Inquiries 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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Inquiries Act 2005

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SCHEDULE 3

Section 49

REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS

Reference	Extent of repeal or revocation
Regulation of Railways Act 1871 (c. 78)	Section 7.
Ministry of Transport Act 1919 (c. 50)	Section 20.
Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 (c. 7)	The whole Act.
Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 (c. 31 (N.I.))	Section 6.
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 (c. 13 (N.I.))	Section 14.
Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933 (c. 53)	Section 47.
Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 18 (N.I.))	Section 7.
Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47)	Section 26(6) to (8).
Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72)	Section 143.
Transport Act 1962 (c. 46)	Section 90.
Fees for Inquiries (Variation) Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/656)	In the Schedule, the entries relating to the Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933 and the Road Traffic Act 1960.
Civil Evidence Act 1968 (c. 64)	Section 17(1)(a).
Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 36 (N.I.))	In section 13(1), the words from the beginning to "; and" and the word "other".
Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14))	Article 54. Schedule 8. In Schedule 16, paragraph 17.
Local Government (Modifications and Repeals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1973 (S.R. & O. 1973 No. 285)	In the Schedule, the entry relating to section 6 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1923.
National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49)	Section 84.
Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9))	In Article 16- (a) in paragraph (1) the words "the Department concerned or"; (b) in paragraph (2) the words "The Department concerned or"; (c) in paragraph (5) the words "the Department concerned or, as the case may be," and the words "that Department or" (in both places); (d) in paragraph (6) the words "The Department concerned or, as the case may be,"; (e) in paragraph (6)(a), (b) and (c) the words "that Department or".
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14)	Sections 76 and 77.
Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)	Section 125.
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)	Sections 128 and 129.
Fees (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 1984 (S.R. (N.I.) 1984 No. 369)	In the Schedule, the entry relating to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1923.
Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51)	In Schedule 5, paragraph 4(36).
Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3))	Article 108.
Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53)	In Schedule 6, in paragraph 3 the words "and 7 (inquiries into railway accidents)".
Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22))	Article 69.
Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)	Section 179.
Children Act 1989 (c. 41)	Section 81.
National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)	In Schedule 9, paragraph 18(6).
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)	In Schedule 16, paragraph 21.
Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)	Section 57(9).
Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2))	Article 152. In Schedule 9, paragraph 80.
Police Act 1996 (c. 16)	Section 49.
Education Act 1996 (c. 56)	Section 507.
Police Act 1997 (c. 50)	Sections 34 and 79.
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32)	Section 44.
Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))	Article 58.
Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)	In Schedule 11, paragraph 9.
Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Adaptation of Functions etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1747)	In Schedule 18, paragraph 2(20).
Health Act 1999 (Supplementary and Consequential Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2795)	Article 2(2).
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)	In Schedule 9, paragraph 128. In Schedule 4, paragraph 14(17).
Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)	In Schedule 5, paragraph 21.
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23)	In section 18, the word "legal" in subsection (5) and the word "or" preceding paragraph (b) of subsection (7).
Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Adaptation of Functions etc.) (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3251)	In Schedule 2, paragraph 2(27) to (29).
Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38)	Section 17.
Railway Safety Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 8 (N.I.))	Section 7(1).
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)	In Schedule 4, paragraph 33.
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21)	Section 27.

Prepared 11 April 2005


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