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Why use a professional CLG formation agent?
Coddan is a UK company formation agent supporting clubs, associations, community organisations, membership bodies, residents’ organisations and other founders considering a Company Limited by Guarantee for non-profit, membership or community purposes. We help you establish whether a CLG is suitable, define the formation requirements, prepare the agreed application and coordinate the steps needed before submission to Companies House.
The benefit of professional formation support is not merely entering information on a form. It is identifying the appropriate structure, constitution, participants and preliminary requirements before the application reaches the registrar.
Formation agent
We examine the proposed organisation, explain the available formation options and prepare or coordinate the work included in the selected service. Tailored objects, articles or governance arrangements are identified before the scope is confirmed.
Companies House authorised agent
Coddan CPM Limited is registered with Companies House as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider, also known as a Companies House authorised agent. Applicable identity-verification work can be carried out or coordinated within Coddan’s confirmed authority and the agreed formation scope.
Anti-money-laundering supervision
Coddan CPM Limited is supervised by HMRC for anti-money-laundering purposes as a trust or company service provider. This regulatory status supports the required customer and identity checks; it does not replace Companies House examination or guarantee registration.
Within the confirmed package and agreed scope, Coddan checks the information supplied, prepares the formation application and relevant formation documents, coordinates applicable identity verification and submits the completed application through the appropriate route.
Companies House examines the application and controls acceptance and registration. The company legally exists only when the registrar registers it and issues the certificate of incorporation. Submission alone does not incorporate the company.
Choose the level of support your organisation needs
Compare the four formation packages below for their approved prices, inclusions and address-service arrangements. Incorporation does not end the company’s responsibilities: required company records, annual accounts, confirmation statements and relevant tax, charity, CIC or other regulatory matters continue separately.
£129.49+VATNO-HIDDEN FEES! Recommended for 1
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Buy Now This Company Limited by Guarantee Digital Company Formation Package is ideal for UK customers who have their own registered office address and require quick and easy non-for-profit company registration using the Model Articles. Upon registration with the Companies House, you will receive: Certificate of Incorporation to confirm your company has been legally registered, Memorandum of Association containing the name of the initial subscribing member and a Model Articles as approved by the Companies House. Priced at just £79.49 our Digital Company Formation Package includes all the essentials you need to form a company limited by guarantee in 1 (one) business day. Complete our online application form and register your non for profit company limited by guarantee today. |
£174.49+VATANNUAL FEE OF £45. BUY NOW Recommended for 2
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Buy Now Use our Basic Company Formation Package to register your non-for-profit, private company Limited by Guarantee online, and use our complementary registered office address service in England for the first 12 months from your company’s registration. When your limited company is successfully incorporated through the Companies House, you will receive Full Set of Registration documents including Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Minutes of First Meeting, Company Registers and Membership certificates. Priced at just £124.49, Fast and Simple Company formation service delivered to you by the UK’s best Company formation service provider. Apply with Coddan for a hassle-free company limited by guarantee registration today. |
£199.49+VATYEARLY FEE OF £70. NUY NOW Recommended for 3
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Buy Now Use our Premier Company Formation Package to incorporate a private company Limited by Guarantee on-line in 1 business day or apply for a fast track, same day company formation service to get registered within an hour. Make use of our Registered Office Address Service with handling of all of your official government mail, and protect your personal address from unsolicited marketing letters by using our Director’s service address facility for 12 months after your company’s registration and full set of Company Registration Documents. For as little as £149.49 get your non for profit company limited by guarantee set up via the best in the UK company formation service. Simply complete our online application form, complete ID checks and let us take care of the rest. |
£319.49+VATANNUAL COST OF £270.00 Recommended for 4
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Buy Now With our All Inclusive Business Company Formations Package, you can register your Private Company Limited by Guarantee online with a Full Virtual Registered Office and Business Address Service in London. Start registering your new non-for-profit company limited by guarantee and benefit from free unlimited customer support throughout your company registration procedure. Get Registered Office Address, Director Service Address, Business Virtual Address and all incorporation formalities taken care of in one go. Economically priced at as little as £269.49 our All Inclusive Business Company Formations Package, is the best for UK clients looking to set up a non-for-profit company limited by guarantee in London with Full Virtual Address Service. |
£234.49ANNUAL FEES FROM £105.00 Recommended for 1
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Buy Now Use our Basic Company Formation Package for Non Residents to register your non-for-profit, private company Limited by Guarantee online using our complementary registered office address service in London for the first 12 months from your company’s registration. When your limited company is successfully incorporated through the Companies House, you will receive Full Set of Registration documents including Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Minutes of First Meeting, Company Registers and Membership certificates. Priced at just £184.49, Quick and Easy Company formation service delivered to you by the UK’s best Company formation service provider. Apply with Coddan for a hassle-free company limited by guarantee registration today. |
£384.49ANNUAL FEES FROM £210.00 Recommended for 2
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Buy Now Use this Company Formation Package for Non-Residents if you want to register your non-for-profit, private company Limited by Guarantee in Northern Ireland. We will provide a registered office address service in Belfast for the first 12 months from your company’s registration. When your limited company is successfully incorporated through the Companies House, you will receive Full Set of Registration documents including Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Minutes of First Meeting, Company Registers and Membership certificates. Priced at just £334.49, Fast and Simple Company Limited by Guarantee in Northern Ireland for Non Residents including Registered Office address service for 12 months. |
£289.49ANNUAL FEES FROM £160.00 Recommended for 3
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Buy Now Company Formation Package for Non-Residents wishing to incorporate a non-for-profit, private company Limited by Guarantee in Scotland. With this formation package, we will provide a registered office address service in Edinburgh for the first 12 months from your company’s registration. When your limited company is successfully incorporated through the Companies House, you will receive Full Set of Registration documents including Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Minutes of First Meeting, Company Registers and Membership certificates. Priced at just £289.49, Non-For-Profit, Company Limited by Guarantee Registration in Scotland for International Clients, including Registered Office address service for 12 months. |
Professional help with a specialist structure
You can apply to register a company yourself. The value of a specialist formation agent is professional preparation: identifying what your organisation needs before information is submitted, reducing avoidable inconsistencies and separating a straightforward CLG formation from work that requires tailored objects, articles or governance arrangements.
We consider the organisation’s purposes, intended participants and governance needs before treating a CLG as the answer. A charity, CIC, society, property-management company or another structure may require a different route.
A standard constitution may suit a straightforward organisation. Tailored objects, membership rules, voting arrangements, distribution restrictions or regulatory requirements should be identified before the application is prepared.
The name, registered office, directors, guarantors, guarantee amount, people with significant control position, activities, articles and identity information need to form one coherent application.
Formation should leave the company ready to organise its first decisions, records, address arrangements and continuing responsibilities rather than create an administrative gap after registration.
More than completing a form
The appropriate level of checking depends on the organisation and the package selected. The purpose is to establish the formation requirements before Companies House receives the application—not to promise that every organisation needs the same documents or follows the same route.
What the organisation will do, who it will benefit and whether non-profit, charitable, community-interest, property-management or other requirements affect the formation.
Who will be directors and members or guarantors, whether trustees are also involved, and which people with significant control information or statement is required.
The proposed name, any restricted wording or exemption question, the appropriate UK jurisdiction and a compliant registered-office arrangement.
Whether an appropriate standard constitution is sufficient or the proposed objects, membership, voting, income, asset or distribution provisions require tailored drafting.
Which individuals must complete Companies House identity requirements, when personal codes are required and whether additional evidence is needed for the agreed formation route.
What Coddan will prepare, check, submit or coordinate, what the customer must supply and which official, professional or post-incorporation work remains separate.
Clear responsibilities
A formation agent can make the customer’s work easier by organising the information, identifying missing points and preparing the application correctly within the agreed scope. That professional role must remain distinct from decisions made by the organisation and statutory decisions made by Companies House.
Within the confirmed formation service, Coddan may review the instructions, identify the appropriate application information and constitutional route, prepare formation documents, coordinate applicable identity verification, check the assembled application and submit it through the appropriate channel.
The founders and the people acting in their proper capacities remain responsible for the organisation’s purposes, proposed appointments, membership arrangements, governing choices, statements and instructions. Coddan does not invent approvals or make the organisation’s decisions for it.
Companies House examines the submitted application and controls acceptance and registration. Incorporation occurs when the registrar registers the company. The certificate of incorporation confirms that the CLG legally exists; completing an order or submitting an application does not.
Verified professional status
The descriptions below identify different parts of Coddan’s role. Companies House registration as an authorised agent is not an endorsement, and HMRC supervision does not transfer Companies House’s decision-making powers to Coddan.
Coddan provides professional company-formation services and distinguishes a straightforward CLG registration from formations requiring bespoke constitutional, governance, address or implementation work.
Coddan CPM Limited is registered with Companies House as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider, also known as a Companies House authorised agent. Applicable identity-verification work can be completed or coordinated within Coddan’s confirmed authority and service scope.
Coddan CPM Limited is supervised by HMRC for anti-money-laundering purposes as a trust or company service provider. This requires appropriate customer and risk-based checks; it does not guarantee that Companies House will accept an application.
After registration
A registered CLG must keep the required company and accounting records, follow its articles, maintain its registered information and make the filings that apply to it. These commonly include annual accounts and a confirmation statement.
Tax treatment depends on the company’s activities and circumstances. Corporation Tax, VAT registration, charity registration, CIC regulation and other institutional requirements are separate from Companies House incorporation and should be addressed only where applicable.
The four formation packages above show their approved scope, included documents, address arrangements and charges. The appropriate option depends on the organisation’s purposes, constitution, participants, location and the amount of formation and post-incorporation support required.
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