Choose your NPC/NGO or CLG/LBG business incorporation package, or speak with Coddan Formation Agency first

Want to see what the service includes first? Explore company formation through Coddan. Already registered? Find help for your existing CLG.

Help With Addresses, Records and Filings After Formation

Once your company exists, keep its address, membership records and filings up to date. Coddan can help with the services you need as your organisation develops.

Choose the Help Your Company Needs. Choose address, records or filing support when your company needs it. These services are separate from incorporation. Coddan helps with the administration; your directors and members make the company’s decisions.

Unsure which non-profit framework aligns with your grant funding or governance goals?

Our corporate formation managers review your non-profit objectives, explain suitable formation work and discuss any custom Articles of Association you need. We explain the Companies House director and PSC identity requirements relevant to a company; being solely a guarantor-member or CIO trustee does not itself create that requirement. Any further drafting and its charge are agreed before proceeding.

Email info@coddan.co.uk for tailored non-profit formation guidance.

Your organisation and its people

Prepare the proposed name, purpose and activities, and choose England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland for registration. Give us the applicant’s contact details and confirm who can act for the founders. Include the proposed directors and initial guarantor-members. If a company or other organisation will be a member, provide its details and representative. Explain the guarantee amounts, voting rights and who can appoint directors, so we can identify any people with significant control (PSCs).

Addresses, Memorandum and Articles of Association

Have an appropriate registered office in the chosen jurisdiction and a registered email address ready. Keep individuals’ actual home addresses separate from public service addresses. You may use your own suitable registered office or select a Coddan address service. Explain any specific objects, membership classes or voting provisions needed in the articles. Tell us about charitable purposes; incorporation, charity registration and HMRC recognition are separate matters.

Existing Personal Codes and required checks

Tell us about existing Companies House Personal Codes and provide the relevant director and control details. Coddan helps coordinate the required steps with formation. See the verification process and available routes.

What happens after your order

Coddan reviews your information, resolves questions and obtains the necessary approvals before submission. After incorporation, we supply the agreed documents and help with relevant next steps. Choose useful documents and records. A written service agreement is available.

Private Limited by Guarantee Company Formation and identity verification

The core formation service includes preparation and submission of the incorporation application, professional review and its digital formation documents. Identity-verification guidance is different from purchasing Coddan’s identity-verification service. If you choose Coddan’s verification service, check the number of people, per-person charge and VAT in your order. Faster handling is optional. Someone with a usable Personal Code does not need another verification merely to form this company, although we may still need information for our separate customer checks.

Company Limited by Guarantee Packages With a Registered Office

You can use your own appropriate registered office with the core formation service. The address-inclusive order forms provide the default London EC3 registered office for the first year, with a published £45 plus VAT annual renewal for that address. Choosing another location can change the price. Director service-address arrangements and continuing secretarial support depend on the selected package and agreed service period. Confirm the period covered and the later charges before ordering.

Extra documents and particular work

Choose printed documents, certification, notarisation, apostille, address or priority services if you need them, and check whether your package already includes them. These services can carry separate charges. Check the price if you select a non-standard guarantee amount. Tell us about unusual membership rules, tailored articles or missing information so we can explain any additional work and agree its cost. You can choose your verification provider and whether to pay for faster handling.

Guarantee company formation with secretarial support

Formation creates your company. Address services, annual filings, accounts and tax work have their own service periods and deadlines. Check the continuing support included in your package and the charges for later renewals or separately ordered work. The included incorporation fee covers registration; later official filing fees are separate unless included in the service you choose.

Choose the LBG Formation Support That Fits

If you have decided that a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) is the appropriate structure for your organisation, you can choose the formation package that matches the support you need at incorporation. All four packages are formation routes for a new CLG; they differ in the practical services and level of support provided around the incorporation.

Not sure which package fits? You can ask us before ordering. Tell us what you are establishing and what practical support you need, and we can help you understand the available formation options.

Order a defined service

A starting price is for the stated service, not every related task. For accounts, confirm the year, whether the company is active or dormant, and whether the instruction concerns Companies House accounts, HMRC work or both. For an address, confirm the actual location, service period and correspondence arrangements. The selected service and accepted order determine the work and charge; do not assume that differently described order options have identical scope.

Under the agreed Coddan address service, incoming post is scanned and uploaded free of charge. Weekly Royal Mail forwarding is an alternative, with forwarding charges and terms agreed separately. Portal access to available scanned post does not include responding to correspondence or making a filing. Online access is separate from staff working hours and postal delivery times.

Register a Non-Profit Company Limited by Guarantee for Your Organisation

A company limited by guarantee can suit not-for-profit company registration for a club, association or community organisation. If you need particular membership rules, objects, documents or help with overseas founders, tell us before ordering so we can explain the preparation you need.

Particular circumstances do not automatically require bespoke work. Describe your needs so Coddan can confirm a suitable service; straightforward organisations can choose the published packages.

You Don’t Have to Know Everything Before You Start

You may already know that you want to form a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) without knowing every Companies House requirement, formation document or practical step involved. That is a perfectly reasonable place to start.

Need particular articles or help from overseas? You can still start here. If your proposed CLG requires specialist consideration, follow the relevant guidance before choosing a standard formation package.

Know you want to establish a CLG but still have questions? You can ask before ordering.

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Forming a Company Limited by Guarantee Is Only Day One

After formation, your CLG needs current contact details, membership records and required filings. Coddan can help with addresses, records and secretarial services as you need them.

Keep Your Company Ready for Its Day-to-Day Work.

A CLG may need more than its initial incorporation as its activities and people change. Ask us about the support you need, when you need it.

If your proposed company limited by guarantee fits a formation package, you can place your order online. If you need particular articles, membership arrangements, documents or a different combination of services, tell us what you have in mind before ordering.

Our team explains what each package covers and quotes for additional work. Tell us if you need a different combination of services. Once we accept your order, we prepare and check the application for submission to Companies House.

You can ask Coddan for help with:

• initial CLG incorporation and Companies House submission;
• applicable director and PSC identity-verification guidance and ACSP support;
• professional registered-office and director service-address arrangements where required;
• SAIL establishment and statutory-record arrangements using the required AD02 and AD03 forms;
• residential-address suppression support where the statutory SR01 requirements are satisfied;
• confirmation statements, statutory changes and continuing company-secretarial administration; and
• voluntary dissolution and strike-off support when the organisation's ongoing needs eventually come to an end.

Help From an Experienced, Registered Provider

Choose a provider with the experience and registrations needed for your company. Coddan CPM Limited is registered as an ACSP for identity verification and Companies House filing services. Your directors and members continue to make the company’s decisions.

Choose the formation service you need now. You can return for address, records and filing support as your organisation develops.

Once your CLG is established, choose the additional support that matches its actual circumstances.

Our expert checks your information before submission and helps with questions that arise. Your directors make the company’s decisions, while Coddan handles the services you choose.

How CLG Incorporation and Director Identity Verification Connect

Prepare your company details, articles and required identity verification first. Coddan then submits the application electronically. Your CLG legally exists once Companies House registers it and issues its certificate.

Have the required Personal Codes ready before submitting your incorporation application.

Enter your company information through Coddan’s online service; our team prepares and checks the electronic application before submission. You do not need to complete a separate paper IN01 for that route.

Information normally required for successful CLG incorporation:

• the proposed company name and UK jurisdiction of registration;
• an appropriate registered office address and registered email address;
• the particulars of each proposed director;
• the particulars of the initial members or guarantors and their agreed guarantees;
• the company’s statement of guarantee;
• information about PSCs;
• an appropriate SIC code describing the proposed activities;
• the memorandum of association and appropriate articles of association; and
• the required statements and confirmations supporting the incorporation application.

Additional evidence, consent or specially prepared provisions in the articles may be required where the proposed name, objects, regulated wording, charitable purpose, property-management function or governance arrangements fall outside a standard CLG formation.

Director identity verification: Each proposed individual director must complete the applicable Companies House identity-verification process, and the director’s Companies House Personal Code must be provided as part of the incorporation filing. Identity-verification responsibilities applying to a PSC remain legally separate, even where the same person is both a director and a PSC.

Verify directly with Companies House or separately order Coddan’s ACSP service. With Coddan, the individual being verified completes Credas checks, including a liveness selfie; our team reviews the evidence and manually submits confirmation through its ACSP account when satisfied. Companies House issues that individual’s Personal Code. Coddan’s AML customer checks establish the customer and authority to instruct and remain separate from this identity-verification process.

Your Personal Code and Company Registration Your Personal Code confirms identity verification; it does not register the company. Supply it for your director role in the incorporation application, and separately for a PSC role when required. We help you connect these steps with the company application.

Choose a package to open its order form, or read the formation and verification stages.

Need Help With Formation and Identity Verification?

Coddan CPM Limited is an experienced formation agent, a Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) supervised by HMRC, and a Companies House-registered ACSP. You can check the official listings below.

Verify Coddan's Companies House formation-agent listing | Verify Coddan’s ACSP registration | Check Coddan’s HMRC supervision

Search the HMRC register for Coddan Cpm Ltd, reference XGML00000129022.

Fast CLG Incorporation Online, With Expert Checking

If you need your Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) formed promptly, Coddan can process a complete formation application efficiently. Speed should not replace professional checking: your formation information and order are reviewed before submission to Companies House.

Need express handling or same-day incorporation? Ask Coddan about the selected service before ordering. The published order route requires your order before 11:30 a.m. London time on a working day, with the application information and required identity verification complete. We confirm the service and charges for your order.

Have Your Details Ready for Prompt Formation. Provide your details and required verification promptly so we can check and submit your application without avoidable delays.

Why Choose Coddan as Your Company Limited by Guarantee Formation Agent?

Before you order a company limited by guarantee, you should be able to see what Coddan can do for you. We can help with straightforward non-charitable formation, consider more particular requirements and explain which separate company services you may use later. Tell us what you need if the listed packages do not describe your proposed company or your preferred combination of services.

Your personal manager: Once we accept your order, you have a personal manager you can contact directly by phone or email during working hours. Your manager helps with questions, information requests, approvals and next steps. You can discuss formation, addresses, records, documents, accounts and secretarial support together and choose the combination you need. A written service agreement is available for formation and separately ordered services, including registered office, SAIL and secretarial support. It sets out the work, responsibilities, service period and charges shown in your order.

Practical Experience to Help You Choose. Ask us how the formation service will meet your organisation’s needs. We can explain the preparation, documents and support before you order.

Form Your Company Limited by Guarantee First

Forming a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) establishes the company. See what to plan for in your CLG’s first year. What happens afterwards will depend on how the organisation operates and whether its circumstances change. You do not need to arrange every possible future requirement when you incorporate.

Start with what your organisation needs now. Some Company Limited by Guarantee structures may require little additional support after incorporation. Others may later need a filing, an administrative change, specialist guidance or assistance with another company matter. You can ask us for help when a new requirement arises.

You can arrange further help when your company needs it.

Choose whether a CLG suits your organisation and which formation support you need now. You can arrange further services as your company’s needs change.

Choose Your Formation Support Now. Add Further Help When Needed. Choose the support that is appropriate for establishing your Company Limited by Guarantee now. Further requirements can be considered later if your company actually needs them.

From your certificate to a working organisation

Your CLG’s first year: from incorporation to a working organisation

Your certificate confirms that the company exists. In its first year, follow the articles, record initial decisions, establish the register of members and keep financial records. Agree who can approve spending and act for the company. The arrangements will depend on whether it is a small non-charitable CLG, membership organisation, property company or intended charity.

After incorporation, use the supplied documents to establish the company’s working records and initial decisions. Your manager can explain the agreed documents and relevant remaining actions. Return to the formation offer if you are still choosing your service.

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Worried About Post-Incorporation Compliance as a Volunteer Director or Trustee?

Coddan offers professional help with the post-incorporation services your organisation selects. From separately instructed ACSP verification to company records and annual filings, your personal manager helps clarify the information, approvals and next steps. Formation includes normal manager assistance; continuing accounts, tax, drafting and secretarial work follow the selected package or a separate agreed instruction. Directors remain responsible for company decisions and approvals.

Have compliance questions? Contact our team directly at info@coddan.co.uk. Identity documents and confidential codes follow the appropriate secure process, not ordinary enquiry email.

Already Have a CLG? Start With What You Need Now.

This page is primarily for establishing a new Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) . If your company already exists, tell us whether you need a filing, change or help with a problem.

You do not need to start again. If the company already exists, the appropriate next step depends on its present status, what has changed and what you need the company to do now.

If you are here to establish a new CLG, return to the formation packages above. If your company already exists, choose the help it needs now.

Form Your CLG From the UK or Overseas

You do not need to be based in the UK to establish a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) . What matters is understanding the organisation you are establishing, the people involved and the information that needs to be submitted correctly.

Your location is only one part of the picture. Tell us about your organisation and we will help you prepare the application, wherever you are based.

Have a Question About Forming a CLG?

You may already know that a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) is the structure you want, but still have a question about the proposed company, its purpose, the people involved or the formation process. Ask before ordering; we help identify the suitable work and next step.

Ask Us in Your Own Words.

Explain what you want to set up or ask your question in your own words. We can help you understand the requirements and choose the right service.

Already know that CLG formation is the right route? Compare the four formation packages.

Still deciding or have a question? Ask us first.

Where Would You Like to Go Next?

If you are ready to establish your Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) , you can move directly to the formation packages. If your proposed organisation has particular requirements, or you are not yet sure which route is appropriate, choose the option that best reflects your situation.

You do not need to work out every step before you begin. If you know that you want to form a CLG, proceed to the formation packages. If your circumstances are more particular, or you are still deciding what you need, start with the relevant guidance or ask Coddan before ordering.

Choose the formation support that suits the company you want to create.

Not sure which package is appropriate? You can ask before ordering. Explain what you are trying to establish, the people involved or any particular requirements, and apply for a consultation if you need a more detailed discussion.