Formation and company correspondence, arranged together

An organisation has agreed its purpose and initial participants but has no suitable company registered office it wants to use. It can suit a new association, club or community organisation that wants this correspondence channel in place with incorporation.

Illustration: A membership association wants its official company correspondence received through Coddan rather than at a committee member’s address. Its officers already have suitable individual service addresses. AddressPro addresses the company-office requirement without adding an individual address or a continuing secretarial service.

Your company has an EC3 registered office and a route to access covered scanned correspondence; the package does not include an individual service address or continuing secretarial support.

CLG AddressPro™: the essentials

The service: Set up an ordinary non-charitable company limited by guarantee in England and Wales with Coddan’s London EC3 registered office for twelve months from incorporation. We prepare suitable documents, review your information and submit the application you approve; covered company post is scanned and uploaded to your Dedicated Manager Portal.

Have ready: proposed name, purposes, directors, initial guarantor-members, guarantees, relevant control information and remaining addresses. Identify the organiser, who can approve and the contact arrangements. A CLG has guarantor-members rather than shareholders; ordinary incorporation does not itself create charitable status.

Coddan’s work: clarify details, prepare suitable articles and the prescribed memorandum, review the application, obtain the necessary approval and submit the agreed application electronically. Digital copies of the certificate, memorandum and articles follow successful registration.

Base price: £159.99 + VAT; recorded UK-resident base example £171.99. Checks and selected extras are separate. UK-resident forms add VAT on Coddan’s fee; non-UK-resident forms do not add VAT.

Completion and continuing services: Companies House registers the company. Keep the incorporation documents, use the agreed address and correspondence arrangements and act on relevant company information. Address and support service periods are twelve months; the company and its documents do not expire with an address-service period.

What CLG AddressPro™ includes

Only services listed in the selected package’s “What’s included” schedule are included. Availability of a related service does not make it part of this package. Coddan prepares and reviews the accepted work; the organiser supplies accurate information, obtains participant decisions and coordinates the necessary approval.

Your base price, service periods and renewal charges

£159.99 + VAT — £171.99 UK-resident base total payable

In this arrangement VAT is not calculated on the £100 official fee. Checks required for the instruction, extra people’s address services and selected additional work have their own charges. Review the selected-order charges before payment; additional work and charges are agreed before that work proceeds. Discuss the arrangements for any other selected service before proceeding.

Address and continuing-support fees cover twelve months. Coddan’s stated fee policy is non-refundable, subject to applicable statutory rights. Clients may change an address at any time; contact Coddan about the details and any work you want us to undertake. A written agreement or schedule identifying accepted work, periods and charges is available.

Paid per-person checks, physical forwarding, printed or authenticated documents, further drafting, same-day incorporation and paid priority handling are separate. Future filings, accounts, tax work, membership certificates, minutes and prepared registers are not automatically included.

Continuing company-secretarial support is separately arranged. Normal personal-manager assistance with the formation is included; it is a different service from paid priority handling and ongoing support.

Use the existing form for company details and selected services. The headline and UK-resident example above describe the base package; extra work changes the selected-order charges.

Company office and individual address: know the coverage

Companies House explains the registered-office requirements.

An appointed officer may separately select the standard £15 service-address option for twelve months. UK-resident order forms add VAT; non-UK-resident forms do not add VAT. If you need the first appointed officer’s London service address included with formation, compare ProtectPro.

Tell Coddan which post and address services you require before ordering. The company’s registered office, an officer’s individual service address and a SAIL arrangement are separate requirements. AddressPro does not automatically include the latter two.

If you choose another registered office in England and Wales, the director service address remains at Coddan’s official London office address; it does not automatically move with the company’s registered office. Alternative director service addresses cost £45–£90 per year depending on location and are arranged with Coddan in advance. These location choices are handled through an enquiry rather than extra online-form selectors.

For another registered-office location, ask Coddan to confirm the location, accepted correspondence coverage, charges and renewal arrangements before choosing it. Tell your manager which company and individual addresses you want; the two address choices should be considered separately.

Prepare the organisation and suitable formation documents

Explain what the organisation will do, who its legal members will be, who will direct it and how decisions should be made. Supply the proposed name, guarantees, addresses, relevant control information and any existing rules. Founders retain their decisions; Coddan helps turn the agreed information into suitable formation documents.

Use suitable established Coddan articles, provide purposes for inclusion in a suitable version, bring adviser-prepared articles or discuss particular membership and governance requirements. Further customisation or drafting is separately agreed. Tell Coddan about prepared articles so the handling, accepted work and charges can be confirmed before proceeding.

The online form accommodates up to five directors and five guarantor-members without an additional appointment charge in the recorded service. Individual or corporate guarantor-members can be considered where applicable. Mention other arrangements before ordering; form capacity is not a promise that every structure or instruction is eligible.

For fuller organisational instructions, see the detailed formation-instructions route on the main CLG entrance. Suitable straightforward instructions can still start online. Incorporation does not itself transfer an existing association’s activities, contracts, funds or assets.

From your instructions to documents and address services

1. Your organiser gives instructions. Identify the customer, payer and person authorised to coordinate details and approve the work. Supply company purposes and accurate participant information; individuals complete their own required personal checks.

2. Agree the company and address arrangements. Confirm the EC3 registered office and the company-correspondence service. Identify any individual address services you want to select separately.

3. Coddan prepares and reviews. We clarify gaps, prepare suitable articles and memorandum, review the application and obtain the necessary approval. Required checks and outstanding approvals are completed before submission.

4. Coddan submits the ready application. Our team handles the agreed electronic submission through Companies House-integrated software. Companies House decides whether to register the company and may ask a question before doing so.

5. Receive documents and use the agreed services. After registration, retain the included digital certificate, memorandum and articles. Use the agreed covered-correspondence and portal arrangements, and establish the company’s initial administration. Ask about separately instructed later work when needed.

Allow time to gather information, prepare suitable documents, complete required checks and approve the application. These stages are separate from the few-hours-after-submission experience described above. An incomplete order or outstanding check is not a ready incorporation application.

Need a particular date? Tell Coddan before ordering so readiness and the available service can be discussed. Same-day incorporation and paid priority handling are separate selected options with their scope and itemised charge confirmed before proceeding; standard incorporation is included.

Electronic formation and covered correspondence, with human help

Companies House verification and Coddan customer checks

The official verification route is free.

For Coddan’s supported Companies House service, the individual completes the requested Credas checks. Coddan reviews the evidence, seeks clarification where needed and submits ACSP confirmation when satisfied. Companies House issues the individual’s Personal Code; the applicable director and PSC submissions remain separate tasks.

The organiser, payer and individual undergoing checks may be different people. Paying or coordinating does not authorise someone to complete another person’s checks or receive their confidential information. Identity evidence and confidential codes follow the appropriate agreed process, not an initial enquiry email.

Documents, company records and later work

Arrange the company’s administration.

Discuss the company-secretarial and annual services your CLG needs. You can arrange suitable work as the company’s needs arise, without buying every continuing service at formation.

If Companies House raises a question or supplied information needs correction, contact your manager to establish the application’s status and the next step. Any additional drafting or corrective work is agreed for the actual requirement. If an address changes, contact Coddan about the details and any work you want undertaken.

Choose the combination that fits your organisation

Compare all four CLG packages. The incorporation work is the same underlying professional formation service. A larger package supplies additional address or support services; it does not create a more compliant company or automatically include bespoke drafting.

If the organisation needs charitable status, a different jurisdiction or particular governance arrangements, discuss the organisation and its options before an ordinary formation order. An existing CLG should request its actual outstanding task rather than purchase another incorporation.

You can also use the official incorporation route directly where eligible. The official online CLG route accepts individual guarantors and applications not seeking exemption from “Limited”, with supporting articles upload. You prepare and submit the application yourself; this package purchases Coddan’s work and its stated address services.

CLG AddressPro™: questions before ordering

Ready to start your CLG AddressPro™ formation?

✓ Suitable preparation · ✓ Application review · ✓ Digital documents · ✓ EC3 office and company post

Your company has an EC3 registered office and a route to access covered scanned correspondence; the package does not include an individual service address or continuing secretarial support.

Give Coddan the company details and relevant service choices. Your personal manager helps with information, approvals and next steps. An initial enquiry creates no obligation to order; identity evidence and confidential codes follow the appropriate agreed process.