Our professional company formation package includes everything necessary for your client to commence trading as a registered company. 

All the documents are presented in a specially designed case so as your client's business progresses, official documents can be kept safely and within easy reach. Tailor made Ltd companies cost only £138 + VAT and ready made companies £135 + VAT. Plc Companies cost £350 + VAT and Scottish Companies cost £200 + VAT

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U.K. Company Formation Services
You can incorporate a company by following our two easy step process below.

 

Step 1 Check for name availability.

To see if your company name is available, just type a company name in the box below and click go 
Search for:

 
(leave out the words limited or PLC) Please note that this search will open a new pop up window with the results

 

Or choose a ready made name from our interactive list

 

Our companies are incorporated in accordance with the 1989 Companies Act and can be readily adapted to suit your individual requirements. Ready made companies can be despatched the same day and single member companies are also available.

The Company package

  • Certificate of Incorporation

  • 7 bound copies of the Memorandum & Articles of Association

  • Combined Company Register (loose leaf or bound)

  • Minutes of the first

  • meeting

  • Minutes of the second meeting

  • Stock transfer forms

  • Renunciation documents

  • Company seal

  • Certificate frame

  • Statutory forms

NOTES FOR GUIDANCE NUMBER 4
CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME

ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE NEW NAME A COMPANY CAN CHOOSE?

Yes there are, and they are exactly the same as those restrictions applying to a new company seeking

registration. So before you decide on a new name for your company, please read our booklet CHOOSING A COMPANY NAME (CHN2). If you choose an unacceptable name, the Registrar will not allow it to be registered.

If you choose a name which is too like another on the index and an objection is subsequently lodged, the Secretary of State may direct your company to change its name.

WHAT IS A CHANGE OF NAME?

You should be careful to distinguish between a change of name and a change of status of a company. For instance, a company changing from J SMITH LIMITED to J SMITH & SON LIMITED is a change of name, but a company changing from J SMITH LIMITED to J SMITH PLC is a change of status.

HOW IS THE NAME CHANGED?

The company must pass a special resolution in a general meeting, or all of the members must sign a written resolution, that the name of the company be changed to the new name. A signed copy of the resolution containing the new name should then be forwarded to the Registrar, together with the fee (currently £10). The Registrar will then process the resolution and, if all is in order, issue a new certificate of incorporation on change of name. The name of the company is not changed until the new certificate is issued.

HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE?

Normally five working days from the receipt of documents in Companies House.

Companies House operates a premium service whereby the change of name certificate can be issued on the same day as delivery of the resolution. This can only be guaranteed where the relevant special resolution is delivered before 3pm. This service, which costs £100, is available at any of the main or branch offices in England and Wales for companies incorporated in England and Wales and at Edinburgh for companies incorporated in Scotland.

CAN A CHANGE OF NAME AND OF STATUS BE DONE TOGETHER?

Yes it can, and in this case the resolutions for change of name and change of status may be combined e.g. to resolve to change the name from ABC LIMITED to XYZ PLC. However, if a PLC wishes to change its status, same day re-registration can only be carried out if the necessary majority of the company members have agreed to the change.

All the documentation associated with the change of status should be submitted at the same time.
 
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