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About Tom Richardson

Tom Richardson

About Tom Richardson

Tom is our resident company formation expert. He has been writing about small businesses and how to set them up for 14 years and counting. With two degrees in business management, you can trust Tom's expert advice. Find his published articles here on all things company formation. When he's not writing you can find Tom training for a marathon, he also enjoys a good beer in a pub, films and football, though not necessarily in that order.

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  • July 24, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    We’ve teamed up with Rockstar Mentoring Group…

    We’re delighted to announce that we have partnered with Rockstar Mentoring Group to give our customers exclusive access to a video presentation: Discover The Fastest Method For Adding More Value To Your Business And Increasing Your Profits In the presentation Rockstar’s Managing Director, Jonathan Pfahl, uncovers: • The One Thing You Should Always Be Focussing […]

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  • August 2, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    5 frightful mistakes made when forming and running a limited company

    Halloween is the perfect time to cast a wary eye over some of the common mistakes made when forming and running a limited company. Be warned, what follows is not for the faint of heart… Hellish spelling of the company name Whilst our system can check if a company name is available with Companies House […]

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  • August 7, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    Real Business Case Study: Michelle Carvill

    Welcome Every edition of the Real Business Case Study is special but today’s is extra-special. Why’s that? Because today we’re chatting with Michelle Carvill, founder of our new social media partners, Carvill Creative. Formed in 2002, Carvill Creative specialise in creating effective and integrated online visibility for businesses across websites, blogs and social media platforms. […]

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  • March 19, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    How do I form a Dormant Company?

    First, let’s look at the Companies House definition of a dormant company: “A company is dormant if it has had no ‘significant accounting transactions’ during the accounting period. 

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  • August 2, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    Post Company Formation: How can I find my Incorporation Documents?

    Locating your incorporation documents (the certificate of incorporation, memorandum of association and articles of association) once your company has been formed is simple.

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  • August 7, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    How to set up a Holdings Company

    A holdings company is one that owns shares in another company (for a full definition see Companies House); this other company is a subsidiary of the holdings company. In order to form a UK limited company with the name holding or holdings, the new company needs to own a majority (more than half) of the […]

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  • August 7, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    Real Business Case Study: Jasper Martens

    Welcome to our latest Real Business Case Study. Today’s edition has a marketing spin with us chatting to Jasper Martens – Head of marketing and communications at Simply Business. Simply Business is the UK’s biggest insurance broker, insuring over 250,000 businesses, a large portion of which are small businesses or start-ups. Can you tell us […]

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  • July 16, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    What's the difference between Annual Returns & Annual Accounts?

    For years now we’ve been banging on about the difference Annual Returns and Annual Accounts – well now we’ve made a video about it! Here’s Laura with the explanation: See here for more information on: Our Annual Return Services Our Dormant Company Accounts Service Please let us know what you think of the video via […]

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  • August 20, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    Got your own Limited Company? Manage it from our portal for free.

    Storing a company on our admin portal means that you can carry out multiple company filing tasks. For example, you can: • Appoint, resign or edit directors • Update the registered office address • Change the accounting reference date • Add shares to the company (known as a ‘return of allotment of shares’) • Keep […]

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  • July 29, 2024 by Tom Richardson

    I Want To Change My Shareholder

    Unfortunately changing a shareholder in a UK limited company is not as simple as changing a company director. This is because shares are involved. Here’s what you need to do to change a shareholder...

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