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Congratulations on starting your own business.
The Company Merchant Limited were one of the first companies
to be involved in the automated electronic interface
into the Companies House system in 2001 and even today,
many other companies still take basic details over the
internet and carry the process out manually behind the
scenes. Our formation process is fully automated.
We have had formation requests incorporated into companies
within 45 minutes, although realistically around 4 to
5 working hours is usual
Why pay a company to do a
name check for you and wait 24 hours for the information
when Companies House provide free access to the register
and our systems check your company name with Companies
House while you are forming your company! Simply visit
Companies
House between 7am and midnight Monday to Saturday
to search for existing names or go straight to our website
to form your company and our own name checker will confirm
if your requested name is available.
Our "no resubmission fee" policy means that
if you submit a formation request and it fails for any
reason then any amount of resubmissions are FREE
OF CHARGE until your company is formed. |
what information do i need ?
A Registered Office. Whilst
it sounds technical, its simply the address that Companies
House have on file for sending paperwork to. It doesnt have
to be where you trade from and it can usually be your home
address but if you rent you should check with your landlord.
People. The people that will
be involved in your company. You will need to know:
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HOME address. Not a PO
Box or a business address
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Full name, including any
middle names, and if you have ever changed name (except
for getting married)
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Date of Birth
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Occupation (what do you
do - shop assistant, architect, director etc)
- Eye
colour
- Town of birth
- Mothers maiden name
The last 3 items are
security questions which effectively replace the
fact that you are not signing anything.
You no longer need to have a seperate person as a "Company
Secretary" (this changed in April 2008). You just need one physical person as a "Director" and the same person can be the shareholder (owner of the company). The secretary can also be a director, or you can choose not to have a secretary. When you start up
a new commercial company, the company you create is like
another person. It can own property, it can buy and sell
goods etc. The people who own the company are called shareholders
because they hold a share in the company. The people who
run the day to day business of the company are called directors,
and the person responsible for ensuring all the legal filing
is done every year (amongst other things) is called the
Company Secretary. To form a UK limited liability company
you need to have at least 1 physical person involved in the company (you cannot just use another "company" as the director and shareholder).
what do i do now ?
Our company formations control centre
will give you more detail about our packages and lists
of frequently asked questions and lots of optional
extras like free business banking with HSBC,
brass name plates for your office etc. Everything
can be done online 
but if you would prefer to speak
with someone, you can call us on
0845 370 9610
and we will be more than happy to hand hold
you through the process over the phone.
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