Non-resident
You can own and run a UK limited company from anywhere. What actually stops people is the practical layer: verifying your identity at Companies House without a UK passport, holding a registered office that survives scrutiny, registering for VAT with no threshold to hide behind, and getting a bank to say yes. These pages deal with each of those in turn, with real prices and real turnaround times.
Compliance and tax
Every page below answers one question directly, then works through the UK rules, the numbers and what we would do. Written for owners, not for other accountants.
Identity verification at Companies House is now compulsory for directors and people with significant control. How to verify from overseas through an authorised agent, from £50 plus VAT.
Non-resident company servicesA London registered office and director service address for your limited company, with statutory mail scanned to you. From £10 a month.
Non-resident company servicesA London virtual office address for your limited company: registered office, director service address and mail handling from £10 a month, run by a regulated accountancy practice.
Non-resident company servicesBusiness mail forwarding from a London address: statutory post scanned the day it arrives, general post forwarded in the UK or overseas, priced on volume.
Non-resident company servicesForm a UK limited company from overseas: no UK residence required. Formation is £250 plus VAT, excluding the £100 Companies House fee, with the application submitted the same day.
Non-resident company servicesA business with no UK establishment has no VAT registration threshold. How NETP registration works, what HMRC asks for, and how long it takes.
Non-resident company servicesOutsourced company secretarial support and confirmation statement filing from £50 plus VAT, excluding the Companies House fee. Filed the same working day.
Step up
When compliance is no longer the constraint, the next step is a finance team: a controller owning the close and a finance director owning the decisions. Typically from £1,500 a month.
What actually works when opening a UK business bank account as a non-resident director: what banks check, which routes are realistic, and what to prepare.
Non-resident company servicesHow the non-resident landlord scheme works: when tax is deducted from your UK rent, how to be paid gross, and what you still have to file with HMRC.
Non-resident company servicesWhat a nominee director is, what UK transparency and anti-money-laundering law now requires, and the legitimate alternatives if you want privacy as an overseas owner.
Two ways to work with us
Everything is fixed price and agreed before we start. Prices are the same whether you are in London, Morden, Croydon or anywhere else in the UK.
All-inclusive packages
One fee covering your company’s filing calendar, with the price based on your turnover band.
One-off online filing
No monthly commitment. Add what you need to one basket and pay by card, with government fees shown separately at cost.
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