Registering A Company In The UK

Registering the company is the easy bit. There are lots of services that will do it for you for a relatively small fee. Look online or go into a local accounting/bookkeeping shop, and they should be able to help.


Once you have registered the company however, you need to do things like file annual accounts and do other paperwork. You can pay someone to do most of the spade work for you, but it is non-trivial and it is an ongoing commitment.

If you don't really need it, then don't register as it comes with some legal obligations such as filing annual accounts etc which is unnecesary hassle. In case you forget to file annual accounts etc, you may face fines...

Companies House will have all the details you need:
Information & Guidance - Starting a company

Maybe a sole trader would be a better option:
https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader
https://www.gov.uk/business-legal-st...es/sole-trader

Depends what country you are in.

Their are draw backs from setting up as a registered company, the main one is added costs.

the advantages are - a limited company will always look more professional.

but it all depends on short term and long term goals. Personally register as self employed, start making money then register as a limited company if needed.

This website https://www.gov.uk/set-up-business-uk/licences should be a big help for you to clear up your queries.

Here are some advantages why you should register your outsourcing company.

An issued certificate of incorporation by your government. With it, your business is Fully legal.

Registered business is more respected by customers.

You will secure your company's name once you registered it.

Good luck mate,

It's a company formation I had done. Didn't use a formations company for it though. I know a few people with their own companies, so they'd been through the process themselves. I just asked them for advice, and a friend done it online for me. I didn't know where to start with Companies House. Luckily the trading name I had wasn't registered, so just registered that. Paperwork came through within a few days. Used that to separate the company accounts. It's actually much easier having the business account and personal one, so I'd definitely recommend it.

Plus...your mail addresses you as a Director. lol

I see someone mentioned above about going the sole trader first, then go Limited later.

That's the way I went with it. When you start in the UK, the revenue is based on estimates for your first year of trading. The advice I got was to shoot extremely low there. Starting out, set up as a sole trader. Lower your projected revenue, but keep it realistic. You can claim working tax credits, based on your estimations provided to HMRC. (ask an IFA on that though, just to keep yourself safe. It can be a grey area.)

That helped me to build the business, make it profitable and then I went with the company formation.

To me it seems fair. Gotta pay tax on revenue, so let the taxman fund the startup.

Business Gateway might be able to help. They tried helping me but I got better advice down the local. lol. Advisors just don't seem to know what they should, in my experience with them.

Best of luck with it
Robbie

I did mine with:

Company Formation, Online Company Formation, Company Registration

Regards
Dave

The UK is one of the easiest and cheap places to register a company. Just Google company formations UK.

Hello,
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