UK COMPANY REGISTRATION
UK is one of the main financial centres of the World and attracts hundreds of new businesses each year. In the UK there are numerous types of legal structures companies can adopt.
When registering a UK Company receiving the correct and up to date information is critical to the success and performance of the business which is why the professionals at MIK Legal Consulting are on hand to guide our clients to make the right choices.
The following legal structures are available for UK Companies;
- CIC or community interest company
- Industrial and Provident Society, eg. a Co-operative (which does include Ltd. at the end of its name) or charity
- LLP or Limited liability partnership
- LP or Limited partnership
- Ltd. or Cyf (Limited, or Welsh Cyfyngedig): a private company limited by shares, the shares not being traded publicly
- P.L.C or Ccc (public limited company, or Welsh Cwmni Cyfyngedig Cyhoeddus): a company whose shares may be traded publicly. Requires an authorized minimum share capital of £50,000;[3] of which it must have allotted shares to the value of at least £50,000 and a minimum of 25% must be fully paid up prior to starting business.
- Private company limited by guarantee. Such a company must include Limited or Ltd. at the end of its name (so cannot readily be distinguished from a private company limited by shares), unless it cannot distribute its profits. Guarantee companies are commonly used by not for profit organizations, which do not include Ltd. at the end of their names.
- Unlimited company (or Welsh Anghyfyngedig). A company either with or without a share capital whose members or shareholders do not benefit from limited liability should the company ever go into formal liquidation. It is not a requirement under company law to add or state the word or designation Unlimited or its abbreviations (Unltd., or Ultd.) at the ending of its legal company name, and most unlimited companies do not. Unlimited companies are exempted from filing accounts with the Registrar of Companies for public disclosure, subject to a few exceptions (unless the company was a qualified subsidiary or a parent of a limited company during the accounting period).
- Sole proprietorship/Sole trader
To learn more about registering a UK Company contact our experts on info@miklegal.com who will provide complete assistance.