Company Formation ... Quick and simple.

Your company, in around 4 working hours

Looking to form a limited company ? Form your company with Companies House with NO hidden extras in around 4 working hours (subject to Companies House operating times). Don't use a pre-registered company name ("off the shelf") - we form your company with your people and your choice of company name so that your new business starts clean and doesnt have a history before you even start.

We offer a range of company formation packages - and all prices are inclusive of postage (in the UK) and Companies House charges - no hidden extras  at the end of the process.  Choose to open a Barclays business bank account through us and get £35 cash back once your account is opened.

What are the benefits of trusting The Company Merchant Limited with your company formation?

• Internet or telephone orders - whichever you feel comfortable with
• FAST- company registrations happen within one working day (usually 4 hours)
• ONLY YOUR details on the company - we dont register with ours and then transfer
• No hidden extras like transfer or activation fees, and UK postage is included !
• No charges for resubmitting if Companies House reject
• February 2013 started our 20th year - we are not a fly-by-night company
• We run a secure website. Not just payment pages - our entire formation system

 

The Company Merchant Limited is a well established (1994) UK company formation agent offering Companies House registration of a UK Limited company usually in around 4 working hours, using our online service with optional VAT registration carried out after the company registration.

Get your limited company formed quickly and simply online with a direct limited company incorporation service. Put yourself in control, saving you time and money with the fastest company formations available (often between 2 to 6 working hours). We submit direct to Companies House electronically for a fast turn around.

With our no extra cost policy for resubmitting rejected company registration forms, we are the preferred company registration solution provider for hundreds of accountants and company formation agents, and thousands of business entrepreneurs.

Director appointments, terminations and registered office changes can all be filed free of charge once your limited company formation is accepted by Companies House. Your Annual Return can be filed online (required each year), and, if you've had a change of mind,  you can even change your company name online too !!

Why take risks as a sole trader ?

If you are a sole trader, you and the business are THE SAME. You are personally liable for any money the business owes. This can be paid with your house, car, or personal possessions.

The reason a "Limited company" is called a limited company is that it limits the owners personal liabilities. The company is treated as a seperate legal "entity" and so it is the company that buys and sells, and not, you, the owner. As long as you have traded legally under the limited company and not given personal guarantees, you are not personally liable for the company's debts. 

Join our tens of thousands of previous customers who have wanted to start a shop,  an internet business, a back bedroom hobby business or  a new company of any description ... and start your business with The Company Merchant Ltd today!

Some agents rename an "off the shelf" dormant company owned by them and transfer it to you. This takes longer and leaves a messy paper trail. With our system, you are ready to trade as soon as you have received email notification that the company formation is successful. The only reason for opting for a shelf company is to go for an "old" one, registered some years ago.