Companies House Business Names Registration Policy
- Board
- Commission
- Comisiwn
- Gomisiwn
- Chomisiwn
- Coimisean
- Choimisean
- Coimisein
- Council
- Cyngor
- Gyngor
- Chyngor
- Comhairle
- Chomhairle
- Comhairlean
- Chomhairlean
To use one of these words in your company names, your company must be one of the following:
- a governing, supervisory or representative body of an activity, trade, business profession
- independent advisory body
- deliberately assembly.
You must provide evidence to show that your company will be what it claims, and that it is has the support of whoever it claims it will govern, supervise, or look to it for expertise. In addition, you should produce evidence of support from at least one independent and appropriate body such as a government department or other representative body.
Companies House will reject your application to register your company if there is no official letter to support the use of the desired sensitive word in your company names.
The objective is to ensure that the use of this word in your company names is justified and it does not mislead the public.
How to form a company?
Accountants at Concise provide same day company formation services. Our company formation accountants will handle your company registration with Companies House for you from start to finish. They will also advise you on whether the supporting official letter provided are sufficient to support the use of the desired sensitive word in your company names.
Maintain your company records
By law, you are required to maintain proper statutory books and accounting records for your company.
Every company is obliged to file its Annual Return once every 12 months and annual accounts to Companies House. There is late filing penalty if failed to do your filing on time.
Concise Accountants offer fixed fee accounts packages to new companies to help small company owners to meet their legal requirements trading as limited company. The fixed fee accounting services include our accountants taking care of your company accounts and company tax return for you. Feel free to call our London accountants to discuss your business requirements.
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