{"id":117,"date":"2015-03-20T06:08:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T06:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stchoice-formations.co.uk\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2022-08-04T05:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T05:05:41","slug":"change-of-rules-for-naming-llps-and-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stchoice-formations.co.uk\/blog\/change-of-rules-for-naming-llps-and-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Change of rules for naming LLPs and Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government\u2019s push to reduce red tape for business has resulted in some minor changes to the business names rules.<\/p>\n<h2>Rules relating to Business Names that include sensitive words and expressions:<\/h2>\n<p>There is a list of words or expressions, which you cannot include in the name of a <a title=\"Limited Liability Partnership (LLPs)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stchoice-formations.co.uk\/uk-limited-liability-partnership-formation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Limited Liability Partnership<\/a> or Company without the permission of the Secretary of State or other relevant organisations. That list has been reduced by 26 words. The most significant of which are;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"disc\">\n<li>European<\/li>\n<li>Group<\/li>\n<li>Holding<\/li>\n<li>International<\/li>\n<li>National<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This relaxation of the rules will suit many business owners. The remaining list of sensitive words can be found on the <a title=\"Company registration and filing \u2013 guidance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/incorporation-and-names#appA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sensitive words list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Changes to the Rules relating to Business Names and Trading Disclosures:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"dsd\">\n<ul class=\"number\">\n<li><strong>Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships can now include some characters in their name: <\/strong>Until now business names could only be made up from letters from the Roman alphabet and a limited number of characters. Now business names will be allowed to contain a specified range of accents and symbols. The purpose of this change is to help businesses make their names similar to their trademarks or brand names.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Business names that are the same:<\/strong> If two or more Companies have similar names, there is a possibility that third parties will confuse the company with which they have dealings. To avoid confusion, Companies House will not register Companies with names that are the same as the names of other companies already on the Register. To enforce this rule, Companies House will disregard words that might be used to disguise the similarity of names. So, as an example, Companies House will not register \u201cToad Motor Manufacturers Limited\u201d if \u201cToad Motors Limited\u201d is already on the register. However, the following list of words will now be disregarded in this assessment:\n<ul class=\"disc\">\n<li>Exports<\/li>\n<li>Group<\/li>\n<li>Holdings<\/li>\n<li>Imports<\/li>\n<li>International<\/li>\n<li>Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So from now on, \u201cToad Motor Exports Limited\u201d will be accepted even if \u201cToad Motors Limited\u201d is already registered. The purpose of this change of rule is to allow groups of companies some flexibility in their group structure and brand building.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Changes to the rules relating to trading disclosure.<\/strong><br \/>\nUntil these changes, Companies had to display their names at the entrance to their registered offices. This rule created problems when there were many companies registered at 1 particular site as for instance in a large conglomerate of companies or a Registered Office Supplier. The new rules state that where there are more than 6 companies registered at one location, it is sufficient to have a register of names available for inspection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government\u2019s push to reduce red tape for business has resulted in some minor changes to the business names rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-name"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Change of rules for naming LLPs and Companies - 1stchoice Formations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stchoice-formations.co.uk\/blog\/change-of-rules-for-naming-llps-and-companies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Change of rules for naming LLPs and Companies - 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