecheck
We can check the company name you wish to incorporate.

Ask us a Question on Company Formations
Complete the form to ask us a Question on Company Formations.

Company Formation Order Form
Simply complete this secure order form to enable us to incorporate your new company.

Ready Made Companies - Instantly Available
Reserve an Established non trading Ready Made Company.

Application for VAT
Application for Registration of Value Added Tax.

Company Restoration Application
Completing and submitting this Company Restoration form does not commit you. We will contact you upon receipt but will not proceed with the application unless specifically requested so to do.

Corporation Tax Form
UK Company Formations

Guidance

Annual Return
An annual return is a snapshot of general information about a Company's directors and secretary, registered office address, shareholders and share capital.

Auditors
This guide briefly explains the role of a Company auditor. It outlines which companies must appoint an auditor and the circumstances when an auditor is not required.

Resolutions
This guide is about different types of company resolution. It explains what they are and the differences between them. It also tells you which resolutions need to be filed at Companies House.

Dormant Companies
This guide will help you to manage a dormant company so that you send Companies House everything that is needed to keep the company on the register.

Glossary of Business Terms
Glossary of useful business terms.

Share Certificates
Once issued, Shares represent ownership interest in the Company.

Memorandum and Articles of Association
Guidance on Companies Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association.

Branch Registration
This guide outlines the registration requirements for all overseas companies that establish a place of business or branch in the UK.

Societas Europaea (SE) - The European Company
The SE is a European Public Limited Company. An SE may be created on registration in any one of the Member States of the European Economic Area.

Accounts and Accounting Reference Dates
A guide to the rules governing public disclosure of accounts by all Limited Companies.

Branch filing and disclosure requirements
You should notify Companies House on the prescribed form of any changes to the original information filed as and when it occurs.

Limited by Guarantee

Advantages of Companies Limited by Guarantee
The biggest benefit of incorporating a company limited by guarantee, is that those managing the company are not personally liable for any debts the organisation may incur.

Guarantee Company Ltd with Charitable status
Being a charity is a matter of status, not of organisational structure. It is possible to secure for a number of different structures.

Members of the Trust
Setting up a Trust requires specialist expertise. It does not form part of the day to day work of most solicitors in private practice or the public sector, and consequently it is wise to use a company familiar with companies limited by guarantee and securing charitable status.

Membership Application - Limited by Guarantee
If the company makes a profit this will be retained to help pay for the company's activities in the following years.

Limited by Guarantee - Expelling a Member
No Rule as to the manner in which a member may be removed from membership of the Company is valid unless it provides that the member is to be given an opportunity to be heard at any meeting at which the question of removal is to be determined.

Limited by Guarantee - Clauses
The company must keep a register of members as required by the Act.

Constitution of Companies Limited by Guarantee
Constitutions of Limited Companies have two main parts the Memorandum of Association and the Articles of Association.

Memorandum and Articles of Association
The memorandum and articles set out below are suitable for a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee that is not to be registered as a charity, registered social landlord or to have any other special status.

Memorandum and Articles checklist
The following are the main questions to be considered in drafting the Memorandum and Articles.

Companies Act 1985- Section 30
Section 30 Companies Act 1985

Limited Liability Partnership

Limited Liability Partnerships - LLP
LLP is taxed as a partnership rather than a company which may be more advantageous for all concerned.

Key Features of Limited Liability Partnership
An Limited Liability Partnership has members but no directors or shareholders. An LLP has no share capital and is not subject to the company law rules governing the maintenance of capital.

Limited Liability Partnerships- Members
Every limited liability partnership must have at least two, formally appointed, designated members at all times.

Limited Liability Partnership- Agreement
The statute makes no provision for directors or a board structure or any of the management structures familiar from company law.

Private Limited Company

Advantages of a Limited Company
Details on the main advantages of incorporating your business activities in a Limited Company.

Structure of a Private Limited Company
Guidance on the structure of a Private Limited Company.

Limited Company Guidance
A limited company is a separate legal entity created by incorporation at Companies House. Once incorporated Companies House issue a certificate and company registration number.

Limited Company Requirements
A Limited Company has an advantage of raising finance by selling issued shares to investors.

Public Limited Company

Public Limited Company
We can incorporate a tailor made PLC for you with your own choice of name.

Public Limited Company Secretary
The company secretary of a PLC must also be a person who appears to the directors to have the necessary knowledge and ability to fulfil the functions.

Convert Limited Company to a Public Limited Company
A private company limited by shares may re-register as a PLC, the private company must pass a special resolution and deliver a copy together with an application form to the Registrar.

Shareholders

Nominee Shareholder Service
The provision of nominee shareholder services in connection with the formation of a UK or offshore company is invariably required by clients seeking legitimate confidentiality of ownership.

Declaration of Trust
Example of Declaration of Trust

Transfer of Shares
Check the Articles for any restrictions or conditions of transfer - pre-emption rights may exist. If there is any doubt, a written resolution moved by all the other shareholders should be passed before the transfer is approved and registered.

Shareholder Agreement Short
This agreement is made between the shareholders of the company and its directors to stipulate and clarify key issues in the running of the company and its relationship to, and the rights of its, shareholders above the legal requirements of the Companies Act 1985.

Shareholders Agreement- long
Shareholders agreement for management of the company.

UK Incorporations Ltd
UK Company Incorporations Ltd will be the founder shareholder in your new company transferring the shares to you on incorporation.

Shareholders - Shares structure
The shareholding of a company determines its ownership.

Special Formations

UK Nominee Company
A UK company can exist without the beneficiaries name appearing anywhere by appointing nominees to act as trustee shareholder, trustee director and trustee secretary on behalf of a beneficiary.

Non-Resident Incorporating a UK company
There are no restrictions on setting up a UK company.

Trading Structure Package
There is a lot of demand from clients in Europe who want to trade in Europe with a fiscally transparent company.

Packages for Instant Trading in the European Union
Packages for Instant Trading in the European Union - Offshore Company Formations

Cross Border Trading Package
A proven route for cross border trading is through a UK Limited Company, who acts as agent for a company in a low-tax jurisdiction.

Using an LLP to head a trading group
Offshore Company Formations, EU Trading through a UK LLP

Agency Agreement for an Offshore Company
We can provide a standard agency agreement, which has been accepted by the UK tax authorities, in English law, and has been accepted by principal and agent in given circumstances.

Special Packages for Trading in the UK
Special packages for trading in the UK, European Trading and Cross Border Trading.

Accounting Services
We can act as your UK Tax Representative and deal with UK and offshore accountancy and UK tax compliance.

Use of a UK company as the link between Onshore and Offshore
It is common for companies to trade in one country, have a management company in Britain and a further management company in a low-tax jurisdiction.

Activating a British company by a non-resident
We offer a complete activation package, so that your company can get on with trading or with holding property.

Vat

UK Tax Representative
The main duties of a Tax Representative are to provide information about chargeable events and gains to policyholders and HMRC.

VAT Registration
If the company trades in the EU, they will normally need a VAT number. They need to register in the country where they have the most activity.

Value Added Tax
Value Added Tax is a tax businesses charge when they supply their goods and services in the United Kingdom.

VAT Completion Notes
This section will help you answer the questions when you complete the VAT application form.

Overseas Companies Registering for VAT
If you do not have a UK business establishment, are not normally resident here or in the case of a company incorporated here, you are a non-established taxable person (NETP) but you must still register for VAT in the UK if your taxable supplies exceed the current UK threshold.

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