London, the heart of the former British Empire, has been a trading giant for the past three centuries. London is a city where it never ceases to rain, just as the business opportunities it offers. London has, over a period of time, built over the riches from all over the world. It has always been an attraction for businesses worldwide. We can attribute such accomplishments to its business-oriented infrastructure, world-level facilities, quality governance, and respect for rules and regulations among the general masses.
London is a major financial centre of the western world. Also, as one of the top technologically advanced cities on the planet, London attracts some of the best talents across the globe. Such magnetism for a skilled workforce fuels London's corporate workforce with trained and skilled personnel. Furthermore, most nations have adopted the British Legal System, especially commonwealth nations. This makes it easier for foreign entrepreneurs to set up their businesses in British city.
Now for some serious talks, let us look at some of the benefits of Company Registration in London. London has a lot to offer to budding entrepreneurs. The entrepreneur must not necessarily reside in the city. You can also avail yourself of the benefits of registering your Business in London from a foreign country.
The benefits of company registration in London are as follows:
London boasts of being the most extensive network of double tax avoidance treaties. Their Corporate Authority offers various incentives for registering companies in the British City. The London Legislation offers several tax incentives for Tech startups and Fintech Firms.
London city boasts of being one of Europe's largest and most vibrant marketplaces. Acting as a gateway to other corners of the world, London offers its foreign investors the following advantages:
There are potent similarities between the legal system adopted worldwide with the Westminster legal system, making it easier for companies to adapt to such systems.
London offers a robust business ecosystem to budding entrepreneurs to build their businesses and sustain themselves in the long term.
London magnets world-class talent towards itself. It can offer a pool of employees ready to be employed in business administration. This is because London has knitted world-class academic institutions and businesses close together.
London ripes the benefit of being strategically located between the East and West worlds. The British city offers a central time zone position to budding businesses. Therefore, they can operate round the clock if the business situation demands to push for maximum output.
As one of the world's major financial centers, London also offers an ideal environment for research and development work for business development.
The London Legal System facilitates an ideal environment for International Holding Companies. It offers the following benefits to the Holding Companies:
London tax laws exempt taxing dividends received by Foreign Companies. But there is a catch. The London companies are exempted on certain conditions, such as the company's size, whether the company is small, medium, or large.
Also, the Corporate Authority imposes no withholding tax on the dividends distribution paid to the shareholders. The exemption is irrespective of the residential status of the company's shareholders.
London tax regime keeps from imposing Capital Gains tax on the disposal of a substantial shareholding in any of the following entities:
Note: Here, substantial shareholding means shareholding in which at least 10% of the ordinary shares are stored in another company for one year in the previous six years preceding the sale.
The Corporate Authority also relieves the disposal of shares in companies owned QIIs, i.e., the Qualified Institutional Investors.
The regulatory Authority for business registration in London is the Companies Register of London. It is commonly known as the Companies House in Britain.
The Companies Act of 2006 of London recognizes many business structures as companies, such as:
Of these, there are majorly five types of companies commonly adopted by budding businesses in London to start their commercial operations.
Each of these business structures has its own eligibility requirements. They are:
Some of the less common forms of Business Structures in London are:
Now let us look at such corporate structures one by one in detail.
You can register your company in London electronically through the e-Business portal at the official Company Register website. If you want to submit your registration application offline, then you can avail of the physical registration option with a notary's assistance. You can hire a notary to help you in the preparation of the following documentation for company registration in London:
The promoters of the applicant company can adopt other means for company registration, such as:
If the promoter chooses to register the Company via post, he must use the incorporation form IN-01.
Also, every newly incorporated Company must register for the applicable Corporation Tax within three months of kickstarting your Business. Usually, people prefer to register for applicable Corporation Tax at the time of company registration with the Companies House. Suppose the promoter is unable to register the Company with the Authority. In such cases, they can register the company separately with the HMRC, i.e., the HM Revenue and Customs, after the applicant business has been registered with the Companies House.
Every Company registration applicant must go through the process of Company Registration enlisted in the following steps to get registered as a Corporate entity in London:
The first step in registering your company in London is ascertaining whether the chosen company structure is suitable for the commercial activities to be undertaken by the applicant company owner. For such purposes, the applicant must understand the taxation structure of the chosen business entity.
As a foreign investor, if you want to set up a branch office in London, you have the following two options:
Overseas Company: In this case, the Foreign Company operates from its native state. In addition, it bears all the responsibilities of the debts of its branch office in London.
Open a Subsidiary: You can open a subsidiary as a Private Limited Company. Here, the Subsidiary is a separate legal entity and will bear the required responsibilities.
After choosing the appropriate business structure, the applicant company must choose and reserve the trade name for itself. Here, the promoters are assigned the task of choosing an appropriate name. .
The Company Law of London makes it mandatory for the business applicant to appoint at least one Director for company registration. However, the Law does not mandate the company to appoint a Company Secretary at its incorporation.
For every Company Registration in London, the applicant must maintain specific records regarding the affairs of the Company. In such cases, the Authority has delegated the HM Revenue and Customs to check the compliances of the Company. HMRC also checks the right amount of Tax being paid by the Company. The records to be presented to the HMRC are as follows:
The applicant must maintain the following details about the Company at all times:
It must be noted that the above-mentioned record must be maintained anyway if there are no people with significant control.
Finally, the company must register for a physical address. They must also select the SIC code that identifies which the newly incorporated company will undertake commercial activities.
On the successful registration of the company, the Authority will issue the Certificate of Incorporation to the applicant. With the certificate issue, the company enters the corporate existence. The Certificate of Incorporation puts the company on the legal map. The certificate enlists the company's number and its date of formation.
Our Incorporation experts provide you end to end company incorporation services in London by assisting you in the following manner:
We ensure that your company incorporation services requirements for London are always on time. Our professionals understand the intricacies of company incorporation procedures in London. Thus, we have expedited the process – helping you incorporate your Company at an affordable price.
So, reach out to our Incorporation Experts and realize your dream of starting your own Company in London.
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