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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 practices · Regulatory and insurance requirements first

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 owns the general professional-practice gate; LLP as a Property, Surveying or Built-Environment Professional 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 prospective members, 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 prospective member.

Structure comparison

Professional practice structure comparison
Structure Governance Practice implication Dependency
LLP Members/agreement Separate practice entity Permission, PII, systems
Company Shareholders/directors Alternative entity the LLP-versus-company comparison comparison
Partnership Partners Different exposure Legal/tax advice
Sole practice One owner Not an LLP Regulator/continuity

the LLP-versus-company comparison 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
Example Individual question Firm question Dependency
Legal Practising status Firm/ reserved activity SRA, PII, client money
Accountancy Practising certificate Practice/AML status Body, PII, assurance
Financial services Approved status FCA permission Authorisation/CASS
Other profession Qualification/register Entity permission Relevant authority

Regulated, reserved and restricted activities

Regulated reserved restricted activity
Activity Question Evidence Formation effect
Reserved Who may perform it? Current permission Clear before acceptance
Regulated Does the LLP need authorisation? Authority outcome Separate approval
Licensed Which licence and location? Licence/conditions Not created
Protected title Who may use it? Register evidence No 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.

Applicant owner manager role map
Role LLP status Professional status Evidence
Member Owner/agent Not automatically qualified LLP/identity records
Designated member Statutory duties No automatic permission Registry record
Principal/controller Management/control Profession-specific Regulator evidence
Employee/consultant Not necessarily member Own status/supervision Contract/credentials

LLP member and PSC guidance is available separately.

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
Dependency Question Evidence Responsible party Formation position
Entity permission Must the LLP be authorised? Authority outcome Regulator Excluded
PII Limits/exclusions/run-off? Policy decision Insurer/broker Excluded
Client money Safeguarding/account rules? System/account evidence Body/bank Excluded
Client terms Scope/liability/redress? Effective documents Solicitor/practice Excluded
Data/quality Controls and supervision? Policies/records Practice/specialist Excluded

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.

Can a standard LLP agreement cover this case?

  1. Every person involved, 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
Issue Standard scope Separate trigger Responsible party
Governance Possible after satisfactory review Negotiation/dispute LLP agreements and governance/solicitor
Authorisation Never included Application/permission Regulator
PII/client money Never implemented Cover/system Insurer/body/bank
Client terms/systems Never included Bespoke documents Solicitor/specialist

Evidence, quotation and refusal

Evidence and professional dependency
Evidence Purpose Red flag Consequence
Control chart Owners/managers/PSCs Opaque control international and non-UK LLP formation/legal/refusal
Credentials Service/title authority Missing status Professional referral
Entity permission Firm authority Unresolved activity Clear before formation
PII/client money Operational readiness Unavailable controls Do not accept/imply readiness
Client/data/quality Practice implementation No systems Separate work

a case requiring assessment 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 fit test; file accepted particulars; then implement the practice separately.

Post incorporation practice organisation
Workstream Action Evidence Responsible party Status
Authorisation Apply/register Authority outcome Regulator Separate
PII/client money Place/implement Policy/system/account Insurer/body/bank Separate
Client/complaints Adopt terms/redress Effective documents Practice/solicitor/body Separate
Data/quality/people Implement controls Policies/records Practice/specialists Continuing
Accounts/filings Maintain and file Accepted records LLP annual accounts/LLP confirmation statements and continuing compliance/accountant Continuing

Choosing a formation package

The packages displayed on this page are available only where the LLP is suitable, the facts are sufficiently settled, the required evidence has been supplied and Coddan accepts the instruction. Selecting a package does not resolve legal, tax, regulatory, ownership, transfer or operational questions.

The selected formation package sets out the work included. Companies House fees, VAT, identity verification, address services, documentary work and professional advice remain separate unless the selected package expressly says otherwise. Overseas people involved, corporate members, layered ownership or other complexity may require the international formation route and a written quotation.

What remains clear after formation

Clear costs and continuing charges

Fees and external work remain separated.

What formation does—and does not—complete

Registration is not authorisation or readiness.

Professional review and continuing responsibilities

Professional and statutory duties continue.

A clearer evidence record

Records reduce ambiguity, not approval risk.

Evidence about Coddan

Institutional facts are not regulator endorsement.

Responsibility and routes

Who handles each part of the work
Matter LLP as a Professional-Services Firm role Relevant Coddan service Appropriate professional or provider
Structure Suitability the LLP-versus-company comparison Legal/tax adviser
Formation Readiness UK LLP formation/international and non-UK LLP formation Companies House/ACSP
Agreement Fit boundary LLP agreements and governance Solicitor
Authorisation/PII/client money Dependency Separate professional services Regulator/insurer/bank
Accounts/compliance Lifecycle route LLP annual accounts/LLP confirmation statements and continuing compliance Accountant/body

The LLP-versus-company comparison; international and non-UK LLP formation; LLP annual accounts; LLP confirmation statements and continuing compliance. the LLP members and PSC guide–registered office, service addresses and LLP records, LLP as a Small-Business Collaboration/LLP as a Property, Surveying or Built-Environment Professional Practice/all business-purpose guidance, order/application, assessment/quotation and professional routes remain available as separate services.

Official sources and important limits

The principal legal and regulatory statements on this page are based on the official sources linked here. Requirements can change, and professional advice may be needed for the particular facts.