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Registering Your Company Name: Spot the Difference
It’s always a disappointment if your application for a limited company is rejected by Companies House. You rack your brains as to what could possibly have gone wrong.
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Limited Company Name- Restricted Word: International
Last Updated: 20/08/2014 When choosing a name for your limited company it’s important you are aware of the Companies House “Restricted Words” list. In order to form a company with any of these words, certain criteria must be met; the criteria differ depending on the word.
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How to change your Limited Company’s Name
Not only is our Company Name Change service extremely simple, it is also extremely quick with company names often changed within 3 working hours.
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Can I use a PO Box for my Limited Company’s Registered Office?
You may want to keep your address off the Companies House public register, but you do need to provide Companies House with an address. Can you use a PO box instead?
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Changing the Accounting Reference Date: It’s not ARD!
In fact it’s very simple! To change your accounting reference date (ARD) via our online admin portal...
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Can I be the sole Director, Secretary and Shareholder of a Limited Company?
Yes you can. You can form a limited company with just one person acting as a director, secretary and shareholder.
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The Company Number: With or without a zero?
When Companies House produce the Certificate of Incorporation, the company number does not start with a zero. However, when you search the Companies House WebCheck, it does start with a zero. So which is correct? Both. They are the same thing; you are free to write it with or without the zero.
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Backdate your Limited Company Appointments & Resignations
Our online admin portal now allows you to backdate all future Director and Secretary appointments and resignations. When appointing complete the “Appointment Date” field, (if left blank the current date will be used), when resigning enter the “Resignation Date” field. Simple!
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What does Limited actually mean?
On Friday we posted a piece entitled “Limited and Ltd: What suffix to use?” What the post didn’t touch on was what the term “Limited” actually means (in a company sense). So what better time than now to explore the definition? Here goes. In a limited company the liability of the shareholders is, you guessed […]
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The Company Status: I’m Dormant but Companies House say I’m Active
Once a company has been formed the Companies House webcheck will give the company an “Active” status. This is nothing to do with the company’s trading status. It is simply to do with the company’s current “life” status. “Active” means that the company is formed – whether it is trading or not is not taken […]