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Logging in to the site.  
Enter your username and password and click "Login". The username is not case sensitive, but the password is. Upon a successful login, you should see an additional 3 options appear on the menu to the left of the screen and the login box should be replaced by box indicating who you are logged in as.

 

If you have lost your password and can no longer login, click on the "Forgot Password?" link located in the login box and enter your username before clicking "Request". The password for the given username will automatically be sent to the emal address registered with that username.

 

If you are a new vistor to the site and / or you don't already have a username, click on the "New User" link located in the login box to create a new user. Only the top two entries are required to create a new user. You will be required to enter a username with a minimum length of 5 characters and a maximum length of 15 characters. You will then need to enter a valid email address so the we can email your password to you. Also, all future communication between yourself and Compho will use this email address.

 

Home Page.  
All site options are accesible from here. Some options can be accessed directly from the menu to the left of the screen.

 

Company Registration.
Use this option to enter details of a company to be incorporated. You can enter and save as much or as little details as you wish and return to them when you are ready to complete the incorporation process. You can enter details of more than one company at any one time.

 

My Details.
Modify your details held by CompHo. This allows you to tell us your company name, VAT Registration Number, address and more.

 

Contact Us
Unfortunately we can't provide telephone support at this moment in time, however this page will provide you with our postal address, fax number and a form allowing you to send your enquires via email direct to us.

 

Company Details.  

 

Select Company
Use the drop list to select details of a company yousaved previously. If the company has been submitted for registration, then it will no longer be listed here.

 

Name
Enter the name of the company you would like to register with Companies House. To avoid un-necessary delays, it is important to make sure that:

• Your company name is not already registered or
• The name in not too simmilar to a company already registered.
• It does not contain any words not acceptable to companies house

If you are new to company formation procedures, then please follow these simple guidelines carefully:

• Your Company Name MUST end with the word Limited or Ltd. Under Section 30, certain companies are exempt from this.
• The name MUST NOT contain any sensitive words unless you wish to register a company / organisation of the type implied by the senstive word / phrase.
• The name is NOT too close or similar to a name of a company that is already registered. Spaces, puntuation marks and Case (upper or lower case) of letters do not count as being different.

The company name can be upto 160 characters in length.

Save As
Having selected a previously saved company, you can save it under a different name. This feature is particularly useful if you register companies regularly with much of the details the same. Another words, you can create a template which you can use again and again.

 

Advance
Shows Section 30 information, allows Group, Holding or International details to be entered. Also this allows a previously rejected submission to be resubmitted.

 

Section 30
If the company or organisation satisfies certain conditions then it may be exempt from the use of Limited, Ltd or its Welsh equivalent, in its name, under Section 30 of Companies Act 1985. If this is the case, click on the button to enter additional details of the person / organisation requesting this exemption. If details have been enterd, a green dot to the right of the Details button will be shown. For more information on Section 30 please see the section entitled "Section 30" below.

 

Group
If the company name contains the word, Group then you must state that the company will have two or more subsidiaries within 3 months of incorporation. Just tick the box and update the text in the text box with relevant details.

 

Holding
If the company name contains the word, Holding then you must state that the company will be a majority share holder in two or more companies within 3 months of incorporation. Just tick the box and update the text in the text box with relevant details.

 

International
If the company name contains the word, International then you must state that the company will be trading in two or more countries within 3 months of incorporation. Just tick the box and update the text in the text box with relevant details.

 

Rejected
If your application was rejected previously by Companies House, you will have been issued with a reject reference number. You must supply this reference on resubmission. Just tick the box and update the text in the text box with relevant details.

 

Section 30  
Company name must end with Limited, Ltd or its Welsh equivalent. Certain company types are exempt from this rule under Section 30 of Companies Act 1985. If this is one of those companies, the person / corporate body applying for this exemption must give their relavent details, which are listed below.

• Forename & Surname - Name of the person requesting exemption from the use of Limited (or its equivalent) under Section 30
• Status - Person's role / designation.
• Signature - Select 3 different type of information from the 3 drop down lists and for each enter the 1st 3 characters of your answer.
• Address - Enter the full postal address and post code wherever possible. You must enter at least 3 lines of the address.
• Corp Forename & Corp Surname: - If this application is on behalf of a Corporate body, then enter the name of the person authorised to sign on its behalf.

[More on Section 30]

 

Company Registered Address  
This is the address of a company to which Companies House letters and reminders will be sent. The registered office can be anywhere in England and Wales (or Scotland if your company is registered there). The registered office must always be an effective address for delivering documents to the company, and to avoid delays it is important that all correspondence sent to this address is dealt with promptly.

A minimum of 3 lines of address is required in total for the Registered Address and should include the Post Code wherever possible.

 

Select Address from the Address Book
If the registered address has been saved in your personal address book then you can select it from this drop down list.

 

Company Shares  
Enter the number of shares that are to be issued when the company is registered. Common figures used are 1, 100 and 1,000. The number of shares issued can be any amount.

 

Share Class
The default class of shares for majority of companies is "Ordinary". You can only define Ordinary Class shares at this moment in time.

 

No
Enter the number of shares you wish to issue. Please note that each share has a nominal value of £1 sterling.

 

Company Secretary  
Under the new Companies Act 2006, which comes into full effect on 1st October 2009, UK Limited Companies are no longer required to have an appointed Company Secretary and this option is now optional. However, under Companies Act 1985, every company must have a Company Secretary. This can be a person or a Corporate body. No formal qualifications are required. The secretary may also be a company director provided that these is at least one other director as well. The secretary is generally responsible for the company administration and filling of the annual returns and accounts.

 

Title
Select the appropiate salutation / title from the dropdown list. The list includes Mr, Miss, Mrs etc.

 

Is a Director
Make sure that this box is ticked if the Company Secretary will also be a Company Director. Please note that the Company Secretary can only be a Director if there is another Company Director.

 

Required
Tick the box if you want a Company Secretary to be defined. This option is ticked by default, if you don't want a Company Secretary, then un-tick this option.

 

Forename
The chosen Secretaries Forename. If the chosen has several Forenames and it is not possible to split them between the Forename & Other Forenames fields, then they should be entered into the Forename field delimited by a space.

The maximum allowed length of the Forename is 50 Characters.

 

Surname
The chosen Secretaries Surname.

The maximum allowed length of the Surname is 130 Characters.

 

Other Forename(s)
If the chosen Secretary has got additional forenames, then enter them in this field. If the chosen has several Forenames and it is not possible to split them between the Forename & Other Forenames fields, then they should be entered into the Forename field delimited by a space.

The maximum allowed length of the Other Forename(s) is 50 Characters.

 

Address

 

Previous Forenames

 

Previous Surname

 

Corporate

 

Signature
Personal authentication data. Please select a different item from each list box and enter either the first or last 3 characters of your answer as indicated. If your answer is a number which is less than three digits, then enter leading zeros e.g. enter 8 as 008. In the case of Date in month of birth enter the digits of date (1 - 31 i.e. 001 - 031) in the month on which the person was born.

 

Select

 

Shares

 

No

 

DOB

 

Nationality

 

Occupation

 

Company Director  
Every company must have at least one Company Director. This can be a person or a Corporate body. No formal qualifications are required.

 

Company Officers  

 

Check for Errors  

 

Payment  

 

Submit  

 

My Details  

 

Tokens  

 

Privacy Policy  
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will not divulge any information to a third party without your consent unless required to do so by law.

 

Registration Process Overview  
If you are registering a company for the first time, then you are strongly advised to read the notes provided by Companies House.
Once you have decided to form a UK based Limited company, you can register your Company easily on-line by following a few simple steps.

We have split the process into 9 stages, depending on the complexity of your company, you may not have to complete all 9 stages. Below is a brief description of each stage and what kind of information is expected.

 

Stage 1. Company Name
As the title suggests, this stage allows you to enter your chosen Company Name. If this is your first time, then you are strongly advised to read the notes from Companies House about Choosing a Company Name; there are certain words that you cannot use. Also, you may want to check that the name is not already registered or that it is not too simmilar to another company previously registered.

 

At this stage, you can also click the 'Advanced' button to enter 'Section 30' details, Group, Holding or International settings are also in the 'Advanced' section. Also, if your submission was rejected previously, you enter the rejection code in this section to inform us and Companies House that this is a re-submission.

 

If you have previously entered the Company details and saved, you can also reload this information at this stage by selecting the appropiate name from the drop down list. This will enable a new option, 'Save As' will appear, this allows you to save the current Company under a new name whilst keeping the same details for Registered Address, Secretary etc.

 

Stage 2. Address
This stage asks for the Registered Address for the proposed Company. Many Companies have their registered address as their Accountant's address. Please make sure that you enter the details correctly as all future communications from Companies House will use this address.

 

This stage also introduces the Address Book feature of our system. When you enter an address into the system, this can be the Registered Address, the address of the Secretary and / or Directors, it automatically saves this address to the Address Book allowing you the ability to select an address from a list of previously used addresses to make entry easier. These is especially advantageous to customers who are looking to register companies more frequently.

 

Stage 3. Shares
Here you enter the number of shares that you want to be issued when the Company is registered. You can only issue 'Ordinary' shares at this moment of time. The most commonly used number of shares issued upon registration is 1, 100 or 1000. It is worth noting that each share issued will have a value of £1.00 Sterling.

 

Stage 4. Secretary
The fourth stage is where you enter the Company Secretary details. The Company Secretary is general responsible for company administration and filing the annual accounts etc. The Company Secretary can also be a Director providing that an additional Director is declared.

 

The Company registration requires a body to be identified as the declarent, this is the body who ensures that the information submitted to Companies House is correct, the Secretary can be marked as the declarent by ticking the 'Is Declarent' option. The Secretary requires no formal qualifications and can be an individual or a Corporate Body.

 

Note: Only one of the Secretary or Director can be the declarent.

 

Stage 5. Director
The stage is where you enter the Company Director details. Every Company must have at least 1 Director. This is still valid even if the option for the Company Secretary to be a Director is selected. The Director requires no formal qualifications and can be an individual or a Corporate Body.

 

The Company registration requires a body to be identified as the declarent, this is the body who ensures that the information submitted to Companies House is correct, the Director can be marked as the declarent by ticking the 'Is Declarent' option.

 

Note: Only one of the Secretary or Director can be the declarent.

 

Stage 6. Officers
Stage 6 allows you to enter upto 12 officers for the Company.

 

Stage 7. Error Check
This stage does some basic checking on the information you have entered to give an idea whether your submission will be successful or not.

 

Please note that this utility for checking errors is provided for your convenience only. It checks for basic errors, omissions and oversights. It can not check for all errors and you are advised to make sure that all the details are correct. If the system does not detect any errors then it does NOT mean that the submission will be successful. Success or failure can only be determined by Companies House.

 

Choosing a Company Name  

 

Section 30 - Companies Act 1985  

(1)	Certain companies are exempt from requirements of this Act relating to the use of "limited" as part of the company name.
(2)	A private company limited by guarantee is exempt from those requirements, and so too is a company which on 25th February 1982 was a private company limited by shares with a name which, by virtue of a licence under section 19 of the Companies Act 1948, did not include "limited"; but in either case the company must, to have the exemption, comply with the requirements of the following subsection.
(3)	Those requirements are that -
	(a)	the objects of the company are (or, in the case of a company about to be registered, are to be) the promotion of commerce, art, science, education, religion, charity or any profession, and anything incidental or conducive to any of those objects; and
	(b)	the company's memorandum or articles -
		(i)	require its profits (if any) or other income to be applied in promoting its objects,
		(ii)	prohibit the payment of dividends to its members, and
		(iii)	require all the assets which would otherwise be available to its members generally to be transferred on its winding up either to another body with objects similar to its own or to another body the objects of which are the promotion of charity and anything incidental or conducive thereto (whether or not the body is a member of the company).
(4)	A statutory declaration that a company complies with the requirements of subsection (3) may be delivered to the registrar of companies, who may accept the declaration as sufficient evidence of the matters stated in it; and the registrar may refuse to register a company by a name which does not include the word "limited" unless such a declaration has been delivered to him.
(5)	The statutory declaration must be in the prescribed form and be made -
	(a)	in the case of a company to be formed, by a solicitor engaged in its formation or by a person named as director or secretary in the statement delivered under section 10(2);
	(b)	in the case of a company to be registered in pursuance of section 680, by two or more directors or other principal officers of the company: and
	(c)	in the case of a company proposing to change its name so that it ceases to have the word "limited" as part of its name, by a director or secretary of the company.
(6)	References in this section to the word "limited" include (in an appropriate case) its Welsh equivalent ("cyfyngedig"), and the appropriate alternative ("ltd.", or "cyf.", as the case may be).
(7)	A company which is exempt from requirements relating to the use of "limited" and does not include that word as part of its name, is also exempt from the requirements of this Act relating to the publication of its name and the sending of lists of members to the registrar of companies.

 

Spaces & Punctuation Marks  
When checking if a company name is already registered then punctuation marks and spaces are ignored.

 

Sensitive Words and Expressions  
These are words and expressions that, when used in a limited liability partnership name, may imply business pre-eminence, a particular status or a specific function. For this reason, they have been prescribed in regulations as requiring the approval of the Secretary of State. The aim is to ensure that use of the word is justified so that the public is not misled by the name. We act on behalf of the Secretary of State in dealing with applications for approval of such words and expressions.

 

Senstive Words List  
Use of these words or expressions in the company name assumes that the company or organisation will be of a particular type. As such will require the approval of the Secretary of the State.