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A Beautifully Simple Private Company Limited by Guarantee Formation Service
A super quick simple 5 step process to form your company
Choose a company nameStart by using our company name search tool to check your proposed name. We’ll instantly confirm whether the name you’ve chosen is available.
- Select a company package
Our range includes something for everyone. From the simplest formation to a comprehensive package, simply pick the one that’s right for you.
- Customise your company
Our award-winning software makes it quick and easy to enter the details to form your company. You can also choose from our useful range of optional extras.
- Pay and submit application
We only ask you to pay via our secure service once you’ve completed everything. Your application is then immediately submitted.
- Formed & all ready to go!
Once Companies House approve your application, you’ll receive your formation documents by email, followed by any other services that you’ve ordered.
Our range of Private Company Limited by Guarantee formation packages means that, whatever your needs, we have something that's tailored to you
Basic£69.99 + VAT Worth £74.99Save £5A simple, cost-effective package to start your company that provides a full set of formation documents in digital (PDF) format
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| Printed£89.99 + VAT Worth £99.98Save £9.99Ideal if you’d prefer hard copies of formation documents. You’ll receive a complete set of documents by post as well as via email.
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| Capital£134.99 + VAT Worth £149.97Save £14.98Perfect if you want to keep your home address private, making use of a prestigious London registered office address and service address.
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| Professional£169.99 + VAT Worth £213.95Save £43.96Great if you really want to impress, this superior package offers you premium share certificates, bound company registers and company seal.
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| Premium£349.99 + VAT Worth £453.92Save £103.93A comprehensive package, giving you ultimate peace of mind. Includes everything in our other packages and a whole lot more.
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Subscription users offer
Subscribers get £10 off all formations. Alongside other amazing benefits, that means even better value for accountants, solicitors and anyone else forming lots of companies.
Customise your package
Want to add something to your formation package? You can always add further items you’d like as you complete your order.
We also offer the opportunity to buy lots of useful items for existing companies!
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Which company type is best for your company?
Private Company Limited by Shares
By far the most popular type of company formation, a private company limited by shares offers its owners limited liability. The company is owned by one or more shareholders who hold its shares. It can operate with one or more directors and there’s no need to appoint a company secretary.
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Limited Liability Partnership
A limited liability partnership can be ideal if you want to combine the protection offered by limited liability with the flexibility of a traditional partnership. Although used by some other businesses, it’s most often used by professionals (like accountants, solicitors and architects) and consultants.
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Private Company Limited by Guarantee
Instead of shareholders, a company limited by guarantee has members who undertake to contribute an amount of money if the business is wound up. This is usually a great choice for not-for-profit organisations, like clubs and associations. It’s not suitable for charities or profit-making businesses.
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Public Limited Company
Far less common than a private company limited by shares, a public limited company (or plc) is the only type of UK company permitted to offer its shares to the public. In return, it must be formed with at least a minimum amount of share capital and fulfil a number of strict legal obligations.
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