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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: tws on July 05, 2010, 07:46:40 pm

Title: registering with company's house
Post by: tws on July 05, 2010, 07:46:40 pm
how many of you actually bother to register your business names and do,s it really matter if you don't ?.
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: darren clarke on July 05, 2010, 08:09:37 pm
you should register your business if you dont use your name

as you dont have to use the ltd name to trade under,  but if some one registers ur name  ir blue monkey  they they can stop you using it
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: tws on July 05, 2010, 08:12:49 pm
your wife could be company secretary than you could go ltd the assets of your ltd company could not be touched by your creditors including your house if you own it, but this is not the case with sole traders i beleive but the question was who bothers to register there business name.  
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: tws on July 05, 2010, 08:14:07 pm
you should register your business if you dont use your name

as you dont have to use the ltd name to trade under,  but if some one registers ur name  ir blue monkey  they they can stop you using it
good point  ;)
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: actualcleaning on July 06, 2010, 06:22:08 pm
I have mine registered here...

www.duport.co.uk

You can register your business name as a dormant company with them and they will take care of all the paper work with companies house on an annual basis,for a fee of course.
This ensures that your business name cannot be snapped up by someone else.
 :)
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: LQQK on July 06, 2010, 06:48:22 pm
how many of you actually bother to register your business names and do,s it really matter if you don't ?.

Me, I have.
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 06, 2010, 08:55:32 pm
Do you have tio be a limited company to register your name at companies house?




Matt
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: darren clarke on July 06, 2010, 09:01:20 pm
yes matt
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 06, 2010, 09:09:19 pm
Do you have to be VAT registered to be a ltd business?



Matt
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: robbie72 on July 06, 2010, 09:12:56 pm
no you don't have to be vat reg to be ltd
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 06, 2010, 09:15:31 pm
How do you become ltd?
Sorry for the questions, its something I havent really looked into.



Matt
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 06, 2010, 09:29:44 pm
Ewan so you have to register your name first then?
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 06, 2010, 09:33:40 pm
How much does it cost to become limited along with registering your name?




Matt
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: darren clarke on July 06, 2010, 09:33:49 pm
matt

go to staples and ask for the company formation forms,  about 16 quid,  fill them in get solicitor to sign and send off and wait a week, thats all it is
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: darren clarke on July 06, 2010, 09:34:17 pm
u can do it next day fro abotu 50 quid i think
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: LQQK on July 06, 2010, 10:26:08 pm
yes matt

No you dont.

You can register a name but not trade as the registered name.


I have reserved my businesses name so no-one else can use it, which saves my from having to become embroiled in all the additional paper-work and tax returns of a Ltd company (let alone the additional costs!!)

If you wish to just reserve a name all it costs is an admin fee on a yearly basis for your non-operating accounts to be submitted to companies house.
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: darren clarke on July 06, 2010, 10:30:37 pm
yes matt

No you dont.

You can register a name but not trade as the registered name.


I have reserved my businesses name so no-one else can use it, which saves my from having to become embroiled in all the additional paper-work and tax returns of a Ltd company (let alone the additional costs!!)

If you wish to just reserve a name all it costs is an admin fee on a yearly basis for your non-operating accounts to be submitted to companies house.

yes you do to reserve your name you have to buy the ltd name of it and then file tax return for the ltd compnay as not trading
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: DaveG on July 06, 2010, 10:32:27 pm
im confused..com!

my accountant told me to register name with a company (forget who now) it costs about £80 a year ..and this stops anyone else using your name...am I talking about the same thing here or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: LQQK on July 06, 2010, 10:33:32 pm


yes you do to reserve your name you have to buy the ltd name of it and then file tax return for the ltd compnay as not trading


Buying a Ltd name isnt what Matt was asking, he was asking do you have to BE Ltd to register a name


Do you have tio be a limited company to register your name at companies house?




Matt

You said yes, which isn't correct.


I have bought my businesses name, the Ltd edition, I dont use it, nor operate as it. It is simply reserved should I choose to go Ltd and also prevents anyone else from going Ltd under that name. My accounts are submitted yearly as non-trading, but Im not Ltd!
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: darren clarke on July 06, 2010, 10:37:39 pm
i am sorry matt, i miss understood
Title: Re: registering with company's house
Post by: LQQK on July 06, 2010, 10:39:22 pm
Dont worry mate, we all make mistakes, look at me


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