Company formation
Name checked, incorporated, shares and officers set up, then registered with HMRC.
Companies House, kept in order.
TaxReck forms limited companies and keeps them in order at Companies House: confirmation statements, accounts, and every change to directors, shareholders, addresses and names. As an authorised corporate service provider we can also verify directors' identities and file on your company's behalf.
- Same dayMost formations, once identities are verified
- £100Companies House fee to incorporate online
- 14 daysTo file a director or PSC change
- 9 monthsAfter the year end, to file accounts
One date in, every date out.
Companies House and HMRC count from different starting points, which is how companies end up late without noticing. Put in one date and the line fills itself in.
A guide only. A first accounting period can be shortened or extended, and HMRC's dates move with it. We confirm the real dates when we take you on.
Eight jobs the register expects.
Confirmation statement
Officers, shareholders, PSCs and SIC codes checked and filed, the £50 fee paid for you.
Accounts
Micro or small company accounts filed through software, matched to the tax return.
Identity verification
Directors and PSCs verified with Companies House through us, as an authorised provider.
Director changes
Appointments, resignations and new details filed and minuted.
Share changes
New shares, transfers and share classes, done in the order the tax needs.
Address and name
Registered office moved, company renamed, HMRC and your bank told too.
Company secretary
All of the above on a retainer, with the register of members and minutes kept.
A company, in a working day.
Five steps. You answer a few questions in the first one; we do the rest and hand you a company that is already known to HMRC.
1Name and structure
We check the name is free and not too like another, and agree the directors, shareholders and shares.
2Identity verified
Each director verifies with Companies House through us before the company is formed.
3Incorporated
Filed electronically. The certificate usually comes back the same day, with your company number.
4Registered with HMRC
Corporation tax at once, PAYE and VAT where needed, and agent authority so we can speak for you.
5Ready to trade
Certificate, articles, share certificates and a first board minute, and a short call on your duties.
Companies House fee£100
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Our formation fee£250
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Formed and registered with HMRC£350
Already formed it yourself? Common, and usually fine. Ask us to check it.
What each person has to bring.
Nothing unusual, and nothing you have to post. Here is the whole list, for the company and for each person on it.
For the company
- A nameOne that is free and not too like another, and that avoids the sensitive words. Check yours at the top of this page.
- A registered officeA UK address where post can be delivered and signed for. Not a PO box. Ours can be used instead of your home.
- A registered email addressCompanies House writes to it. It is never published.
- What the company doesA SIC code. We pick it with you from the official list.
- Who owns itShares and shareholders: how many, at what value, and who holds them.
- Articles of associationThe standard model articles in almost every case. We supply them.
For every director and person with significant control
- Name, date of birth, nationalityAnd, for directors, an occupation.
- Two addressesA service address, which appears on the public register, and your home address, which does not.
- A verified identityEveryone must verify once, then reuse the same code for every company.
- Anyone with more than 25%Of the shares or the votes goes on the register as a person with significant control.
Identity verification
One check, three steps, done through us
- 1
One photo ID
A biometric or machine readable passport, an Irish passport card, a UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or EU photocard driving licence, an EU, Norwegian, Icelandic or Liechtenstein biometric identity card, a UK biometric residence permit or an eVisa.
- 2
A likeness check
A photo of your face, compared with the photo in the document. Where that is not possible, other documents from the approved list are checked by a person instead.
- 3
Your personal code
Companies House issues an eleven character code. It is yours for life: give it to us once and it covers every company you are on.
We are an authorised corporate service provider, so we can carry the check out for you. Verifying free of charge through GOV.UK One Login is also an option, and we will say so if it suits you better.
An address that is not your home.
Use our address as your registered office and your home stays off the public register. It counts as an appropriate address under the new rules, which a PO box no longer does.
And a company secretary, if you want one
- Register of members held and kept up to date
- Board minutes and dividend vouchers
- Every officer and share change filed
- Deadlines tracked for the whole company
The register is changing.
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act is being switched on in stages. This is what has happened, and what is next for a small company.
- Since March 2024
New powers and fees
Companies House can query and reject filings. Every company needs a registered email address.
- Since 18 Nov 2025
Identity verification
New directors verify before appointment; existing ones with their next confirmation statement.
- From 18 Nov 2026
Everyone verified
The transition ends, and action starts against directors and PSCs who have not verified.
- From April 2028
Software only accounts
Paper and web filing closes; small companies file a profit and loss account.
TaxReck is an authorised corporate service provider, so we can verify you and file for your company.
Dates from the Companies House implementation timetable as at September 2026. Ask us to confirm anything before you rely on it.
What it costs, and what late costs.
Our fixed fees
- Company formation
- £250 + £100 Companies House fee
- Confirmation statement
- £100 a year, £50 fee included
- Director, address or share change
- £120 per filing
- Dormant company accounts
- £100 a year
- Accounts, CT600 and a director's return
- £475 a year
- Registered office and secretary
- Quoted with the retainer
A private company's late accounts penalty
Automatic, and busy is not an excuse. A late confirmation statement is an offence for the directors, and the company can be struck off.
Companies House, answered.
A private company has not needed one by law since 2008, but somebody still has to do the job: keep the register of members, file the changes, mind the dates. Most directors either do it badly in January or hand it to us on a retainer.
Yes. Your home address then stays off the public register, official post comes to us and is scanned to you the day it arrives, and the address is a proper appropriate address under the new rules, which a PO box no longer is.
That everything Companies House holds about your company is still right: officers, registered office, shareholders, people with significant control, SIC codes and, now, that you have verified your identity and confirmed the company's future activities are lawful. It is due once a year, within 14 days of the review date, whether or not anything changed.
The filing is simple. The tax is where care is needed: whether to transfer existing shares or issue new ones, which class, and what it does to dividends and to the settlements rules. We do the tax check first and the paperwork second.
Yes: dormant accounts and a confirmation statement every year, and you should tell HMRC the company is dormant so it stops expecting a tax return. If you no longer need the company at all, striking it off is usually cheaper than keeping it alive.
Hand over the register.
Send your company number.
We come back within a working day with what is filed, what is due, and one fixed figure to look after all of it.
Opens your email with the number filled in. Nothing is sent from this page.