Starting a charity doesn't have to be complicated. Coddan CPM Ltd's Charity Company Package takes the guesswork out of fully compliant charity registration, guiding you through the key stages of setting up a new charitable company in England and Wales—from incorporation at Companies House to applying with the Charity Commission. The package includes a prestigious Central London address for your company's registered office and directors' service address, meeting the legal requirement for a real, physical UK location on public records. Whether you're ready to set up a charitable company or just figuring out where to begin, this straightforward package keeps everything above board, on time, and properly filed—so you can focus on the cause that matters most.

Broader preparation means helping bring together the charitable purposes, governing arrangements and supporting application information that are not yet sufficiently developed for the proposed England and Wales charitable company. Professional suits founders who need more help developing that material than the substantially prepared plans suited to Essential.

Explain the proposed activities, beneficiaries, decisions already made and matters still open. Coddan helps clarify requirements and prepares the agreed company and charity-registration material. The founders retain their decisions and approve the documents; Coddan handles the accepted Charity Commission instruction through to its decision.

Charitable company incorporation and charity registration with CharityReg Professional

Arrange your charitable company formation in England and Wales with help preparing its purposes, governing arrangements and application information. Coddan prepares and reviews the agreed company application for your approval, handles its submission to Companies House and supports the accepted Charity Commission application through to its decision.

Company incorporation creates the company at Companies House. Charity registration is a separate Charity Commission process, subject to its registration requirements. CharityReg Professional combines preparation of the charitable company limited by guarantee application with assistance on the accepted charity-registration instruction; it is not a CIO formation service.

Coddan clarifies the proposed purposes, activities and governing arrangements, prepares and reviews the agreed company documents, obtains approval and handles the agreed Companies House submission. We prepare the required Charity Commission application forms and supporting information, deal with its correspondence and answer its application questions through the accepted instruction to its decision. Keep the nominated contact available to provide accurate facts, founder decisions and approvals. Each authority decides its own application; purchasing assistance does not guarantee either outcome.

Charitable objects state what the charity is set up to achieve; its purposes must be charitable and for the public benefit. Articles of association are the charitable company's governing rules, including how its members and directors take decisions. The objects form part of those articles.

Describe the intended activities and beneficiaries, who may become a member, how directors or trustees will be appointed and how important decisions will be made. Give Coddan any existing constitution, draft articles or adviser-prepared documents so we can identify the preparation needed and prepare the agreed material for approval.

In a charitable company, its directors are also its charity trustees: they govern the charity and have duties under both company and charity law. Guarantor-members hold membership rights under the articles and company law and undertake the company's stated guarantee. The same person may hold both capacities, but membership alone does not make someone a director or trustee.

Tell Coddan the intended roles and who may approve the purposes, governing arrangements and submission. An organiser may coordinate information without authority to decide for every founder, and paying for the order does not itself give that authority. PSC status depends on the actual control arrangements and must be considered separately.

After successful incorporation, the included digital PDFs comprise the certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles of association. The certificate confirms the company's legal existence and incorporation details; the memorandum records the subscribers' agreement to form it; the articles set its governing rules. These documents do not establish Charity Commission registration or HMRC charity recognition.

Keep the digital set for the company's records and tell your personal manager about any particular document request. It does not automatically include membership certificates, minutes, prepared registers, printed or authenticated sets, notarisation or apostille. Coddan can identify the relevant purpose, format, available work and separate charges.

AML customer checks are Coddan's customer due diligence for its anti-money-laundering obligations. Companies House identity verification is a separate process for individuals in relevant company roles, such as directors and PSCs. Being a CLG guarantor-member alone does not make every member subject to that verification. The required checks depend on the actual roles and status.

Accepted existing Companies House verification and the free official route remain available; they do not replace Coddan's AML checks. If Coddan carries out Companies House verification, we review the evidence and submit the ACSP confirmation when satisfied; Companies House issues the individual's Personal Code. Verification, the code and its use for the relevant company role remain separate steps. Follow the secure process for identity evidence and confidential codes.