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Register a UK LLP with Coddan
A simple way to form an LLP, with real support for what comes next
Coddan helps individuals and businesses in the UK and overseas register limited liability partnerships in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Our online order and electronic filing workflow connects with Companies House filing systems, and a person checks the information before the application is submitted.
You can start with straightforward formation or discuss a route involving corporate members, a registered office, a SAIL address, HMRC work and continuing LLP administration. We identify what your arrangement needs, explain the services and charges that apply, and keep the formation and later work clearly defined.
Why register your LLP with Coddan?
A formation application is only one part of establishing an LLP. You must decide who the members and designated members are, choose the right UK jurisdiction and address, supply control information, complete the applicable identity checks, and plan for filings after incorporation. Coddan has worked with LLP formation software since 2005 and can help you bring those steps together.
Our practical advantage is the connection between a quick online starting point and access to a person when an instruction needs more attention. We review the information supplied for the agreed filing, raise questions where necessary, and submit an authorised application through our electronic workflow. Companies House makes the registration decision and issues the certificate if it accepts the filing.
Six practical benefits, from application to ongoing support
Choose the services that fit the LLP you intend to run. The individual package or separate engagement confirms what is included.
1. Electronic Companies House filing
Our online process collects the formation details and connects with Companies House electronic filing systems. A Coddan handler checks the prepared instruction and follows up on missing or inconsistent information. This can make a straightforward application quick and easy to submit once the information and identity steps are ready; acceptance and timing remain with Companies House.
2. UK and non-UK members
Members do not have to live in the UK merely to form a UK LLP. We work with UK-resident and overseas clients, check the proposed members and control information, and identify the address, evidence and verification route needed. Overseas residence can affect tax and operational questions, so we do not treat every international instruction as a standard two-person filing.
3. Corporate members
An eligible company or other body with legal personality can be an LLP member. We can prepare a formation involving corporate members after reviewing their legal identity, governing law, ownership and control, authorised representatives and filing requirements. Corporate membership may need a separately scoped route and further due diligence.
4. Registered office and SAIL
Where suitable and agreed, Coddan can provide an appropriate registered office for official correspondence and a separate single alternative inspection location (SAIL) for eligible records. A SAIL is optional and does not replace the registered office. The address must match the LLP's registration jurisdiction, and each address service has its own term and renewal conditions.
5. HMRC and tax administration
We can help check the LLP and member registration position, prepare information for HMRC and communicate with HMRC under the relevant authority and agreed service. VAT and EORI applications, VAT agency and returns assistance can also be arranged where suitable. Incorporation does not by itself complete every member's tax steps, and HMRC decides applications and tax treatment.
6. Post-formation secretarial work
After incorporation, Coddan can assist with agreed accounts work, confirmation statements, changes to members and designated members, PSC information, addresses, name changes and record administration. Some clients want one defined task; others arrange continuing support. We set out the scope and the handoff for the following year rather than assuming a formation order covers all later filings.
What happens when you ask Coddan to form an LLP?
Coddan CPM Limited is an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) and HMRC-supervised trust or company service provider. Any Coddan-supported identity verification is a separate service unless the chosen package expressly includes it. A Companies House personal code is issued to the individual through the applicable verification route.
Choose the correct UK address arrangement
The registered office is the LLP's official address. It must be an appropriate address in the part of the UK where the LLP is registered: England and Wales (or Wales alone), Scotland or Northern Ireland. Coddan can discuss a suitable service address for members and a registered office where available under the selected arrangement.
A SAIL is a different, notified inspection location for records that may be kept there. It must be in the same part of the UK as the registered office. We can discuss whether the LLP needs one, which eligible records would be held there, and who will maintain them. Buying a registered office does not automatically include a SAIL, business premises, all record-keeping or mail forwarding beyond the agreed terms.
Support for the LLP after registration
An LLP remains responsible for its annual accounts, confirmation statement, accurate member and PSC details, and reportable changes as they occur. The members must also address the LLP's and their own HMRC responsibilities. These tasks do not all become part of a formation package merely because Coddan can provide them.
Set up the working record
Depending on the order, discuss an LLP agreement, initial decisions and member records in digital or printed form. A standard template is not a negotiated agreement. Identify who will maintain the records and approve changes.
Keep the filing calendar clear
Record the accounts date, confirmation-statement cycle, address-service end date and the person who will tell Coddan or Companies House about changes. Any defined first-year assistance ends under its agreed terms; arrange second-year work separately.
Coordinate HMRC work
Check the HMRC record created from Companies House data, the nominated partner and each member's separate position. Partnership and member returns, VAT, PAYE and EORI each depend on the business facts and the service expressly agreed.
What should you have ready?
Tell us the proposed LLP name and UK registration jurisdiction; what the business will do; the identity and designated status of each member; who owns or controls the arrangement; and whether you need a registered office, SAIL, member service addresses or documents. Explain whether members are UK or overseas residents and whether a member is a company or another legal body.
If the arrangement is not straightforward, a person can review it with you before a filing route is settled. That may involve further ownership evidence, identity checks, authority from a corporate member, an LLP agreement, tax advice from an appropriate professional or a separately agreed service. We will not assume that an online package covers work it does not describe.
Start with the formation route that fits your LLP
For a straightforward application, compare the published UK LLP formation packages and check what each includes. If you have overseas or corporate members, address and records needs, or want continued administration, tell us the whole arrangement so we can scope it properly.
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