Changing the Director Service Address using our Company Admin Portal

Posted on April 18, 2012 by matMSG

service address changeChanging the Service Address of your Limited Company directors using our Company Admin Portal is simple:

1. Login
2. Select “My Companies”
3. Click on your company name
4. Select “Edit” next to the director for whom you want to change the service address for
5. Select “Change” next to “Service Address” and enter the new address, click “save”

The service address change is then sent to Companies House where it’s normally accepted within 3 working hours.

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Our Limited Company Share Services

Posted on April 17, 2012 by matMSG

our share servicesWe offer four different services based around limited company shares:

• Transfer of Shares (£40)
• Share Certificates (£10)
• Issue of Shares (£50)
• Confirmation of Shareholding at Incorporation (£10)

For more information or to purchase any of these services, click here:

Limited Company Share Services

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Introducing “Anatomy of a page”

Posted on April 16, 2012 by matMSG

anatomy of a pageThe latest feature on Companies Made Simple to make life as simple as possible for our customers is our “Anatomy of a page” page.

The aim of the series is to break down everything that you see on your screen and explain it as clearly and concisely as possible.

The first page to get the “Anatomy of a page” treatment is the company admin page. To view this simply login, click on your company name and then click “HELP” or, click here:

Anatomy of a page

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Has Your Companies House WebFiling Authentication Code Changed?

Posted on April 13, 2012 by matMSG

If it has you can easily update it on our system. All you need to do is:

• Login at Companies Made Simple
• Select “My Companies”
• Click on the company who you wish to update the code for
• Select “Update Code” – enter the new code

Please note that this can’t be used to change the code, just to update it.

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The Annual Return: Not Financial!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by matMSG

We’re often asked if dormant companies still have to file annual returns. The answer is yes, they do! Annual Returns do not deal with the financial side of a limited company, therefore being dormant is irrelevant.

The only way being dormant could impact upon the return is if the company chose to use the dormant company SIC code (99999), other than that, it simply doesn’t matter if the company is trading or dormant.

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Showing a Share Transfer with our DIY Annual Return Service

Posted on April 11, 2012 by matMSG

annual returnOur DIY Annual Return Service allows you to show share transfers that have taken place during the year. To reflect a share change in the DIY Annual Return Service (having purchased the service) simply:

• Proceed with completing the return until you reach the “Shareholdings” section
• Click “edit” next to any shareholder who has lost shares, enter the amount of shares they now have
• Click “add new transfer” next to any shareholder who has lost shares, enter the amount of shares that were transferred away from them and the date this transfer took place
• If the shareholder receiving the transferred shares is already listed, click “edit” and enter the total amount of shares they now hold
• If the shareholder receiving the transferred shares is not already listed, click “add new shareholder” and enter the new shareholder information, including the amount of shares they hold.
• Click “Continue”
• Complete the annual return

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We are Sail Addressing. We are Sail Addressing.

Posted on April 10, 2012 by matMSG

The SAIL address (or the Single Alternative Inspection Location) is the address where registers and records are stored if they’re not kept at the registered office (it must be UK based). It is a completely optional address.

To let Companies House know if you have a SAIL address, or to notify them of a new SAIL address, simply complete and file this form.

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Resigning a Limited Company Director and Appointing Another

Posted on April 5, 2012 by matMSG

resigning a director with companies houseIf you are using our Online Admin Portal to resign an existing company director and to appoint a new one, it’s important that you go about this the correct way.

Once logged into you company’s admin page:

Don’t select “Edit” next to the director you wish to resign and then proceed to update the current information so that it reflects the new director.

Do select “Resign” next to the director you wish to resign, once pending with Companies House (this notification will show at the bottom of your company’s admin page) select “Appoint New Director” and enter the details of your new director.

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Forming a UK Limited Company: How It Works

Posted on April 4, 2012 by matMSG

forming a uk limited companyOur “How It Works” page details the four step process required to form a UK Limited Company with us. As our name would suggest, the company formation process is extremely simple, but, if more help is required the page breaks the formation process up into four easy steps:

1. Search
2. Select
3. Buy
4. Complete

Take a look at the page now: How It Works

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Your Company Needs to file Accounts, even if it’s Dormant!

Posted on April 3, 2012 by matMSG

If your UK Limited Company has never traded, you still have to file a version of company accounts called dormant company accounts. If your company falls into this category we do offer a dormant company accounts service whereby we’ll file the accounts on your behalf.

To do this all we require (once purchase has been made) is your company’s WebFiling Authentication Code and to know if the shares in the company are paid or unpaid.

For more information or to purchase our Dormant Company Accounts service click here:

Dormant Company Accounts

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