Concise guide: More advice on choosing a name
Sensitive words: A list of sensitive words that should be avoided or are not allowed in limited company names
Similar names: Rules for similar company names

The package

Details of what is included in our standard limited company formation package

Formation FAQ

Guide to running a company

About limited company articles

Sample Articles: Samples of memorandum and articles
About the model articles: Information about the model articles which Companies House use to incorporate companies by default

Other types of company

Guarantee companies, flat management, CICs, LLPs, PLCs etc.

Right to manage

Advice on how to set up Right to manage companies

Flat management

Advice on how to set up Flat management companies

Ltd by guarantee

Advice on how to set up Companies limited by guarantee

CIC

Advice on how to set up Community interest companies

LLP

About limited liability partnership – LLP: UK limited company formation agents – about limited liability partnership llp

PLC

Advice on how to set up Public Limited companies

Company Restoration

Struck off and dissolved companies restored under section 1000 Companies Act 2006

Apply to restore now: Application for the restoration of a dissolved company to the Register
What happens to struck off companies?: Questions and answers about restoring dissolved companies to the register
Why is a company struck off?: Why was my company struck off?
Why restore a company?
Administrative restoration: What is administrative restoration
How long does a company restoration take?: How long does a company restoration take?
Who can apply to restore?: Who is allowed to apply for a company to be restored?
Which kind of restoration do I need?: Options for struck off company restoration
FAQs: Restoration FAQs
Prices: What is the cost of restoring a struck off or dissolved company?

Vectis

Vectis company secretarial software

Features: What Vectis company secretarial software offers
Benefits: Why to use Vectis company secretarial software
Log in/register: Log in to Vectis or register to use it
How to register
Buy Vectis credits: Buy credits for the Vectis company secretarial software
FAQ: Cost of Vectis software licences
Prices: Frequently asked questions
Import an FD formation into Vectis: Import the details of a company that you formed with FD into Vectis
Sample Vectis Screenshots: Sample Vectis Screenshots

Practice Brokerage

Accountancy Practice Sales & Purchase

Contact Us

If you are thinking about buying or selling an accountancy practice please contact us

Our aims

Aims of Kensington accountancy practice brokers

Transaction schedule

When buying and selling an accountancy practice, you can expect us to cover the following areas in the accountancy practice sales schedule

FAQs

Accountancy practice sale FAQs

For sale

Our list of accountancy practices for sale

Seeking merger

Our list of accountancy practices seeking to merge

Looking to buy

List of acquirers seeking to buy an accountancy practice

Downloads

If you wish to buy or sell an accountancy practice, you will find these downloads useful

Brochure: Accountancy practice sale brochure
Seller’s questionnaire: Questions for selling an accountancy practice
Merger's questionnaire: Questions for merging an accountancy practice
Acquirer’s questionnaire: Questions for buying an accountancy practice
Confidentiality Agreement: Confidentiality agreement for buying and selling an accountancy practice
A-Z of buying Accountancy Practices

Fees

The costs of buying and selling an accountancy practice

Practice tools

Help and tips for selling an accountancy practice and valuing an accountancy practice

Accountancy Recruitment

Riverhill accountancy recruitment - the accountancy jobs specialists

What We Offer: For accountancy and accounting jobseekers
Register Your Vacancy: For accountancy employers seeking to recruit accountancy staff
Looking for a Job?
Practice v Corporate
FAQs for Employers
FAQs for Job Seekers
Contact Us: Contact us regarding an accountancy job , register for an accountancy job or offer an accountancy job
Downloads

Business Brokers

Buying and selling a business with Kensington Business Brokers

Aims

Aim of Kensington business brokers

Buying a Business

Buying a business with Kensington Business Brokers

Selling Your Business

Selling a business with Kensington Business Brokers

For Sale

Our list of businesses for sale

Register

Contact Kensington Brokers to buy or sell a business

Agents

become a local agent

Downloads

Kensington Business Brokers - Downloads

A-Z of buying a business

Fees

How much will it cost me to sell my business ?

Tax Advice

Tax questions and tax investigation help

Submit tax query: Answer my tax query
Services: Tax advice support services
How does it work?: How does the tax advice service work?
Tax Rate Card 2011/12: Download a 2011/12 tax card as a gift from FD!
Prices: Cost of tax advice

Trade Marks

Legal advice on trade mark protection

Brand protection: Protect your company's brand
Advantages: Advantages of registering a trade mark
The Process: The process of registering a UK or European trade mark
After Registration: After registering your brand as a UK or European trade mark
Monitoring & Name Watching: Trade Mark monitoring & name watching after trade mark registration
Design Registration: Trade Mark design registration
Prices: What does it cost to register a trade mark?

Identity Checking

Client identification checks from your desk without pestering your clients for passports and bank statements

Check an identity: Perform a money laundering check online
Buy credits online: Buy credits to do online money laundering checks
Buy credits by cheque: Buy credits to do online money laundering checks by cheque
Required information: What information we need, recommend and is optional to do a money laundering check
Sample reports: Sample money laundering check reports
Offline prices: Money laundering check offline prices
Online prices: Money laundering check online prices
Order search offline: Do money laundering checks offline by post/fax

Searches & credit checks

Company searches at Companies House and credit checks on limited companies

Sample search report: Example search on a UK limited company
UK prices: Price list for searches on UK limited companies
UK companies list: List of all UK companies

Secretarial

FD provides a wide range of secretarial services, including special resolutions, company seals and registers

Apostille

Apostille

Resolutions

Advice on passing ordinary and special resolutions for limited companies

Registered Office

Registered office address facilities

Directors address

Directors service address

Seals

Order a company seal

Registers

Loose leaf, Electronic, Soft and hard back company registers for limited companies

Charity

Information about our charity registration services

What is charitable?: Explains what activities are considered charitable
Running a charity: Summarises the requirements for running a charity
Types of charity: Explains the different legal formats of charitable organisations
Prices: Cost of registering a UK charity

Domain Names

Guide to domain names: Information about domain names
Email access details for domain: Email the details to access a domain if you don't know what they are

Quick links

About FD: A brief history of FD and an explanation of our ethos and working practices
Apply for a credit account: Regular customers will benefit from applying for a credit account
Apply for an FD customer number: An FD customer number will speed up your on-line purchases
Pay invoices on-line: Pay your Formations Direct invoices on-line using our secure payment service
Site guide: A guide to the entire FD web site
Testimonials: Formations Direct has many satisfied customers
Web site feedback: Tell us what you think of our site
Contact us: Contact Formations Direct from our web site, by telephone, post or fax

My Account

Manage your FD account online

Change my password: Change the password that you use to login to this website
Company orders: View previous company orders and order bank accounts
Claim a bank account cashback: Claim the cashback for a bank account that you opened through FD
My invoices: A list of your previous invoices
View previous MLR checks: View MLR checks that you have previously done
My Domains: Manage your domains

Resources

Links to other websites and documents available for download

Links

Links to other websites which may be of interest to you

Downloads

A full list off all documents available for download from the FD site

Table A: Companies Act 1985 table A
Tables B-F: Companies Act 1985 tables B to F
eBrochure: Formations Direct electronic brochure
FREE tax leaflet
CA 2006 Model Articles

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