This is our most popular package with UK residents, and includes:
The registration of your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;
The standard capital on formation is £1,000, this is divided into 1,000 ordinary shares valued at £1.00 each (it is not required to have all of the shares issued, but a minimum of one share must be issued);
The formation of a limited company 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);
Share certificates and a company register.
Economy Package
Annual Maintenance Fee £50.00
£ 82.00
This is our most popular package with EU residents, and includes:
The registration your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;
The standard capital on formation is £1,000, this is divided into 1,000 ordinary shares valued at £1.00 each (it is not required to have all of the shares issued, but a minimum of one share must be issued);
The formation of a limited company 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);
Share certificates and a company register.
Premier Package
Annual Maintenance Fee £99.95
£ 131.95
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 from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, and shareholder;
The standard capital on formation is £1,000, this is divided into 1,000 ordinary shares valued at £1.00 each (it is not required to have all of the shares issued, but a minimum of one share must be issued);
The formation of a limited company 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;
Share certificates, and your company register.
Deluxe Package
Annual Maintenance Fee £379.95
£ 256.95
The Deluxe business start-up package is our most popular package with international customers, and includes:
Incorporation of your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, our nominee director and nominee secretary, we will appoint your own candidate(s) to the role of shareholder;
The standard capital on formation is £1,000, this is divided into 1,000 ordinary shares valued at £1.00 each (it is not required to have all of the shares issued, but a minimum of one share must be issued);
The formation of a limited company 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;
Share certificates, and your company register;
The general power of attorney signed by a nominee director;
Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from a nominee director;
The agreement for the provision of nominee service and indemnification of nominee.
Name Protection
Annual Maintenance Fee £60.00
£ 22.00
This package allows you to register a company name with Companies House and thus prevent this name being used to form a company by anyone else, and includes:
The registration of a non-trading limited company with your choice of name;
The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;
As are the first year's fees for a registered office address, a nominee shareholder, and a nominee director.
Management of the company: Coddan will file the annual return and dormant company accounts on your behalf for an annual fee of £60.00.
If you do not wish to renew the management option at the end of term, the company will be dissolved. If you allow your registration to expire, or do not notify Coddan of your intention to renew your protection period, you will no longer have exclusive rights to this company name.
Business Start-Up: Legal Requirements
A private company limited by shares in England and Wales must have at least one director, one shareholder, 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 shareholders.
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 2006, there is no restriction on any or all of the members/shareholders 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.
Other packages:
Simple One Star Company Formation Package
No Annual Charges
£19.99
This package has been created just for UK-residents over the age of 18 years old.
This is the simpliest and fastest process with full electronic documentation to get you started and bank account with Barclays or HSBC.
We will register your limited company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and a shareholder. Upon formation, these details will be recorded as the original details of your private company. The government and filing fees are included in the cost of our packages.
It will take just couple of minutes to complete the online incorporation form, then your business entity could be up and running within four-six working hours.
The following documents will be sent directly to you via e-mail immediately following the formation of your limited company:
An electronic certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);
Electronic memorandum & articles of association (requires MS Word file reader);
This package includes a free fast-track business banking account with HSBC or Barclays.
Simple Two Stars Company Formation Package
No Annual Charges
£48.00
This package has been created just for UK-residents over the age of 18 years old.
We will incorporate your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder. Upon formation, these details will be recorded as the original details of your company. The government and filing fees are included in the cost of our packages.
The following documents will be sent directly to you via e-mail immediately following the formation of your company:
An electronic certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);
An electronic memorandum & articles of association (requires MS Word file reader);
The first meeting of the board of directors (requires MS Word file reader);
The share certificates, and a company register (requires MS Word file reader).
The following documents will be posted to you upon formation of your company:
Printed certificate of incorporation;
The share certificate printed on a special blank;
Two printed hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association.
This package includes a free fast-track business bank account with HSBC or Barclays.
All corporate docments will be sent by 1st class post on the next day of a company formation.
Simple Three Stars Company Formation Package
No Annual Charges
£78.00
This package has been created just for UK-residents over the age of 18 years old.
We will incorporate your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder. Upon formation, these details will be recorded as the original details of your company. The government and filing fees are included in the cost of our packages.
The following documents will be sent directly to you via e-mail immediately following the formation of your company:
An electronic certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);
An electronic memorandum & articles of association (requires MS Word file reader);
The first meeting of the board of directors (requires MS Word file reader);
The share certificate, and a company register.
The following documents will be posted to you upon formation of your company:
Two printed certificate of incorporation;
The share certificate printed on a special blank;
Two printed hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association.
The first meeting of the board of directors;
This package includes a free fast-track business bank account with HSBC or Barclays.
All corporate docments will be sent by 1st class post on the next day of a company formation.
Simple Four Stars Company Formation Package
No Annual Charges
£93.99
This package has been created just for UK-residents over the age of 18 years old.
We will incorporate your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder. Upon formation, these details will be recorded as the original details of your company. The government and filing fees are included in the cost of our packages.
The following documents will be sent directly to you via e-mail immediately following the formation of your company:
An electronic certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);
An electronic memorandum & articles of association (requires MS Word file reader);
The first meeting of the board of directors (requires MS Word file reader);
The share certificate, and a company register.
The following documents will be posted to you upon formation of your company:
Two printed ad laminated certificate of incorporation;
The share certificate printed on a special blank;
Two printed hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association.
The first meeting of the board of directors;
A rubber stamp with the details of your company;
This package includes a free fast-track business bank account with HSBC or Barclays.
All corporate docments and a rubber stamp will be sent by 1st class post on the next day of a company formation.
Other packages:
DEAR VISITORS, If you want to become familiar with the description and the contents of company formation packages, offered by our company and to find above, what kind of service is included in this or that formation package, to get an idea about the price of annual renewal of the service, and about the general legal requirements to the company incorporation within foreign countries, please, select the package you need from the list, situated below the banner. The information in the banner will be renewed according to the package you've chosen.
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Share Options - Enterprise Management Incentives
The Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) share scheme is intended to assist smaller high risk companies, especially those operating in the IT sector, by enabling them to grant tax efficient share options as a means to incentivise high calibre employees. Until now, companies wishing to use share options as a means to recruit and retain employees without offering high salaries have either had to suffer the consequences of potentially high taxes or alternatively set up cumbersome and restrictive approved share option schemes.
The new EMI scheme is intended to be considerably more tax efficient and flexible than the existing arrangements for share option schemes. For example: the EMI scheme requires no formal share option scheme - options are granted by a single written agreement with the relevant employee. There is no minimum exercise price (although if options are granted at a discount, there will be a tax liability on the discount). Options may vest immediately and may remain exercisable for up to 10 years. Options must be over fully paid up ordinary shares although the shares may have limited or no voting rights and may be subject to other restrictions.
There are a number of formalities - although there is no limit on the number of employees who may hold EMI options the value of options per employee is currently limited to £100,000. In addition there is an overall maximum limit of £3 million worth of shares over which EMI Options may be granted by any company. The company must agree the value of the shares with the Inland Revenue unless the shares are listed on a recognised investment exchange. In addition, the company must have gross assets of no more than £15,000,000. Options may not be granted over shares in a subsidiary company.
Full time employees may be granted EMI options. In addition, part timers will also qualify if they commit 75% or more of their working time to the business of the company. Consultants, non-executive directors and contractors will not qualify for EMI options.
EMI options may not be granted to any person who, together with their relatives and associates, holds more than 30% of the shares in the company.
Certain companies will not qualify for EMI options if their activities are designated as excluded activities. Examples of excluded activities include the following: dealing in land, commodities or futures etc. Dealing in goods otherwise than in the course of an ordinary trade of wholesale or retail distribution. Banking and related activities. Leasing or receiving royalties or licence fees. Legal or accounting services. Property development. Farming and woodlands. Hotel, nursing and care home management.
Companies can apply for advance assurances that they qualify for EMI.
If the option qualifies as an EMI option, the company must notify the Inland Revenue within 92 days of granting the options. The notice must be accompanied by the relevant form. The Inland Revenue has 12 months after it receives a notice to disqualify an option for EMI tax treatment.
Overview of Tax Advantages. Income Tax
No income tax or national insurance is payable on the grant of EMI options. In addition, provided that the exercise price is not less than the market value of the shares at the date of grant, no income tax or national insurance will be payable on exercise. If the EMI option is granted at a discount, income tax is payable on the amount of the discount.
Capital Gains Tax
Capital gains tax is payable on any EMI shares at the time of their disposal. However EMI shares receive preferential treatment for capital gains tax purposes. They are treated as “business assets” for the purposes of capital gains tax taper relief and they are considered as being acquired at the date of grant. Therefore provided that the shares are sold at any time five years after the date of grant, capital gains tax will normally be taxed at the rate of 10% rather than 40%. The new EMI regime should be of great benefit to small companies wishing to incentivise their key employees by way of tax efficient options. The tax benefits will operate to the advantage of both the company and the option holder.
1. Company subscribers may be residents outside the UK.
2. You must appoint a minimum of 1 Director.
3. Directors can be corporate bodies or private individuals.
4. A Director can be of any nationality.
5. All companies must appoint a company Secretary.
6. A Secretary can be of any nationality.
7. If there is only ONE Director he or she CANNOT also be the Secretary.
8. There is no maximum and no minimum share capital.
9. There is no minimum share capital, no paid-in capital requirement.
10. The company is required to have a registered office in the UK.
The registration of your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;
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