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LBG - Suitable for Charitable and Other Purposes
Charge for services 38
Service items discount £ 0
Net cost of services 38
Warning
This service includes
- Ready to Trade Company limited by guarantee
- Companies House filing fee paid by us
- Emailed PDF of Certificate of Incorporation
- Emailed PDF of Memorandum & Articles of Association
- Emailed PDF of Share Certificate(s)
- Emailed PDF of Minutes of the first meeting of Directors
- Emailed PDF of Statutory Books
- Free Online Company Manager to Maintain your Companies
- Free Online & Telephone Support for the Life of your Company
- Web authentication code to update Companies House records
- Printed certificates of incorporation guarantor certificates/memorandum and articles of association
Optional Free Services
- 1 hour consultation with Accountants. Either face-to-face or by skype.
- Optional referral to a payroll bureau
- Optional referral to bookkeeping and accounting bureau
- Introduction to online accounting software with introductory benefits.
Optional extra
- Printed certificates
- Vat Registration
- Registered Office
- Business Telephone
Additional items available at checkout
You can add these items during the order process
Corporate Hijack Protection
Receive an email alert whenever a change is made to your company's details at Companies House.
Certificate of Good Standing with FREE Delivery to UK Address
Certificates of Good Standing are issued by Companies House and take approximately 5 days. Postage to an address in the UK is Free. You will be charged EXTRA for Delivery outside the UK
Confirmation Statement With Formation
You must file a confirmation statement at least once every 12 months. The due date is called the ‘confirmation date’, which falls on the anniversary of company formation or the ‘made up’ date of your last annual return.We will do that for you on time.
Pre-submission Review
Use this service to check your application. We will ensure that you don’t make any costly mistakes that will need to be rectified after your company has been created.
Official Post Forwarding Option
“Opt for our confidential service and have your official post forwarded to you free of any additional charges, instead of having it scanned. This service is only available for delivery to UK destinations. Fixed annual renewal fee of £9+vat per year”
Guaranteed Same Day Service
This service guarantees that your company will be formed on the day you place the order; providing the order is placed on a normal working day before 2.15 pm.
Commercial Mail Forwarded by Post
This service gives you the use of our Central London office as your main address for business correspondence. All the mail we receive will be sent to you using Royal Mail’s 1st Class service. In addition to the annual subscription, we will also charge you a handling fee of 17p per item of post and Royal Mail’s charges.
This service does not include the Registered Office Service, which you should buy separately.
The Annual Renewal fee for this service is £84+vat.
Commercial Mail Scanning Service
This service gives you the use of our Central London office as your main address for business correspondence. We will scan your mail and upload it to ShareFile (a file depository hosted by Citrix) so that you can access it wherever you are. After 1 month, your post will be securely destroyed unless you require a hard copy .Our scanning service is FREE but limited to 100 items per week. Hard copies of your mail can be forwarded to you for a charge of £3.50+vat+cost of the “signed for” post service.
This service does not include the Registered Office Service, which you should buy separately.
The Annual Renewal fee for this service is £54 +vat.
Company seal
A seal is a device for placing a raised image (embossing) on paper. It will show the company name and incorporation number. This is for UK customers only. Overseas customers will be charged postage or courier fees.
Apostille Service
This service generally takes 10 working days to come back from the FCO. Faster options are available please ask for details. The price is for a single document. Postage to an address in the UK is Free. You will be charged EXTRA for Delivery outside the UK
UK Post Box Service
Add our post box service to your order and we will accept all your post and hold it for you to collect. That includes letters, parcels and signed for items such as registered or recorded mail. Unlike the Royal Mail we are able to accept signed for items from ANY courier source. You may collect or have your mail collected on your behalf. A handling fee of 17p per item of post will also be charged.
Limited By Guarantee Company (LBG) -Charity
This service is suitable for small charitable organisations, charity start-ups and other not-for-profit organisations such as clubs, sports clubs, associations, schools, universities and voluntary organisations.
Please note: Our service will not give you a registered charity or Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). If you wish your LBG company to be a legally recognised charity you will also have to register your LBG with the Charity Commission after it is registered with Companies House.
LBGs with Charitable objects and provisions.
To be registered with the Charity Commission a company must have gross income in excess of £5000 per annum. However, if a company has a lower income but its objects are charitable and the Articles limit the use of funds and profits to charitable purposes, a company can still receive tax exemptions from HMRC.
This service offers Articles of Association, which you will have to edit. Correctly edited Articles will provide you with a charitable company (but not a registered charity) which will meet HMRCs requirements for tax exemption.
Do not include the word “charity” in your company name.
The Companies Act considers “Charity” to be a sensitive word. Unless you are registered with the Charities Commission, the word cannot be included in the name of your company. Incorporate your company first, and then register with the Charities Commission once you meet their criteria. Once you are a recognised charity, you can simply change the company name.
Charitable Objects
The Registrar will accept the promotion of any of the following:
- Commerce
- Art
- Science
- Education
- Religion
- Charity
- Any profession
Articles of Association for an LBG with Charitable objects
Our Articles of Association contain provisions which you will need to edit and are required by the Companies Acts and HMRC This will allow you to receive tax exemptions if your turnover remains below £5000 and allows you not to include the suffix “LTD” or “Limited” in your company name. if a company wishes to exclude “Limited” or “Ltd” from its name and to be considered.Those provisions are:
- A clause stating the charitable objects of the company
- A clause stating that its income will be applied to promoting its objects
- A clause prohibiting a distribution of profits to its members.
- A clause requiring all the assets that would otherwise be available to its members, to be transferred on its winding up to another body with objects similar to its own
IF YOU WISH YOUR COMPANY TO BE AN OFFICIAL CHARITY YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO REGISTER IT WITH THE CHARITY COMMISSION AFTER IT HAS BEEN REGISTERED WITH COMPANIES HOUSE.
Corporate Hijack Protection
Receive an email alert whenever a change is made to your company's details at Companies House.
Certificate of Good Standing with FREE delivery to UK Address
Certificates of Good Standing are issued by Companies House and take approximately 5 days. Postage to an address in the UK is Free. You will be charged EXTRA for Delivery outside the UK
PAYE Registration
If you intend to remunerate your employees and directors, you will need to operate a PAYE scheme. Save time by using our PAYE registration service. We are HMRC authorised.
Pre-submission Review
Use this service to check your application. We will ensure that you don’t make any costly mistakes that will need to be rectified after your company has been created.
Official Post Forwarding Option
“Opt for our confidential service and have your official post forwarded to you free of any additional charges, instead of having it scanned. This service is only available for delivery to UK destinations.”
Guaranteed Same Day Service
This service guarantees that your company will be formed on the day you place the order; providing the order is placed on a normal working day before 2.15 pm.
Commercial Mail Forwarded by Post
This service gives you the use of our Central London office as your main address for business correspondence. All the mail we receive will be sent to you using Royal Mail’s 1st Class service. In addition to the annual subscription, we will also charge you a handling fee of 17p per item of post and Royal Mail’s charges. The subscription includes £20 deposit to cover postage and our handling fees. When your deposit reduces to £5, you will be asked to top it up again.
This service does not include the Registered Office Service, which you should buy separately.
The Annual Renewal fee for this service is £72+vat.+deposit
Commercial Mail Scanning Service
This service gives you the use of our Central London office as your main address for business correspondence. We will scan your mail and upload it to ShareFile (a file depository hosted by Citrix) so that you can access it wherever you are. After 1 month, your post will be securely destroyed unless you require a hard copy .Our scanning service is FREE but limited to 100 items per week. Hard copies of your mail can be forwarded to you for a charge of £2.50+vat+cost of the “signed for” post service.
This service does not include the Registered Office Service, which you should buy separately.
The Annual Renewal fee for this service is £48 +vat.
Telephone Answering Services
Option 1 - Receive calls and take messages with Free 0207 number.The charge for each message will be £1.25+vat. A non-refundable deposit of £25+vat is required for this service. The annual fee is £145+vat.
Option 2 – Free 0207 number with call divert to UK telephone number and message taking. The annual fee is £145+vat. The charge for each message will be £1.25+vat and diverted calls will be charged at cost+15%. Requires a further deposit of £100 of which £25+vat is not refundable.
Option 3 - Free 0207 number with call divert to overseas telephone number and message taking. The annual fee is £145+vat. The charge for each message will be £1.25+vat and diverted calls will be charged at cost+15%. Requires a further deposit of £200 of which £25+vat is not refundable.
UK Post Box Service
Add our post box service to your order and we will accept all your post and hold it for you to collect. That includes letters, parcels and signed for items such as registered or recorded mail. Unlike the Royal Mail we are able to accept signed for items from ANY courier source. You may collect or have your mail collected on your behalf. A handling fee of 17p per item of post will also be charged.
Printed Certificates
Order a printed Certificate of Incorporation, Share Certificates and Memorandum and Articles of Association on formal stationery. The Certificate of Incorporation displays the Name of the Company, the Date it was formed and the Registration number; it also bears the official seal. The share certificates display the name of the shareholder, the number of shares held and the date they were acquired. Our service includes free delivery to any UK address.
VAT Registration
As HMRC agents, we can apply for your VAT registration on your behalf. VAT registration is ideal for Business to Business (B2B) trading models and for contractors wishing to take advantage of the FRS scheme. There is no minimum turnover requirement for voluntary registration
Warning: To be a director of a company or a partner in an LLP, you have to give Companies House your name, date of birth and residential address. Companies House will publish this information on their website, which is available for anyone to access. As a consequence your personal information will be available to complete strangers.
The risks are obvious:
- Identity theft: The amount of information that is available on social media and other websites about individuals makes it increasingly easy to steal their identity. Making a name, address and date of birth available on an open website makes it so much easier for fraudsters.
- Physical Risk: If your company operates a Business to Consumer (B2C) model, you can become the focus of a customer’s attention without being aware of the fact. Making your home address publicly available makes you vulnerable.
Director’s service address: Companies House will allow you to provide a service address, and that will be published instead of your personal address. If you do not have an office address that you can use as both Registered Office and Director’s Service address, you should consider using our Registered Office Service. The Director’s service address is provided free of charge.
Order Processing Time.
We cannot guarantee completion of your order in 3 hrs.
Unless you have asked for a pre-submission review, Your completed order will be submitted to Companies House as soon as you place it and they will take from 3- 24 working hours to process your it. The time taken by Companies House to process an order is completely outside our control.Companies House is open between 8.30am to 6 pm (Monday to Friday).
Same Day Service.
If you need your company formed on the day you place your order, we offer a same day service. We charge £23+vat to cover additional fees charged by Companies House. The guarantee is only effective if you place your order before 2.30 p.m. on a working day.
Business Telephone
Quarterly charge £10.00+call charges +vat
We will provide you with your own unique 020 London or regional telephone number. You can display this number on all your stationery and marketing media (such as websites and advertising) All calls will be diverted to your mobile or landline for you to answer
The business telephone number service costs £10.00plus VAT per quarter. Call forwarding will be charged at our supplier's standard rates with a 20% markup. Typically, we will charge just under 4 pence per minute to divert calls to a UK or European line. Please ask us for details for any particular location
Registered Office Service
The discounted reg office price is £36+vat
- Privacy; your address will not appear on the records at Companies House.
- Registered Office for one year; Your address will be Your Company Name, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX
- Free Directors, shareholders and secretary service address for one year.
- Free upload and secure storage of scanned official post (letters from HMRC, Companies House etc.)
- Free maintenance of Statutory Records.
Best Buy Because:
At £39+vat, our annual renewal fee is the lowest of any Central London address provider. Lowest because unlike our competitors we don't ever (not in the first year and not in subsequent years) charge for the following:
- Directors service addresses for one or more directors.
- Service addresses for one or more shareholders.
- Service address for the company secretary
- Scanning your post.
We are rated Excellent by our clients
Rated 4.8 out of 5 by our customers