How Shelf Companies Lost Their Appeal and What to Do Now
Also known as a ready-made company or an off-the-shelf company, a shelf company is a pre-registered business you can buy and customise.
Starting up a new business can be extremely exciting. It can be amazing to watch your business idea take shape and move from your head onto paper in the form of your business plan.
When you are ready and raring to go and keen to jump-start your new business venture, you will first need to form your own Limited Company and go through the Company Formations Process. However, it can be confusing to know which style of company formations package to choose. This is why we have put together this handy guide to choosing the right formations package to suit the needs of your business.
Digital Company Package
Our most cost-effective formations package is our Digital Company Pack. This is a package that offers great value for money, especially as it also includes all the legal fees you need to pay to register your new company with Companies House.
What’s included?
Our Digital Company Formations pack includes digital versions of the official company documents you need, which will be sent to you via email as a PDF. Your copies include the Certificate of Incorporation, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and Share Certificates.
Who should choose this pack?
Our digital package is ideal for new business owners looking to register their company without any frills or added extra services. This package is an ideal solution for those who want to register their company name as early as possible with a view to using it in future. This can protect your company name and prevent it from being registered by anyone else wanting to use the same name in the meantime.
The benefits of choosing our digital package:
- Instant Company House Submission and confirmation
- All legal fees included (including Company House fees)
- Official documents emailed directly to you in PDF format
- Ready to trade company (on confirmation of your PDF documentation)
- Free Support & Advice from the Your Company Formations team
- Free Online Company Manager Portal
- No paperwork needed from you
Your online portal allows you to manage your company completely online. You can make changes any time you need to, saving you a lot of time, money and effort.
Free Cash Back (extra service)
As a digital package company owner, you can get access to an exclusive offer of a free bank account or merchant trading account. You could qualify for up to £55.00 cashback for using this service, and we can automatically forward your application on your behalf to either the bank or merchant account provider of your choice.
Digital & Print Company Package
Digital & Print Company Package
Just like our Digital Company package, our Digital & Print package offers the convenience of making your company formations process as simple and straight forward as possible, but this package also includes a printed copy of all your company certificates, including your Certificate of Incorporation, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and Share Certificates. Your documents will be posted to you at an address of your choosing.
You will also get a PDF copy of all of your certificates sent to you via email, and all fees are included, making this another very cost-effective package to choose to officially register your new company with Companies House.
Who should choose this pack?
Our Digital & Print Company Package is ideal for those business owners who would like the reassurance of having an official hard copy of all the company registration documents to keep on file.
You get the best of both world with this package as you can have hard copies of your incorporation documents, and also benefit from having your PDF documents as a backup.
Again, this package would be suitable for those business owners who want to have a no-frills company formation service at a very cost-effective price. However, just like with our Digital Package, you will also be offered the opportunity to take up our special cashback offer of up to £55.00 should you decide to add on one of our banking or merchant account options too.
Benefits of choosing our Digital & Print Package:
- Instant Company House Submission and confirmation
- All legal fees included (including Company House fees)
- Official documents emailed directly to you in PDF format
- Official documents posted to you as soon as possible
- Ready to trade company (on confirmation of your PDF documentation)
- Free Support & Advice from the Your Company Formations team
- Free Online Company Manager Portal
- No paperwork needed from you
With our Digital & Print Package, you don’t even need to wait until you receive your paper documentation before you can start trading. As soon as you receive your PDF documents via email, you are officially registered and ready to trade as a recognised Limited Company.
Privacy Company Package
Privacy Company Package
Our Privacy Company Package is a little more involved than either our Digital or Digital & Print packages. Again, this package offers superb value for money as it includes all the necessary fees from Companies House for your official registration.
What makes our Privacy Company Package different is that it includes our very prestigious Central-London address for you to use as your official Registered Office Address, and for your Directors Service Address. This means that should you be operating your business from your home, there is no need to make your home address visible to the public by including it on the public register of companies kept at Companies House.
As with the Digital & Print package, you will also get copies of your company formations certificates via email as a PDF, and hard copies sent through the post to an address of your choosing.
You will also be eligible to take up or exclusive cashback bank account or merchant account offer that could give you up to £55.00 cashback.
Who should choose this package?
Our Privacy Package is ideal for company owners who wish to keep their residential address private and off public record. This is also an ideal package to choose should you want to be able to impress your clients with a very prestigious London City address that sits at the heart of the business district.
If you are looking to save a lot of money off using our business services, then our Privacy Package is the one to choose. By combining our Company Formations Service with our Business Address Services, you will be saving yourself well over £100.00.
Benefits of choosing our Privacy Company Package:
- Instant Company House Submission and confirmation
- All legal fees included (including Company House fees)
- Official documents emailed directly to you in PDF format
- Official documents posted to you as soon as possible
- Ready to trade company (on confirmation of your PDF documentation)
- Free Support & Advice from the Your Company Formations team
- Free Online Company Manager Portal
- No paperwork needed from you
- A registered office address
- A director’s service address
Don’t forget that we have made it easy to add on our bank account or merchant account option that could qualify you for up to £55.00 cashback.
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Fully Inclusive Company Package
All inclusive package
An ideal option for those who want to benefit from our services while making the best savings. Our Fully Inclusive Company Package will launch your new Limited Company in the right way. You will benefit from using our Central-London business address for your company to give your business a greater sense of presence and prestige.
You can use our City Road EC1 address on all of your business stationery and company website to instantly give your customers the impression that your business sits in the heart of London’s bustling business district.
What is also included is all three of our professional Business Address Services, including your Registered Office Address, Directors Service Address and Business Mail Forwarding Address. You will be able to use our professional mail forwarding service and use our prestigious address for your business.
Who should choose this package?
Or Fully Inclusive Package is great if you want the convenience of benefiting from all of our professional business services, but want to save some money when compared to buying our individual services.
If you value your privacy and want to keep your home address off the public record, then this is the package to choose as you can use our prestigious Central-London address to cover all of your business address needs.
You can choose our Fully Inclusive Package easily online from our website and within a few short minutes your package will be up and running. We can take care of every element of your company formation and deal with Companies House on your behalf. We have been in the company formations business for many years and have helped many thousands of new companies get off the ground.
Benefits of choosing our Fully Inclusive Company Package:
- Instant Company House Submission and confirmation
- All legal fees included (including Company House fees)
- Official documents emailed directly to you in PDF format
- Official documents posted to you as soon as possible
- Ready to trade company (on confirmation of your PDF documentation)
- Free Support & Advice from the Your Company Formations team
- Free Online Company Manager Portal
- No paperwork needed from you
- A registered office address
- A director’s service address
- A mail forwarding address
What you will also get with our Fully Inclusive Company Package is a printed hard copy of your initial board meeting minutes, this will show the first resolutions passed.
And again, you will also qualify for our exclusive cashback offer for a bank account or merchant account where you could benefit from up to £55.00 cashback.
International Company Package (Non Residents)
International package
Our International Company Package has been especially designed with non-UK residents in mind. No matter where you live across the world, you can still form a company inside the UK and have a Central-London address for your business.
You can build a strong UK presence for your business by using our professional Business Address Services for your business trading address. You can use our City Road, EC1 address on your company paperwork and website.
You also get to use our Directors Service Address and Registered Office Address services for your company so that your clients will have a recognised UK mailing address to communicate with you. This can help to build confidence in your business from your clients or customers and having an address in the centre of London’s bustling business district will stand you in good stead.
As part of this package you get to benefit from our mail forwarding services so we will be able to receive all of your business mail at our London offices, and then we can process your post according to your instructions. We can forward your mail to an address of your choosing, or we can scan and email your important business mail so that you can get an instant update.
Who should choose this package?
Ideal for business owners who live abroad, but need to have a prestigious UK address for their company. Our company formations process is very simple and straightforward, and we can help you get your company registered and up and running as quickly as possible.
Benefits of using our International Company Package:
- Instant Company House Submission and confirmation
- All legal fees included (including Company House fees)
- Official documents emailed directly to you in PDF format
- Official documents posted to you as soon as possible
- Ready to trade company (on confirmation of your PDF documentation)
- Free Support & Advice from the Your Company Formations team
- Free Online Company Manager Portal
- No paperwork needed from you
- A registered office address
- A director’s service address
- A mail forwarding address (worldwide)
You will also receive a printed hard copy of your initial board meeting minutes, this will show the first resolutions passed.
Once your business has gone through the company formations process and has been registered, we will post a copy of all of your formations documentation to you via our trusted international courier service to an address of your choosing.
Should you need any further information or help about choosing the right package for your business, do not hesitate to contact our friendly team today. We are here to help!
