Register Ltd Company with Pre-eminence Implication

Companies House Business Names Registration Policy

The following words are reserved words. Use of any of the following words in your company names must comply with the Companies Act 2006 requirements. For example, if you would like to use the word, england, in your company names then your company registered office address must be in england.

The UK company law also says If you wish to register a company using one of the above words at the beginning of your company name you would need to show that the company is pre-eminent in its field by providing supporting evidence from an independent source such as a Government department, trade association or other representative body.

For example if you like to form a company called British Dentistry Limited, you would need to obtain approval from the General Dental Council.

Companies House would reject your application to incorporate your company if there is no official permission from the governing body. In real life, Companies House hardly incorporates any company wishing to use the word “British” at the beginning of a company name.

If the word is used elsewhere in the name and qualified by words that do not describe an activity or product, for example by using a made-up word, then evidence of pre-eminence is not necessarily essential. However, you would be expected to show that your company is substantial in relation to its activity or product and that it is eminent in its own field.

If you want to use the word because it is a surname, you will usually be given approval if the company name includes forenames or initials.

How to register a company?

Concise Accountancy offers same day company formation services. Our company formation accountants will handle your incorporation assignment from start to finish and  advise you whether the document you provided are sufficient to support the use of the desired sensitive words in your company names.

The service includes completion of the company incorporation form (Form IN01) for you and preparation of the Memorandum and Articles of Association for your proposed company names for submission to Companies House.

The registered office of your company must be a real address but it does not have to be the place where you carry out your business activities. P O Box numbers alone are not acceptable.

Ready for business

It is essential that you have your accounting system side of things organized right from the beginning.

Accountants at Concise, offer fixed fee accounts packages to startup companies. These accounting packages include our accountants taking care of your company accounts and corporation tax return and advice on setting up your business accounting system.

Feel free to contact our accountants to ask any question you may have about your limited company.

Concise Accountancy – London Business Start-up Accountants