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Company formation & registered office

Form a UK company.

Incorporation at Companies House, a registered office and director service address that keep your home off the public register, help opening a business bank account, and the filings that follow — confirmation statement, appointments, share changes, dormant accounts.

Why people use us

Your address is not published

A service address on the register instead of your home. The public record shows ours.

Checked against the register

The name checker reads the Companies House public register, not a cached list of our own.

Capped per address

A limit on companies at each address, and the register monitored for unauthorised use.

Filings continue after day one

Confirmation statement, appointments, share changes and dormant accounts.

Four addresses, four jobs

They are not interchangeable

Most people buy the wrong one, or assume one covers the rest. Here is what each is for, who it belongs to, and whether it appears on the public register.

01

Registered office address

The company’s own official address. Every company must have one, and it must sit in the jurisdiction it was registered in.

  • Belongs to the company
  • Published on the register
  • Required by law
 02

Director service address

The published address for a person — a director, secretary or PSC. Without one, their home address goes on the register.

  • Belongs to the individual director
  • Published on the register
  • Required by law
 03

Business trading address

The address customers, suppliers and couriers use. It is not filed anywhere — it exists for commerce, not for compliance.

  • Belongs to the business
  • Not published
  • Optional
 04

Correspondence address

One destination for everything else. Useful when directors are overseas, move often, or want a single place mail lands.

  • Belongs to whoever needs it
  • Not published
  • Optional
Formation

Four routes to incorporation

Our fee and the Companies House fee, shown separately, because they go to different places. Fees exclude VAT; Companies House publishes its own processing times.

Essential

A UK resident using their own address

£12.99 + VAT

plus £100 Companies House fee
  • Incorporation at Companies House
  • Digital certificate of incorporation
  • Memorandum and articles of association
  • Share certificates for the founding shareholders
  • Statutory registers, ready to maintain
Start with this What is included
Our recommendation

Privacy

Keeping a home address off the public register

£49.99 + VAT

plus £100 Companies House fee
  • Everything in Essential
  • Registered office address for one year
  • Director service address for one year
  • Statutory mail scanned and notified
  • Address changes filed for you
Start with this What is included

Trading

Trading from day one

£99.99 + VAT

plus £100 Companies House fee
  • Everything in Privacy
  • Business trading address for one year
  • All business mail received, logged and scanned
  • Business bank account introduction
  • Corporation tax and VAT registration support
Start with this What is included

Non-resident

Directors and shareholders outside the UK

£199.99 + VAT

plus £100 Companies House fee
  • Everything in Trading
  • Identity verification support for overseas officers
  • Apostille and certified copies arranged
  • Certificate of good standing on request
  • Mail forwarded to an overseas address
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Business banking

Help opening an account, described honestly

We introduce you to UK business banking providers, prepare what they ask for, and tell you which ones will not accept a mail-handling address before you waste an application on them.

  • Introductions to UK banks and e-money institutions
  • Your documents checked before you apply
  • Straight answers on what each provider will accept
  • Non-resident routes where a UK visit is not possible
How the introduction works

Before you apply

Most refusals come down to the same handful of things. We go through them with you first.

  • Identity evidence that matches the register exactly
  • A trading address the provider will accept
  • A clear description of what the business actually does
  • SIC codes that match that description
  • Ownership and control explained without gaps

What no one can promise

No account can be guaranteed. Every provider makes its own decision, applies its own checks, and may decline without giving a reason. Anyone telling you otherwise is selling you something they cannot deliver.

How it works

Four steps, in order

The process in full
Step 01

Check the name

Run it through the checker — statutory rules, then the register — and pick the jurisdiction. It is permanent once registered.

Step 02

Verify identity

Identity is checked before an address is activated, not after payment. It is a condition of the service, not an afterthought.

Step 03

Submit

We file the incorporation and tell you what Companies House says, in the words they use.

Step 04

Keep it filed

Deadlines tracked, mail logged, filings made. The company stays in good standing.

From Companies House

What changed this week

Official updates from Companies House, summarised and linked, updated every day. The source is always GOV.UK — we link to it rather than paraphrasing it.

4 Sep 2026 · Guidance

Ceased or suspended Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)

This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have had their ACSP status either suspended or ceased (removed).

 4 Sep 2026 · Guidance

List of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)

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 2 Sep 2026 · Detailed guide

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Before you commit

Twenty questions people ask before registering

Short answers. The long version is in registering a company, question by question, and the full FAQ has a hundred more.

How much does it cost to register a company in the UK?
Two amounts. Companies House charges a statutory fee of £100 to incorporate digitally, and an agent charges its own fee on top — ours starts at £12.99 plus VAT. Every line is on the pricing page.
How long does it take to register a company?
Companies House publishes its own processing times and they move, so we will not print a number we do not control. A same-day digital service exists and costs £156 in statutory fees.
What do I need to register a company?
A permitted name, a jurisdiction, a registered office address, at least one director, at least one shareholder, a statement of capital, your people with significant control, and articles of association.
Can I register a company entirely online?
Yes. Incorporation, identity verification and every filing afterwards can be done without paper or a visit. Paper filing exists but costs more and takes longer.
Do I need an accountant to register a company?
No. Registration and accounting are separate. You will want an accountant for the corporation tax return and for the salary-versus-dividends decision, but not to form the company.
What is the cheapest way to register a company?
Doing it yourself directly with Companies House for the statutory fee alone. We would rather tell you that than sell you something you do not need — the comparison page sets out when an agent is worth paying for.
Do I need a UK address to register a company?
The company does. Every UK company needs a registered office in its jurisdiction of registration. You do not have to own or rent one — a registered office service provides a compliant address.
Can I use my home address to register a company?
You can, and it costs nothing. It is then published on the public register, free for anyone to search, and it stays in the filing history even after you change it later.
What is the difference between a registered office and a trading address?
A registered office is statutory and published — it is where Companies House and HMRC write. A trading address is commercial and private: it is what customers, suppliers and couriers use.
Can I register a company from outside the UK?
Yes, with no requirement to visit and no requirement for a UK-resident director. The company still needs a UK registered office, and every director verifies their identity. Banking is the harder part.
What happens after my company is registered?
You get a company number and certificate of incorporation. Then corporation tax registration within three months of trading, a bank account, and your first confirmation statement date to diarise.
When are my first accounts due?
Generally within nine months of your accounting reference date, which defaults to the anniversary of the end of the month you incorporated in. Late accounts carry an automatic penalty that doubles two years running.
What is a confirmation statement and when is the first one due?
An annual filing confirming the register is correct, due within 14 days of the end of your first review period — which starts on the day the company was incorporated. It carries a £50 Companies House fee.
Do I have to register for VAT when I form a company?
No. VAT registration is compulsory only once taxable turnover passes the threshold HMRC sets, and voluntary before that. Registering voluntarily usually hurts if you sell to consumers.
Do I need a business bank account before registering?
No — the account comes after, because a provider needs the company number. Everything else can be prepared in parallel, and no agent can guarantee you an account.
What happens if Companies House rejects my company name?
The application is not accepted and you choose another name. That is why we check the naming rules and search the register before anything is submitted, rather than after.
Can I change the company details after registering?
Most of them, by filing: name, registered office, directors, shares, SIC codes. The jurisdiction cannot be changed, and the company number never changes.
Should I register as a limited company or an LLP?
A limited company has directors and shareholders and pays corporation tax. An LLP has members taxed on their profit share and needs at least two of them. Professional practices usually want the LLP.
What documents do I get when the company is registered?
A certificate of incorporation, the memorandum and articles of association, share certificates for the founding shareholders, and your statutory registers.
Is my information safe on the public register?
Your service address, name, month and year of birth, nationality and country of residence are published. Your full date of birth and your residential address are not, provided you give a separate service address.