Companies House

 

Starting a new company

To start a company, you will need to have the following information ready:

  • Company Name and Address
  • Officer Details (Director and Secretary)
  • Share Capital and Shareholder Details
  • Payment

You can start a company in one of three ways:

1. Companies House Web Incorporation Service (for a private company limited by shares, with model articles)
Access the Companies House Web Incorporation Service
2. Using a Formation Agent You can use a formation agent to incorporate any type of company and they can also provide you with specialist advice.
Access the list of Formation Agents
3. On paper by completing the forms and sending them directly to Companies House View more information on filing paper incorporations with Companies House

Online Incorporation survey:

To help us understand your use of our online incorporation service we would welcome your feedback. The following survey should take no longer than 5 minutes, all the information you supply when completing a survey will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

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