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Coddan CPM Ltd. – Company Registration Agent in the UK

Follow the journey from defining the professional practice to confirming its requirements, selecting the appropriate LLP route and establishing the foundations for ongoing compliance.

Step 1
Define Practice Scope
Step 2
Confirm Professional Requirements
Step 3
Identify LLP Members
Step 4
Set Governance Arrangements
Step 5
Choose Formation Route
Step 6
Plan Ongoing Compliance
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Registering a Professional Practice LLP: Governance, Liability & Compliance


Start Your Business Today: Fast Formation Services to Meet All Compliance Standards

Start your limited liability partnership today! Our LLP Package offers quick online formation and a draft LLP Agreement from just £89.

Form your LLP effortlessly with our comprehensive package! Get a draft LLP Agreement and online setup from just £89.
£189.00
+VAT

LLPStartup Essential™

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Buy Now LLP Registration – LLP as a Professional-Services Firm for £89 + VAT.
The LLP Registration package provides a formation-only route for a professionally cleared practice whose services, jurisdictions, ownership, management and entity-level requirements have been identified. Coddan reviews the accepted formation facts, checks the proposed name and jurisdiction, prepares the incorporation particulars for the members, designated members and PSC position, submits the standard software filing and supplies the filed incorporation record. The professional outcome is a registered LLP and its filed incorporation record, subject to Companies House acceptance. Incorporation does not provide professional authorisation, firm registration, practising status, PII, client-money approval, banking or compliant client terms. The package does not replace any separately required legal, tax, regulatory, documentary or operational work.

The fixed £89 + VAT price is Coddan’s professional fee for the scope stated above and VAT is added to that fee. Companies House fees are separate: £100 standard software, £156 same-day or £124 paper; paper also requires separately agreed Coddan work. The price assumes two straightforward UK individual members; each additional UK individual is £35 + VAT, each accepted UK body-corporate member is £125 + VAT, and later admissions are separate. This is a one-off service with no automatic renewal. Incorporation does not provide professional authorisation, firm registration, practising status, PII, client-money approval, banking or compliant client terms. Need initial records? Compare Registration & Initial Records. Review the full formation terms and compare LLP and company structures. Overseas or complex cases use international LLP formation. All four packages require prior purpose-specific assessment and human acceptance. No package is directly available while the identified professional blockers remain unresolved. Companies House—not Coddan—decides whether the incorporation or later filing is accepted.



£249.00
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LLP Startup Records™

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Buy Now Registration & Initial Records – LLP as a Professional-Services Firm for £149 + VAT.
The Registration & Initial Records package provides a formation-and-records route for a professionally cleared practice that also needs an organised initial record of members, professional roles, designated status and first decisions. Coddan performs the standard incorporation work and prepares the initial member and designated-member record, member certificates where appropriate, first resolutions and the initial compliance-date schedule. The professional outcome is a registered LLP with an organised initial internal record set. Incorporation does not provide professional authorisation, firm registration, practising status, PII, client-money approval, banking or compliant client terms. The records evidence the accepted starting position but do not themselves implement a transfer, consent or external professional requirement. The package does not replace any separately required legal, tax, regulatory, documentary or operational work.

The fixed £149 + VAT price is Coddan’s professional fee for the scope stated above and VAT is added to that fee. Companies House fees are separate: £100 standard software, £156 same-day or £124 paper; paper also requires separately agreed Coddan work. The price assumes two straightforward UK individual members; each additional UK individual is £35 + VAT, each accepted UK body-corporate member is £125 + VAT, and later admissions are separate. This is a one-off service with no automatic renewal. Incorporation does not provide professional authorisation, firm registration, practising status, PII, client-money approval, banking or compliant client terms. Need formation only? Compare LLP Registration. Need governance? Compare Governance Setup. Review the full formation terms and see later member and PSC changes. Overseas or complex cases use international LLP formation. All four packages require prior purpose-specific assessment and human acceptance. No package is directly available while the identified professional blockers remain unresolved. Companies House—not Coddan—decides whether the incorporation or later filing is accepted.



£379.00
+VAT

LLP Governance Essential™

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Buy Now Governance Setup – LLP as a Professional-Services Firm for £279 + VAT.
The Governance Setup package provides a standard-governance route for a professionally cleared practice whose contributions, economics, management and authority fit Coddan’s approved standard LLP agreement. Coddan performs the formation and initial-record work, reviews the settled governance instructions and prepares an approved standard or adapted LLP agreement, initial governance documents and one structured clarification round. The professional outcome is a registered LLP with initial records and an accepted standard governance framework. Regulator applications, insurance placement, client-money systems, complaints procedures, appointments, liability terms, data policies and technical manuals are not included. The package does not replace any separately required legal, tax, regulatory, documentary or operational work.

The fixed £279 + VAT price is Coddan’s professional fee for the scope stated above and VAT is added to that fee. Companies House fees are separate: £100 standard software, £156 same-day or £124 paper; paper also requires separately agreed Coddan work. The price assumes two straightforward UK individual members; each additional UK individual is £35 + VAT, each accepted UK body-corporate member is £125 + VAT, and later admissions are separate. This is a one-off service with no automatic renewal. Regulator applications, insurance placement, client-money systems, complaints procedures, appointments, liability terms, data policies and technical manuals are not included. Need no agreement? Compare Registration & Initial Records. Need first-year support? Compare First-Year Administration. Review the full formation terms and read about LLP governance. Overseas or complex cases use international LLP formation. All four packages require prior purpose-specific assessment and human acceptance. No package is directly available while the identified professional blockers remain unresolved. Companies House—not Coddan—decides whether the incorporation or later filing is accepted.



£549.00
+VAT

LLP First-Year Essential™

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Buy Now First-Year Administration – LLP as a Professional-Services Firm for £449 + VAT.
The First-Year Administration package provides a first-year administration route for a professionally cleared practice that wants governance setup connected to its first confirmation statement and compliance calendar. Coddan performs the governance package work, sets the filing calendar, prepares and submits the first confirmation statement and handles one standard change event before that statement within the accepted scope. The professional outcome is a registered and initially organised LLP supported through its first confirmation statement within the defined scope. Continuing professional compliance, supervision, competence, PII, client money, accounts and tax remain separate. The package does not replace any separately required legal, tax, regulatory, documentary or operational work.

The fixed £449 + VAT price is Coddan’s professional fee for the scope stated above and VAT is added to that fee. Companies House fees are separate: £100 standard software, £156 same-day or £124 paper; paper also requires separately agreed Coddan work. The £50 digital confirmation-statement fee is separate. The price assumes two straightforward UK individual members; each additional UK individual is £35 + VAT, each accepted UK body-corporate member is £125 + VAT, and later admissions are separate. The scope ends with the first confirmation statement; later administration requires affirmative renewal. Continuing professional compliance, supervision, competence, PII, client money, accounts and tax remain separate. Need no first-year support? Compare Governance Setup. Review the full formation terms and review LLP accounts and continuing compliance. Overseas or complex cases use international LLP formation. All four packages require prior purpose-specific assessment and human acceptance. No package is directly available while the identified professional blockers remain unresolved. Companies House—not Coddan—decides whether the incorporation or later filing is accepted.




Professional-practice suitability and regulator readiness

LLP as a Professional-Services Firm

Incorporation creates an LLP only. It does not authorise reserved or regulated services, approve the firm, place insurance, permit client-money handling or implement the practice.

Recognise the exact practice

Identify the profession, services, clients, jurisdictions, regulated or reserved activities, proposed members, owners, managers, controllers, principals, qualifications, registrations, staff, PII, client money and permissions. LLP as a professional-services firm covers the general professional-practice gate; LLP as a property, surveying or built-environment practice covers built-environment practices and LLP as a small-business collaboration covers ordinary small-business collaborations.

Genuine practice and LLP suitability

May fit

A lawful shared practice with at least two genuine participants, defined services and locations, settled control and economics, evidenced credentials and separately cleared entity permission, PII and operational requirements.

May not fit

Prohibited entity form, missing permission or practising status, unresolved reserved activity, ownership restrictions, unavailable PII, client-money blockers, misleading titles, opaque authority or one genuine participant.

Structure comparison

Professional practice structure comparison
StructureGovernancePractice implicationDependency
LLPMembers/agreementSeparate practice entityPermission, PII, systems
CompanyShareholders/directorsAlternative entityCompare an LLP with a private limited company comparison
PartnershipPartnersDifferent exposureLegal/tax advice
Sole practiceOne ownerNot an LLPRegulator/continuity

Compare an LLP with a private limited company provides the complete comparison.

Profession, service and regulator recognition

Examples are non-exhaustive. SRA rules distinguish reserved legal activities and practising/firm status; ICAEW public practice can require a practising certificate, PII and practice assurance; FCA-regulated financial services require the relevant firm permission; other professions route through the official Regulated Professions Register and their own authorities.

Profession service regulator map
ExampleIndividual questionFirm questionDependency
LegalPractising statusFirm/ reserved activitySRA, PII, client money
AccountancyPractising certificatePractice/AML statusBody, PII, assurance
Financial servicesApproved statusFCA permissionAuthorisation/CASS
Other professionQualification/registerEntity permissionRelevant authority

Regulated, reserved and restricted activities

Regulated reserved restricted activity
ActivityQuestionEvidenceFormation effect
ReservedWho may perform it?Current permissionClear before acceptance
RegulatedDoes the LLP need authorisation?Authority outcomeSeparate approval
LicensedWhich licence and location?Licence/conditionsNot created
Protected titleWho may use it?Register evidenceNo title conferred

Legal and professional roles

Member, designated member, PSC, owner, manager, controller, professional principal and authorised practitioner are distinct. Companies House identity verification does not prove professional competence, firm authorisation or PSC status.

you owner manager role map
RoleLLP statusProfessional statusEvidence
MemberOwner/agentNot automatically qualifiedLLP/identity records
Designated memberStatutory dutiesNo automatic permissionRegistry record
Principal/controllerManagement/controlProfession-specificRegulator evidence
Employee/consultantNot necessarily memberOwn status/supervisionContract/credentials

LLP members, designated members, corporate members and PSCs remains a separate member and PSC guidance.

Authorisation, PII, client money and operations

Entity authorisation, ownership/controller restrictions, practising status, PII, safeguarding, banking, client terms, complaints/redress, conflicts, data, quality systems and staff supervision remain separate from incorporation.

Authorisation insurance client money dependencies
DependencyQuestionEvidenceOwnerUK LLP formation status
Entity permissionMust the LLP be authorised?Authority outcomeRegulatorExcluded
PIILimits/exclusions/run-off?Policy decisionInsurer/brokerExcluded
Client moneySafeguarding/account rules?System/account evidenceBody/bankExcluded
Client termsScope/liability/redress?Effective documentsSolicitor/practiceExcluded
Data/qualityControls and supervision?Policies/recordsPractice/specialistExcluded

Statutory defaults are not professional governance

LLP defaults include equal capital/profit sharing, all-member management, unanimous admission, majority ordinary decisions and no majority expulsion unless agreed. They do not allocate professional responsibility or satisfy authorisation, PII, client-money, complaints, data or technical requirements.

When the standard LLP agreement may be suitable

  1. Every participant, owner, manager and decision-maker is identified.
  2. Profession, services, clients and jurisdictions are defined.
  3. Qualifications, registrations and practising status are evidenced.
  4. Ownership, control and professional responsibility are settled.
  5. Entity authorisation/registration dependencies are identified.
  6. PII and the separate insurance route are identified.
  7. Client-money, safeguarding and banking dependencies are identified.
  8. Contributions, economics, voting and authority are settled.
  9. Approved clauses accurately record internal governance.
  10. No ownership, authority, responsibility or value dispute remains.
  11. No regulator application or approval is included.
  12. No insurance, client-money, complaints, conflict, data, quality or technical system is included.
  13. No client terms, appointment or bespoke liability term is included.
  14. No regulatory, legal, insurance, tax, employment, data or foreign-law conclusion is included.
  15. Coddan human review confirms the standard scope fits.
Standard fit versus bespoke work
IssueStandard scopeSeparate triggerOwner
GovernancePossible after PASSNegotiation/disputeLLP agreements and governance/solicitor
AuthorisationNever includedApplication/permissionRegulator
PII/client moneyNever implementedCover/systemInsurer/body/bank
Client terms/systemsNever includedBespoke documentsSolicitor/specialist

Evidence, quotation and refusal

Evidence and professional dependency
EvidencePurposeRed flagConsequence
Control chartOwners/managers/PSCsOpaque controlInternational and non-UK LLP formation/legal/refusal
CredentialsService/title authorityMissing statusProfessional referral
Entity permissionFirm authorityUnresolved activityClear before formation
PII/client moneyOperational readinessUnavailable controlsDo not accept/imply readiness
Client/data/qualityPractice implementationNo systemsSeparate work

Assessment and written quotation requires a separated written quotation. Refuse unlawful or misleading services, absent mandatory clearance, concealed control, failed KYC/AML or demands for guaranteed approval.

Accepted sequence and post-formation work

Recognise facts; test the practice; map control/responsibility; identify regulated or reserved activity; obtain permission, PII and client-money evidence; assess and quote; complete UK LLP formation/International and non-UK LLP formation KYC, identity and human acceptance; apply the suitability check; file accepted particulars; then implement the practice separately.

Post incorporation practice organisation
WorkstreamActionEvidenceOwnerStatus
AuthorisationApply/registerAuthority outcomeRegulatorSeparate
PII/client moneyPlace/implementPolicy/system/accountInsurer/body/bankSeparate
Client/complaintsAdopt terms/redressEffective documentsPractice/solicitor/bodySeparate
Data/quality/peopleImplement controlsPolicies/recordsPractice/specialistsContinuing
Accounts/filingsMaintain and fileAccepted recordsLLP annual accounts/LLP confirmation statements and continuing compliance/accountantContinuing

Conditional UK LLP formation package placement

UK LLP formation contains the complete package terms. Every route requires assessment-and-quotation assessment, professional clearance and human acceptance.

Package placement
PackagePriceUseGate
LLP Registration£89 + VATAccepted filing onlyClearance/KYC/human acceptance
Registration & Initial Records£149 + VATApproved recordsSame gate
Governance Setup£279 + VATSettled governanceQuestionnaire + 15-condition PASS
First-Year Administration£449 + VATDefined first-year scopeSame fit/human acceptance

Two-person assumption; £35 + VAT additional straightforward UK individual; £125 + VAT accepted UK body-corporate member. Separate VAT and official fees: £100 digital/software, £156 same-day software where available, £124 paper incorporation and £50 digital confirmation statement. Identity, address, regulatory, insurance, banking and professional costs are separate. Renewal requires affirmative acceptance; no automatic or indefinite renewal.

UK LLP formation formation service.

Costs and continuing work

Costs now and later

Fees and external work remain separated.

What formation includes—and what comes next

Registration is not authorisation or readiness.

When professional advice is needed

Professional and statutory duties continue.

What makes the process easier

Records reduce ambiguity, not approval risk.

How decisions are checked

Institutional facts are not regulator endorsement.

Who deals with each part

Responsibility and professional ownership
MatterLLP as a professional-services firm roleRelevant Coddan serviceExternal owner
StructureSuitabilityCompare an LLP with a private limited companyLegal/tax adviser
FormationReadinessUK LLP formation/International and non-UK LLP formationCompanies House/ACSP
AgreementFit boundaryLLP agreements and governanceSolicitor
Authorisation/PII/client moneyDependencyspecialist referralsRegulator/insurer/bank
Accounts/complianceLifecycle routeLLP annual accounts/LLP confirmation statements and continuing complianceAccountant/body

Compare an LLP with a private limited company; International and non-UK LLP formation; LLP annual accounts; LLP confirmation statements and continuing compliance. LLP members, designated members, corporate members and PSCs–Registered office, service addresses and LLP records, LLP as a small-business collaboration/LLP as a property, surveying or built-environment practice/all Phase 2, order/application, assessment/quotation and professional routes are arranged separately where required.

Official guidance and possible outcomes

Checked 24 September 2026 against the LLP Act and Regulations, Companies House guidance, GOV.UK Regulated Professions Register, SRA reserved-activity/practising guidance, ICAEW public-practice/PII guidance and FCA authorisation/Register materials. Examples are non-exhaustive and no material conflict requires a pause pending evidence.

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