Constitutional Reform Act 2005

This is our most popular package with UK residents, and includes: -

The registration of your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;

The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);

The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;

The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;

The following documents, which need to be printed and signed, will be emailed to you upon formation of your company: -

A certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);

The memorandum & articles of association (requires MS-Word file reader);

The first meeting of the board of directors (requires MS-Word file reader);

Share certificates and a company register (requires MS-Word file reader).

E-Quick Package

£ 32.00

No Annual Charges

The Deluxe limited company package is a fast and easy option, it is ideal for the UK, EU, and international small to medium businesses who wish to appoint a nominee director and a nominee secretary in order to maintain anonymity, and it includes: -

Incorporation of your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses in London, our nominee director and nominee secretary. We can appoint your own candidate(s) to the role of shareholder(s), or you can appoint a nominee sharholder provided by Coddan;

The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);

The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;

The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;

The provision of a registered office address for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our registered office address service is charged annually);

The provision of a nominee secretary for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our nominee secretary service is charged annually);

The provision of a nominee director for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our nominee director service is charged annually);

The following two hard bound copies of corporate documents, will be posted to you upon formation of your company: -

A laminated copy of the certificate of incorporation of your company;

A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;

A hard bound copy of the minutes of the first meeting of directors;

Share certificates, and your company register;

The general power of attorney signed by a nominee director;

Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from a nominee director;

The agreement for the provision of nominee service and indemnification of nominee.

Deluxe Package

£ 557.00

Annual Maintenance Fee £525.00

A private company limited by shares in England and Wales must have at least one director, one shareholder, and may have a secretary.

You need at least one person to form this type of company. If there is only one director, and that director is a natural person in your company, that director can also act as the secretary.

A company must have at least one director who is a natural person. This requirement is met if the office of director is held by a natural person as a corporation sole or otherwise by virtue of an office.

You can register a sole director' company, if you are familiar with the secretaries duties and responsibilities, because all of them belongs to a sole director.

The directors and secretary of your company can also be shareholders.

The Companies Act imposes no restriction on the minimum age of company directors. However Companies House will actively discourage the appointment of anyone under the age of 16 from taking up a company directorship on the grounds that the individuals concerned may not fully understand the legal liabilities that go with the position and for the most part will not have the experience necessary to perform the duties of a company director.

Under the Companies Act 2006, there is no restriction on any or all of the members/shareholders being from an overseas country (i.e. outside the United Kingdom in terms of residency, domicile, citizenship, place of incorporation or all or any of those concepts).

There is no requirement for the officers of your company to be UK citizens or residents, nor for them to hold valid work permits.

Owning, or being an officer of a UK company does not, however, grant you any right to live or work in the UK if you are a foreign national.

Your company must have a registered office address within England or Wales; this is the official address of your company and will be on the public record as such.

Your company must hold its official company documents at its registered office address: its register of shareholders, and its constitutional documents.

So long as you maintain a registered office address in England or Wales, you can conduct your business from any place in the world: you do not have to run your business from your registered office address.

Legal Requirements to Register an LTD

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Constitutional Reform Act 2005

2005 Chapter 4 - continued

SCHEDULE 11, RENAMING OF THE SUPREME COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND - continued

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PART 4

SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS

Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals Act 1826 (c. 16)

(1) The Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals Act 1826 is amended as follows.

(2) For "Supreme Court" in each place substitute "Senior Courts".

(3) In sections 46, 49 and 50 for "the said court" in each place substitute "the said courts".

Ecclesiastical Houses of Residence Act 1842 (c. 26)

(1) The Ecclesiastical Houses of Residence Act 1842 is amended as follows.

(2) For "Supreme Court" in each place substitute "Senior Courts".

(3) In section 12 for "the said court" in each place substitute "the said courts".

Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (c. 18)

(1) The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 is amended as follows.

(2) For "Supreme Court" in each place, except in section 3, substitute "Senior Courts".

(3) In section 3 for the definition of "Supreme Court" substitute-

"Any reference to the Senior Courts shall, where it relates to monies to be paid or deposited in respect of lands situate in Northern Ireland, be read as a reference to the Court of Judicature."

Landed Estates Court (Ireland) Act 1858 (c. 72)

(1) The Landed Estates Court (Ireland) Act 1858 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 56 (purchase money)-

(a) in the side-note for "Supreme Court" substitute "Court of Judicature";

(b) for "Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland ("the Supreme Court")" substitute "Court of Judicature".

(3) In section 57 (persons interested may bid at sale, etc) for "Supreme Court" in each place substitute "Court of Judicature".

(4) In section 70 (power to order money to be paid into Court)-

(a) for "Supreme Court or (where the case may require) the Supreme Court of Judicature of England" substitute "Court of Judicature or (where the case may require) the Senior Courts";

(b) for "such respective Court" substitute "the Court of Judicature or the Senior Courts respectively";

Defence Act 1860 (c. 112)

(1) The Defence Act 1860 is amended as follows.

(2) In sections 21 and 22 (payment to meet consequent expenses, and payment into Supreme Court on failure to deduce title) for "Supreme Court or into the Supreme Court in Northern Ireland" substitute "Senior Courts or Court of Judicature".

(3) In section 23 (orders concerning money paid into Supreme Court)-

(a) for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts";

(b) for "the said Court" substitute "the said Courts".

The Great Seal (Offices) Act 1874 (c. 81)

In the Great Seal (Offices) Act 1874, in section 5 (transfer of duties of cursitors and clerk of the petty bag)-

(a) for "of the Supreme Court" substitute "of the Senior Courts";

(b) for the words from "under the Supreme Court" to "amending the same" substitute "within the meaning given in the Interpretation Act 1978".

Commons Act 1876 (c. 56)

In the Commons Act 1876, in section 30 (jurisdiction of county court) for the words from "to be made by the Supreme Court" to "Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875" substitute "within the meaning given in the Interpretation Act 1978".

Public Offices Fees Act 1879 (c. 58)

In the Public Offices Fees Act 1879, in section 7 (application of Act) for "Supreme Courts of Judicature," substitute "Senior Courts, the Court of Judicature,".

Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889 (c. 10)

(1) The Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889 is amended as follows.

(2) For "Supreme Court" in each place, except in section 11, substitute "Senior Courts".

(3) In section 11 omit the definition of "Supreme Court".

Notice of Accidents Act 1894 (c. 28)

(1) The Notice of Accidents Act 1894 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 3(4) for "master of the Supreme Court" substitute "Master (Taxing Office) of the Court of Judicature".

(3) Omit section 8.

London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii)

(1) The London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 105 (payment of surplus of proceeds into court) for "Supreme Court of Judicature" substitute "Senior Courts".

(3) In section 116 (tribunal may state case for opinion of High Court) in subsection (6) for the words from "the court" to the end substitute "court".

Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88)

In the Registered Designs Act 1949, in section 31 (evidence before registrar) in paragraph (b) before "as regards" insert "or of the Court of Judicature".

Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (c. 37)

(1) The Maintenance Orders Act 1950 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 17(3)(a) for "Supreme Court of Judicature in England" substitute "Senior Courts" and for "Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" substitute "Court of Judicature".

(3) In section 18(1B) for "Supreme Court in England or Northern Ireland" substitute "Senior Courts or the Court of Judicature".

Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30)

In the Northern Ireland Act 1962, in section 29 (supplemental) in subsection (1) omit the definition of "the Supreme Court".

Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)

(1) The Solicitors Act 1974 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 6 (keeping of the roll) in subsection (1) for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts".

(3) In section 19 (rights of practising and rights of audience)-

(a) in subsection (1)(a) for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts";

(b) in subsection (2) omit "section 94 of the Supreme Court Act 1981,".

(4) In section 29 (non-British subjects as solicitors) for "of the Supreme Court or of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" substitute "of the Senior Courts or of the Court of Judicature".

(5) In section 50 (jurisdiction over solicitors)-

(a) in the side-note and subsection (1) for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts";

(b) in subsection (2) for "Supreme Court was" substitute "Senior Courts were".

(6) In section 87 (interpretation) in the definitions of "contentious business", "the roll", and "solicitor" for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts".

Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975 (c. 47)

In the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975, in section 1 (costs or expenses recoverable)-

(a) in subsection (1)(a) for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts, in the Court of Judicature";

(b) in subsection (5), omit ""the Supreme Court"".

Patents Act 1977 (c. 37)

(1) The Patents Act 1977 is amended as follows,

(2) In section 102A (right of audience etc) in subsection (1) for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts or (in the application of this section to Northern Ireland) of the Court of Judicature".

(3) In subsection (2) of that section for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts or of the Court of Judicature".

(4) In section 106 (costs and expenses in proceedings before the Court) for "the Rules of the Supreme Court or by the County Court Rules" substitute "rules of court".

Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)

In the Interpretation Act 1978, in Schedule 1 (words and expressions defined)-

(a) for the definition of "Supreme Court" substitute-

""Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom."

(b) insert the following definitions at the appropriate places-

""Court of Judicature" means the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland."

""Senior Courts" means the Senior Courts of England and Wales."

Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20)

(1) The Judicial Pensions Act 1981 is amended as follows.

(2) In the table in section 1 (interpretation) in each place-

(a) for "Supreme Court of England and Wales" substitute "Senior Courts";

(b) for "Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" substitute "Court of Judicature".

(3) In the table in section 16 (application of Part 2, and interpretation) for "Supreme Court" and "Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" respectively in each place (except where those words are inserted by this Act) substitute "Senior Courts" and "Court of Judicature".

(4) In Schedule 1 (certain officers, and President of Transport Tribunal) for "Supreme Court" in each place substitute "Senior Courts".

Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)

(1) The Supreme Court Act 1981 is amended as follows.

(2) For "Supreme Court" in each place substitute "Senior Courts".

(3) In section 14, in the side-note for "Supreme" substitute "Senior Courts".

Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53)

(1) The Administration of Justice Act 1982 is amended as follows.

(2) In the following provisions for "Supreme Court" or "Supreme Court of Judicature" substitute "Court of Judicature"-

(a) section 23(1)(c);

(b) section 25(3)(c);

(d) section 42(5)(b).

(3) In section 47 (interpretation of Part 6) in the definition of "Accountant General" for "the Accountant General of the Supreme Court" substitute "in relation to England and Wales, the Accountant General of the Senior Courts and, in relation to Northern Ireland, the Accountant General of the Court of Judicature".

Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)

(1) The Representation of the People Act 1983 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 157 (application to Northern Ireland)-

(a) in each place for "Supreme Court (Queen's Bench Division)" substitute "Senior Courts (Queen's Bench Division)";

(b) in subsection (8) for "Supreme Court of Judicature" substitute "Court of Judicature".

(3) In the following provisions for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts"-

(a) section 182(1);

(b) section 183(1).

Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)

In the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, in section 469A(2) (court common investment funds)-

(a) for "Supreme Court of Judicature in" substitute "Senior Courts of";

(b) for "Supreme Court of Judicature of" substitute "Court of Judicature of".

Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12)

(1) The Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 61 (funds in court) in subsection (3)-

(a) for "Supreme Court" in paragraph (a) substitute "Senior Courts";

(b) for "Supreme Court of Judicature in England" substitute "Senior Courts";

Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26)

In the Trade Marks Act 1994 in section 69 (evidence before registrar) for "Supreme Court" substitute "Senior Courts or of the Court of Judicature".

Supreme Court (Offices) Act 1997 (c. 69)

In the Supreme Court (Offices) Act 1997, for "Supreme Court" in each place substitute "Senior Courts".

Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)

(1) The Northern Ireland Act 1998 is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedules 2 and 3 for "Supreme Court of Judicature" substitute "Court of Judicature".

(3) In paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 12 for "Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" substitute "Court of Judicature".

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)

In Part 7 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000-

(a) omit "The Northern Ireland Supreme Court Rules Committee.";

(b) insert in the appropriate place "The Northern Ireland Court of Judicature Rules Committee.".

Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c.43)

In the following provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 for "senior court" in each place substitute "superior court"-

(a) section 28(2)(b) and (3)(b);

(b) section 29(2)(b) and (3)(b);

(d) section 30(1).

Prepared 5 April 2005


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