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 | Starting Up in Business. One-Day Company Formation & Online Company Incorporation in England, Wales and Scotland. We provide the services of a very quick company formation, ready-made (shelf) companies, accounting, tax planning, tax filing and full corporate services. We also provide the registered office address, virtual office, international or UK bank account for our overseas clients. This website aim to help you understand some of the many things you need to think about when you are starting and running a business. You can now incorporate a limited company online using our company registration agent, Coddan CPM - an online limited companies registration agent in the UK (our electronic filing software has been approved by Companies House. Companies House is the UK government body which approves incorporations, and has the same purpose as that of the Secretary of State departments in the USA).
Our firm is designed to provide information and guidance in starting and developing foreign business within the United Kingdom. Allow us to help you establish a company and get it running, to select the best business for incorporation or to start-up your company with the Companies House. Same day company start-up for £32.00: new limited companies formations usually completed in 4-6 hours using electronically companies' registration software. We supply expert advice in navigating English legal and business systems helping you setting up a business in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and/or the Republic of Ireland. If you have an idea for starting a business, we can also assist you in register a company directly from the ground up. In the United Kingdom, you must register your business, which we can do for you. Let us know how we can help.
At the time of your company formation or at any time thereafter Coddan can be appointed as additional officers in your company, if you need additional individuals to fulfil minimum requirements. In the UK, we can provide your company with a nominee secretary, nominee director and/or nominee shareholder if required. These are the three main officers within limited companies, and it should be noted that the private company secretary functions similarly to that of registered agents in the USA by assisting with the filing of certain required annual documents. Also, while in the U.S., a registered agent is recorded as the main company address for all correspondence, the UK requires that a UK "registered office address", whether residential or business, be indicated in order to incorporation any UK company. Coddan provides a full range of professional services from providing registered office address (in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, etc), phone numbers, mail-forwarding service, and preparation of accounts, payroll management, corporate secretarial service, assistance in opening of a bank account in the Great Britain. Coddan CPM is a provider of legalization, consular and apostille legalization services to our clients. We can also order additional company documents, including Certificates of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association. A Certificate of Incorporation will simply state the name of the company, company number, and date of incorporation. Furthermore, the Memorandum of Association will contain information that is equivalent to what can be found within a U.S. Certificate of Incorporation (or Certificate of Formation, depending on the U.S. State in which your company is established); finally, the UK Articles of Association is equal to that of a U.S. By-laws. If you are interesting with Public companies, Non-Profit (limited by guarantee) companies or LLP (similar to American LLC's), choose the appropriate link on the left side of the page.
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Coddan UK company formation agent, we help with whether you are a professional company incorporation agent, starting business online, English corporation formations agent, for whom limited company creation is a frequent activity or an individual ordering your first British company registration. We are providing holding company set-up. Online Company Formation UK & One-Day Company Registration in London. UK Limited Company Formation and Small Business Startup Advice. Starting a business help and company registrations in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Coddan - Online Limited Company & Business Start-Up Agent in United Kingdom! You can now form and register limited company using our company establishment agent. We offer online incorporation London, setting business corporation United Kingdom, starting-up company Ireland, British and English LTD registrations services.
Check company establishment costs, Irish company, LTD incorporation Scotland, Scottish, Edinburgh, Glasgow, company organization package. Provides London virtual office, Oxford, Piccadilly, mail-forwarding. Learn about forming company benefits, incorporating company advantages. Starting limited company UK company incorporator agent. Registering limited company, setting branch office - Coddan provides subsidiary company registrations, United Kingdom companies incorporator, firm law registration, holding company, real-estate, flat management company, incorporate Nevada, Texas, starting a business. Nominee company secretary, nominee director service, shareholders agreement, nominee shareholder. Dublin and Belfast company set-up.
Start your own business England, business start up advise, how to start a small UK business, international law firm, lawyers, London based, registering agent, resident agent, how-to incorporate business.
Ready-made company, shelf companies, ready-made LTD, aged company for sale, non-UK resident company, and foreign company registrar. PLC public company creation package, forming Guarantee Company, registering guarantee companies, forming LLP partnership or registering British LLP, setting LLP Scotland. Start a company by incorporating corporation or forming a LTD, PLC or LLP at Coddan. Learn about incorporation & how to establish online business. Whether you incorporate online, open corporation England or form a corporation, we can help you understand the incorporation process for filing. Incorporate or Form an LLC - Online! Company formation United Kingdom, limited company formations & registration, electronically online, business incorporation, companies formation online.
In addition to British limited company formation, virtual office London, mail-forwarding, fax-forwarding, business address services and company searches for limited companies. Information to help start, grow or manage a small business, ready-made companies with VAT registered. If you are starting a business or starting own business, nominee director, nominee secretary, rush incorporation. An outline of the general steps for incorporation in Great Britain, explaining how to setting your business, from choosing where to establish your business and how to incorporate.
Form Delaware Corporation or forming Delaware LLC today. Delaware LLC formation, Delaware LLC incorporating, LLC registration Delaware. Coddan provides Delaware incorporation registered agent, USA.
Use our Delaware starting corporation, Florida company incorporator New York and California LLC agent. Learn about Delaware corporation benefits, Delaware LLC advantages. Non-USA resident companies, advantage Nevada company or incorporating New York corporation, filing Nevada LLC. Coddan is Delaware LLP formation agent, NYS LLC, NYS incorporation, New York registration, setting an LLP, registering partnerships. Incorporate company in Arkansas, incorporation California business companies or LLC or starting business Florida, Miami, Reno Nevada. Assistance in establishing a corporate bank account, USA business address, setting corporation online. Certificate of Good Standing, annual Franchise Tax and filing of Annual Report, Certified copy of Certificate of Incorporation.
Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming.
Incorporate Spanish company Online - Spain companies incorporation, SL or SA companies formation in Spain, Spanish company incorporator and companies registration system. We offer Malaga (Spain, Malaga, Marbella, Barcelona, Madrid, Cadiz, Sevilla, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Zaragoza, Vitoria, Santander, San Sebastian, Pamplona, Oviedo, Bilbao, Valencia, Murcia, Alicante, Vigo, Santiago de Compostella, Milladoiro, La Corunia, Toledo, San Fernando, Henares, Siudad Real, Palma de Mallorca, Gerona, Sant Cugat del Valles, Granollers, Barbera del Valles) companies incorporation service. Forming Spanish Branch Office, Forming Joint Venture Spain.
Should I form new company or buy ready-made company? My company wants to open branch in Spain. Is this better than creating new SL? What is the difference between Sociedad Limitada and a Sociedad Anonima? What is Spanish holding company? Will establishing company in Spain help me get Spanish residency?
We incorporate offshore company, one day business creation, online company formation agent company registration agents, forming tax-haven company and registering offshore companies IBC in Belize (also Belize offshore LDC and incorporating Belize Single Cell Companies), incorporate company in Panama, forming Panamanian corporation, setting Panamanian partnership, (also establish Panama Foundations), incorporating business company Cyprus, incorporate Cyprus, starting business St.
Vincent, Costa Rica and Isle of Man incorporator register company in BVI, British Virgin Islands (also BVI Mutual Funds creation, form offshore BVI IBC, and, tax haven ready-for-sale company), Cayman Islands, Alderney, registering company in Nevis (Nevis LLC formations, establish Nevis Foundations, forming offshore Trusts). We offer Hong Kong companies formations service, Gibraltar tax-exempt companies and Gibraltar non-resident companies), St. Vincent (filing Companies and form St. Vincent and Grenadines LLC), Seychelles registered agent service, Seychelles IBC formation, Mauritius, Malta, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal, Portuguese, Cypriot, bearer shares, yacht registration, boat registration, trademark, trade mark, offshore trust, mutual funds, America, United States, LLC New York, Colorado LLC, California LLC, Washington LLC, Florida (LLC and companies), California LLC and Corporation.
Apostille legalization and apostilled notarization legalizing service. Forming Limited Companies? What is an Incorporated Business? Set Up an Offshore Corporation, Offshore Financial Centre. To Go or Not to Go Offshore? Offshore IBC Anguilla, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay Registration, Open an Offshore Bank Account. Costa Rica, Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey. Incorporate, incorporation, registering, incorporation services, incorporating services, incorporate Netherlands Antilles business online, incorporating a business, open holding company, LLC formation, limited liability corporation, articles of incorporation, Limited Liability Partnership incorporation, non profit corporation, corporate name search, corporate name availability, corporate name registration.
Learn about incorporation services and incorporate online! Bookkeeping and Audit service, VAT registration, resident company.
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Same Day Limited Company Incorporation and UK Company Formation with Nominees
UK Ready-Made Company Incorporation Services & Company Registrations Online
Coddan Offers UK Guarantee Company Start-Up, Incorporating Guarantee Company
Forming Private Company with Our Online Company Formation Packages
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E-Quick Package |
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£ 32.00 | No Annual Fees! | |  |
This package includes (most popular for UK residents):
Submission of applications that details company's executive officers (£1000 authorized shared capital, a minimum of one share may be issued)
Company formation within 4-8 workday hours
Payment of UK legal and initiation fees
Applicant appointment of director and secretary roles for company (appointed electronically)
The following documents will be e-mailed to you (Note: these documents are to be printed and signed):
Electronic Certificate of Incorporation (PDF)
Electronic Memorandum & Articles of Association (MS Word)
Minutes of the First Meeting of Directors (MS Word)
Share Certificates and company Register
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Economy Package |
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£ 82.00 | Annual Fees from £50.00! | |  |
This package includes (most popular for EU residents):
Submission of applications that details company's executive officers (£1000 authorized shared capital, a minimum of one share may be issued)
Limited company can be incorporated in 4-8 workday hours
Payment of UK legal and initiation fees
Applicant appointment of director and secretary roles for company (appointed electronically)
Registered office address for 12 months, provided by Coddan
Renewal application of following year's fees of Registered Address (£50.00)
The following documents will be e-mailed to you (Note: these documents are to be printed and signed):
Electronic Certificate of Incorporation (PDF)
Electronic Memorandum & Articles of Association (MS Word)
Minutes of the First Meeting of Directors (MS Word)
Share Certificates and company Register
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Premier Package |
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£ 131.95 | Annual Fees from £99.95! | |  |
This package includes (most popular for small business):
Submission of applications that details company's executive director (£1000 authorized shared capital, a minimum of one share may be issued)
Same day company formation online: 4-8 workday hours
Payment of UK legal and initiation fees
Applicant appointment of director for company (appointed electronically)
Registered office address for 12 months, provided by Coddan
Renewal application of following year's fees of Registered Address (£50.00)
Company secretarial service for 12 months (next year - £49.95)
The following documents will be posted to you:
A laminated copy of the Certificate of Incorporation
A hard bound copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association
A hard bound copy of the Minutes of the First Meeting of Directors
Two printed share certificates and Company Register
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Deluxe Package |
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£ 256.95 | Annual Fees from £224.95! | |  |
This package includes (most popular for overseas residents):
A £1000 authorized shared capital, a minimum of one share may be issued
Company registration online in UK 4-8 workday hours
Payment of UK legal and initiation fees
Registered office address for 12 months, provided by Coddan
Renewal application of following year's fees of Registered Address
Company secretarial service for 12 months
Coddan provides a company nominee director service for 1 year
The name of the nominee director & secretary will appear as a public record
The following two hard bound copies of corporate documents will be posted to you (Note: these documents are sent to you through Royal Mail Service, and are to be completed upon arrival):
A laminated copy of the Certificate of Incorporation
A hard bound copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association
A hard bound copy of the Minutes of the First Meeting of Directors
Two printed share certificates and Company Register
Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from Nominee Director
General Power of Attorney signed by Nominees
Indemnity Letter for General Power of Attorney
Agreement for the provision of nominee service and indemnification of nominees
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Name Protection |
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The purpose of this package:
This package allows you to register a company name with Companies House and thus prevent this name being used to form a company by anyone else
This package includes:
The registration of a non-trading limited company with your choice of name
Payment of UK legal and initiation fees
A nominee director
A nominee secretary
A nominee shareholder
A registered office address
Management of the company:
Coddan will file the annual return and dormant company accounts on your behalf for an annual fee of £60.00
If you do not wish to renew the management option at the end of term, the company will be dissolved
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Company subscribers may be residents outside the UK
You must appoint a minimum of ONE Director
There is no maximum number of Directors
Directors can be corporate bodies or private individuals
A Director can be of any nationality
Directors need not be formally trained
All companies must appoint a company Secretary
Secretaries can be corporate bodies or private individuals
A Secretary can be of any nationality.
If there is only ONE Director he or she CANNOT also be the Secretary
A company must have a minimum of one shareholder who may be a corporate body or an individual
No minimum paid up share capital
A minimum of one share may be issued
Capital may be denominated in any currency
Shareholders/directors meetings may take place outside Great Britain
The company is required to have a registered office in the UK
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SAME DAY UK LIMITED COMPANY FORMATION. COMPANY REGISTRATION AND COMPANY INCORPORATION USUALLY COMPLETED IN 4-8 HOURS USING ONLINE ORDER FORMS Looking for information & guidance regarding how to start your own business in the United Kingdom, how to get your company up and running, how to select the best business form, how to register a company and small business start-up advice? Need a UK business company formation specialists with the prompt service and expert advice? Are you looking to set-up a small business in England, Scotland or Ireland? Do you want to register your business in Edinburgh, London, Liverpool, Belfast or Dublin? Have an idea for a business and want to start a company now? Why should you bother with registering your business company? We can help if you need information and guidance in any of the following areas: how to start your own business in the United Kingdom, how to get your company up and running, how to select the best business form, how to register a company, how to start-up a small business. If you need a UK business company formation specialist offering prompt service and expert advice who can help you set-up a small business in England, Scotland or Ireland, or help you to register your business in Edinburgh, London, Liverpool, Belfast or Dublin, or if you have an idea for a business and want to start a company now, then we can help you. Finding and Using Information on This Page: UK Company Formation Online | Company Formations Prices and Fees | Nominee & Management Services | Ready Made Companies | Open a Bank Account | Full Incorporation Packages | Why Incorporate with Coddan? | Set-Up an Offshore Company | Bookkeeping and Accounting Services | Services Offered by Coddan CPM | New £22.00 Formation Service | The Renewal of Annual Services | How to Restore a Company | Steps to Restore a Company |
What We Can Do For You: Coddan is an online company registration agent offering same day company formation. On this website you will find a number of information sheets, downloadable documents, and tips to help you start and run a successful business. Starting from just £32.00, we provide packages offering the complete formation of a UK company which is usually ready to commence trading in six to eight hours. Company registration documents are submitted electronically which allows for a faster service and totally eliminates the need for paper, signatures, and all the usual administration and time that in the past made forming a company or filing an annual return a hassle. The format and purpose of a UK annual return document is the same as a Filing Officers List, which is standard for use among U.S. companies. We Can Make a Difference! Our electronic company registration software has been approved by Companies House, and our prices include all Company House fees and required documentation. Coddan consultants are fluent in English, Spanish, Italian and Russian and can provide assistance for non-British clients. When first setting up a business there are many issues to consider, not least of all, whether to register as a company or not. Starting and managing a business takes motivation, desire and talent. It also takes research and planning. Like a chess game, success in a small business starts with decisive and correct opening moves. And, although initial mistakes are not fatal, it takes skill, discipline, and hard work to regain the advantage. If you have an idea for a business, are setting up a business, or have started your own business recently, bookmark this site now. With Coddan it is now possible to form a company, file annual returns, file forms for appointing and resignation officers (both director and secretary) of a limited company etc., without any paper and all within a day! Coddan totally eliminates the need for paper, signatures and all the usual administration and time that in the past made forming a company or filing an annual return a hassle. Starting-Up in Business: Do you want to incorporate a new Private Limited Company using YOUR OWN Directors, Secretary, Shareholder and Registered Office? You have come to the right place. Coddan's online new business incorporator offers same day company formation with no paper form filling. It is an affordable, fast and easy way to incorporate a new legal entity. We offer help and advice with starting a business, business development, financial planning, raising finance, corporate recovery, payroll, company formations and secretarial services.
Order Your Company Here: This Interactive Form Will Calculate Your Company Formation Costs and Shipping Coddan deals with new and existing business ventures in the United Kingdom and overseas, and offers expert advice on business structures, the acquisition and disposal of companies, the formation of companies, partnerships, trust or hybrid business structures, offshore director and shareholder services, offshore bank accounts, agreement and statement drafting, advice and representation in personal and business visa and immigration issues, and much more. If you also need additional explanations on the differences between U.S. companies and UK entities, we can provide support to you. For example, within the UK, the m
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