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

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

The standard membership contribution on formation is £10.00;

The formation of a company limited by guarantee 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);

Membership certificates and a company register.

	E-Quick Package		£ 42.00 No Annual Fees!

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

The registration your company limited by guarantee from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and members;

The standard membership contribution on formation is £10.00;

The formation of a company limited by guarantee 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 also included in the price of this package (our registered office address service is charged annually);

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);

Membership certificates and a company register.

	Economy Package		£ 92.00 Annual Maintenance Fee £50.00

This is another one very popular package for small and medium size businesses, such as those being run by a sole director from home, and for companies owned by overseas residents who still need a local registered office address but would rather not open local offices;

This package is often chosen by such customers, who are looking to minimise a sole director personal liability (and who are not quite familiar with the new UK corporate legislation), because this package includes a provision of a nominee secretary for 12 months. This package is also includes:

The registration your company limited by guarantee from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, and members;

The standard membership contribution on formation is £10.00;

The formation of a company limited by guarantee 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 also included in the price of this package (our nominee secretary service is charged annually);

The following hard bound copy 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;

Membership certificates, and your company register.

	Premier Package		£ 141.95 Annual Maintenance Fee £99.95

The Deluxe business start-up package is our most popular package with international customers, and includes:

Incorporation of your company limited by guarantee from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, our nominee director and nominee secretary, we will appoint your own candidates to the role of members;

The standard membership contribution on formation is £10.00;

The formation of a limited company by guarantee 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;

Membership certificates, and your company register;

The general power of attorney signed by nominee director;

Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from nominee director;

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

	Deluxe Package		£ 266.95 Annual Maintenance Fee £224.95

A private company limited by guarantee in England and Wales must have at least one director, one member, 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 members.

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, there is no restriction on any or all of the members 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.

A guarantee company can hold property, and can borrow money in its own name.

			Business Start-Up: Legal Requirements