Buy Limited Companies

Do you want to be a company director and buy your own company formation?

Making a limited company purchase is actually relatively simple: just choose one of the many formation agents out there, and your company will be setup often within a few hours.

The first thing you will want to do is a company name search – to see if anyone else has incorporated using the name you want to form your ltd company with.

Also, bear in mind that Companies House won’t allow you to incorporate with a name similar to anyone else. For example, if someone has already incorporated Blue Widgets Limited, you won’t be able to register Blue Widget Limited.

Also, there are certain words that Companies House won’t let you use in your limited company name- certain “protected words” – along with certain words you will need to prove you can use. For example, if you tried to incorporate your limited company formation with “Blue Widget International Limited”, you will need to show Companies House that you trade in several companies.

These issues making setting up a company a little more complicated, but the process is still relatively simple with e-filing – at least compared to what incorporation was like before the net.

Buying a limited company name is easy nowadays.

There are literally dozens of company formation agents out there, willing to setup your new limited company for you.

However, before you rush to setup your new company with one of them, you need to understand something.

They don’t actually process the incorporation themselves. Instead, they interact with Companies House’s own database and setup your company indirectly as an “agent”.

Now here’s why that’s relevant: in most cases, the submission to Companies House is instant – although the actual incorporation processing and company setup may take a few days.

Some company formation agents will “fast-track” your incorporation – making same day company formation likely in many cases.

Ask your formation agent if they provide this fast-tracked service.  If so, incorporation can take just a few business hours.

One final note: Companies House do allow you to incorporate via their own website.

You can check it out here:

Buy Limited Companies via Companies House

However, be sure to shop around. Many agents include many bonuses that CH don’t offer on their own direct service.