Is this online formation application right for your CLG?

This application is for forming a new CLG. Tell us the organisation’s actual purposes and arrangements so that the documents reflect the instruction you approve. Objects state the company’s purposes where specified; articles are its governing rules. Non-distribution and asset restrictions are separate provisions to agree where appropriate to the intended structure. A CLG is not automatically a charity, asset-locked or subject to one universal set of non-distribution provisions.

Charitable, right-to-manage or other specialist requirements need suitable articles and the appropriate service scope. Incorporation at Companies House and charity registration are separate processes. Ask before ordering if you are uncertain which route fits, or if you need work for an existing company.

For package selection rather than application guidance, compare CLG formation packages. For the underlying basic offer, read what CLGEssential includes.

Choose the jurisdiction and registered-office address

Use the “Select business registered office address” section to choose:

• The same address entered in the applicant section, if it is suitable for the company.
• A different registered office: enter its full address in the fields provided.
• A Coddan registered office: choose a location in the appropriate jurisdiction. Available locations are England and Wales: Aldershot, London EC3, London W1W, Canary Wharf E14 and Manchester; Scotland: Edinburgh; Northern Ireland: Belfast. The selected address is an additional service with its own displayed charge.

Registered office, individual service address and SAIL

The registered office receives official company communications. An individual’s service address is an address for communications to that person in their company role. A SAIL is a separately arranged location for keeping specified company records available for inspection; it is not a substitute for the registered office. Do not assume selecting one address service includes the others.

Choosing a Coddan registered office does not automatically provide a service address for every participant. Review the separate choices and charges in the application. For detailed SAIL information, read the CLG registered-office and SAIL guidance.

Your registered-office choice becomes part of the incorporation record

Choose the address for your proposed CLG before the agreed incorporation application is submitted. This application lets you supply a suitable office or select a separately charged Coddan location in the intended UK incorporation jurisdiction.

✓ Personal-manager help with your formation choices | ✓ Suitable documents and agreed application preparation | ✓ Professional review and your approval before submission | ✓ Digital company documents after successful incorporation

Tell us who will be involved and how your CLG will work

Supply the requested participant and control information accurately. For a corporate guarantor-member, use the corporate-body option in the second or a later candidate entry and provide its legal name, legal form, registration details, governing law and address, together with the requested authorised-representative details. The body is the participant; giving its representative’s details does not itself appoint that individual to a company role or authorise them to approve every participant’s instruction. Ask your manager to clarify a corporate role or arrangement that does not fit the choices.

If there is a third or later person with significant control, provide the further details in “Add your further comments or instructions”. Use that section to explain arrangements that do not fit the visible choices, so Coddan can clarify the information and next steps. Do not assume that additional participants or work beyond the stated package scope are included without agreement.

Explain what the company will do

Describe the proposed purposes and activities in the objectives field. You can use Coddan’s standard articles, request particular objects within the supported formation service, or supply existing articles for the agreed review and incorporation-submission route. Customer-provided purposes can be included in suitable Coddan articles; this does not mean every requested clause or specialist drafting is included. You decide the governing arrangements; Coddan clarifies the instructions, prepares the agreed documents and reviews the application for approval. Additional drafting or review beyond the accepted scope and its charge are separately agreed.

Identify who instructs and approves

The organiser, person paying, proposed participants and person authorised to approve may be different people. Make those roles clear. Payment alone does not establish authority to make another person a director or member, approve documents for them or provide consent on their behalf.

Your guarantors and guarantee amount in the CLG application

The online instruction brings the proposed membership and guarantee into the same formation task as the company details and governing documents. You decide the arrangements; Coddan prepares and reviews the agreed application.

✓ Personal-manager help with your formation choices | ✓ Suitable documents and agreed application preparation | ✓ Professional review and your approval before submission | ✓ Digital company documents after successful incorporation

How Coddan prepares your CLG application with you

• Tell us what you want to establish. Your personal manager helps clarify the company details, proposed roles, purposes and services you need.
• We prepare the agreed application and suitable formation documents from your instructions, bringing the company details and governing arrangements together.
• We review the prepared application and raise outstanding questions with you, so you can consider the work before giving the necessary approval.
• You and the relevant participants confirm the facts, appointments, consents and documents you are responsible for approving. Your manager helps clarify what is needed; the decisions remain with the appropriate people.
• Once the required information, checks and approvals are ready, we submit the agreed incorporation application electronically to Companies House. Companies House makes the incorporation decision.

You can read Companies House’s incorporation guidance for the official requirements and available filing routes.

A supported online route from company instructions to electronic filing

A straightforward online start works best when the proposed company information is ready and a person can help resolve the questions. Coddan’s preparation and review connect your choices to the agreed incorporation application.

✓ Personal-manager help with your formation choices | ✓ Suitable documents and agreed application preparation | ✓ Professional review and your approval before submission | ✓ Digital company documents after successful incorporation

Complete the applicable checks and approvals

Tell Coddan about relevant existing Companies House verification. Where you already have your Companies House Personal Code, the £30 per-person formation-client check charge covers Coddan’s KYC check. Where you do not have a code, the same £30 covers KYC and the relevant Companies House identity-verification assistance. These are not two separate £30 charges. Applicable VAT is additional under the order-form treatment explained below.

Companies House also provides a free identity-verification route through GOV.UK One Login. Accepted existing verification does not remove Coddan’s separate customer-check obligations. Your manager will clarify the applicable information and next steps; follow the agreed secure instructions for supplying confidential evidence or codes, rather than putting them in general comments or an initial enquiry email.

In its registered ACSP role, Coddan can provide the relevant Companies House identity-verification assistance. That role does not give an application priority at Companies House or guarantee incorporation.

Your CLG formation price and the services you choose

VAT on the relevant order form

On Coddan’s UK-resident online order form, applicable VAT is calculated on the purchase amount after deducting government fees. Coddan does not add VAT on its non-UK-resident online order form under the confirmed treatment for these orders. This does not change which incorporation jurisdiction or registered-office location is appropriate.

Address periods and later charges

Formation is a one-off service. A selected registered-office service is provided for 12 months; its address charge is separate from the formation fee. Check the selected service’s price and agreed renewal terms. The formation fee is not an annual registered-office renewal, and ongoing records, accounting, tax or secretarial work is included only where expressly listed in the service you select or separately agree.

Request extras through the comments section

If you need additional services, explain the request in “Add your further comments or instructions”. Coddan will email the relevant offers so you can choose the work you want. Agreed extras can be paid through PayPal or by debit or credit card through Stripe. Requesting an extra does not make it part of the formation base price.

Printed or authenticated document sets, prepared membership certificates, minutes, registers and continuing maintenance are not included in the basic digital formation offer unless expressly selected or agreed. Ask your manager about the work and charge before proceeding.

✓ Clear base-price breakdown | ✓ Selected services identified separately | ✓ Personal-manager help | ✓ Additional work and charges agreed first

From entering your details to receiving company documents

1. Enter the ready instructions. For straightforward arrangements, allow about 5–10 minutes when the information is to hand. Gathering facts, agreeing the governing arrangements or obtaining documents can take longer.
2. Complete clarification, checks and approval. Coddan prepares and reviews the agreed material; you and the relevant participants supply outstanding information and give the necessary consents and approvals. Some of this work can overlap.
3. Coddan submits the ready application. The agreed electronic filing includes the £100 official incorporation fee already included in the base price.
4. Companies House considers registration. Processing follows submission and depends on the application and Companies House. A registration date or completion time is not guaranteed.
5. Receive the included digital documents. Following successful incorporation, receive digital copies of the Certificate of Incorporation, memorandum and articles of association. Selected additional services are provided under their own agreed scope and period.

What remains after incorporation?

Incorporation creates the company. Putting the organisation into appropriate working order depends on its purposes, intended activities and actual circumstances. Where further professional assistance is needed, the work starts by establishing the necessary arrangements; suitable documents, records and practical implementation follow those needs. The company and its directors retain their responsibilities, including applicable filings and tax obligations. The formation fee does not include a wider organisational assessment or subsequent implementation unless expressly included in the agreed scope. Charity registration, banking, tax registration assistance, accounts and later filings are not automatically included. Ask your personal manager to clarify any further work, its scope and charge before you agree to proceed.

Start your CLG application, or talk through your requirements

Start your UK CLG application with your own suitable registered office, or select a separately charged Coddan office in the intended jurisdiction. The £119.99 formation base price includes the £100 Companies House incorporation fee; applicable VAT, checks and selected services affect the amount payable. If the form choices do not fit your proposed company, ask a personal manager first. Email or telephone enquiries lead to proper written instructions before we act.

✓ Personal-manager help with your formation choices | ✓ Suitable documents and agreed application preparation | ✓ Professional review and your approval before submission | ✓ Digital company documents after successful incorporation

Use the application for a straightforward order, or tell us if the choices do not fit what you want to establish. We can clarify your requirements and confirm the work we can accept, with its scope and any additional charge, before you proceed. You and the relevant participants remain involved in the decisions and approvals; your personal manager helps bring the agreed instructions together.