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Company Registrations – Companies House Service Update

Suspension on service 9 October

We have been advised by Companies House that submissions to them should cease at midday on Friday 9 October 2015 whilst they carry out updates to their system, and that they will also cease processing Same Day company formation requests after 10am on the same Friday.

The changes to the systems are to enable part two of the roll out of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act which takes effect on the 10^th October 2015.

This message is to make you aware that we will pause submissions to Companies House for company registrations at 11:30am on Friday 9th October. During this time we will queue all form submissions until we re-enable the submissions on Monday morning.

During this time you can continue to place orders for company registrations and we can undertake any order reviews and releasing of orders for processing. However, no companies will be incorporated and no companies will be accepted by Companies House during their down time.

We expect the backlog of submissions and order updates will take more than a day to resolve, but Companies House will commence that on Monday but that may take a while to work through and we ask for a little patience at this time since these are elements beyond our control.

Christmas and Festive Season Opening Times

That time of year again, when myself and Irma actually get a week off! Of course our online company formations and customer AML verification searches do not go off, they run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The various Companies House’s though will shut on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, and Edinburgh also closes on the 2nd of January. They will also close early on both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Of course there will be no company filings processed during these times.

At Company Registrations UK our last of despatch of physical documents to get there before will be on Friday 19th of December. Of course online PDF’s generated by the systems will be delivered automatically by email as normal.

During Christmas week there will not be telephone support on the 22nd, 23rd and Christmas Eve. We will have some limited email support.

The following week, 29th 30th and 31st we will have email support and some telephone support, this will also apply to the 2nd of January, since Scotland is on holiday still.

Full service will be back to normal on Monday January 5th 2015.

Season’s greetings to you all.

Own Limited Company? Manage it from our company manager for free.

Our company manger allows you to store a company on your admin portal, this means that you can carry out the company filing tasks, you normally associate with Companies House web filing and other management tasks.

The ‘My Account Management’ Portal provides you with an overview of where your company is up to. Through your portal your can manage your details;

• You can pay your account on line,
• Allocate emails for billing separate from incorporations
• View order history
• Get copy invoices
• View payment history

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How do I transfer shares between shareholders?

Here’s how to transfer your limited company’s shares

Transferring shares between shareholders in a UK limited company is not as simple as changing a company director. There is not a simple companies House form to be filed.

The transfer procedures first requires a completed stock transfer form.

Transferring shares between shareholders, which is from one person to another, means that shares are subject to a change in ownership. The stock transfer form is the document that details this change of legal ownership. The document requires the following information:

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Do I need an accountant after my company registration?

When you are self-employed or in employment your tax affairs dealt through “PAYE” (Pay As You Earn) or through self-assessment. Tax and national insurance are deducted from their pay, or paid on account to HMRC usually this is then the end of the matter. When you start a company by company registration it means you may not be looking after your own tax affairs, you are now the director of a limited company. As an owner/manager of a company it is expected your declare earnings and dividends by completing a self-assessment tax return annually.

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Companies House logo change for UK Company Registrations

Companies House logo change for UK Company Registrations

From 6 October 2013 the Companies House website and online services will display the Royal Coat of Arms in place of the old Companies
House logo, in the first phase of adopting the new single government identity.

For users of the UK Company Registry it will make identification clearer by Government’s use of the Royal Coat of Arms and makes it more distinguishable, allowing customers to easily identify when they are communicating with a government organisation.

This logo will be a part of the new certificates of incorporation for all future UK Company Registrations issued by Companies House and in a staged
rollout will appear on all letters, envelopes documents and forms.

Do not waste time on your company registration

When you have a great idea for a business, it could be important that you waste no time in engaging in the company formation process. After all, if you have identified a gap in the market, it is vital you exploit it as soon as possible before someone else has the chance to muscle in on the area. Whether your idea concerns a type of product or service, there is no time like the present.

Thankfully, by utilising company formation agents like us here at Company Registrations UK, you can rest assured that the process will be efficient and that all the relevant legal issues will be dealt with. Indeed, by utilising our online company registration services, you can get on with the other crucial endeavours associated with establishing your enterprise.

There is much to do at this busy time, so the fewer distractions you have, the better. For example, you will have to formalise your business plan, secure any additional funding required and so on. If you come to us and decide to make use of our offerings, your company formation can be completed within three to six hours. In contrast, if you go it alone, you might waste considerable periods of time. After all, this is not an easy issue and if you have little or no experience in such matters, you might struggle. To find out more about how, as company formation agents, we might be able to assist you, simply take a look around our website or get in touch. You may well have no time to lose, so the faster you look into such issues, the better.