Non-resident company services
Quick answer
A non-resident can own and direct a UK limited company. There is no requirement to live in the UK or to have a UK director. You need a UK registered office, verified director and PSC identities, and a clear record of who controls the company. Formation is £250 plus VAT, excluding the £100 Companies House fee. — LimitedCompany.Accountants, ICAEW-regulated accountants for UK limited companies.
Form 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.
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A non-resident can own and direct a UK limited company. There is no requirement to live in the UK or to have a UK director. You need a UK registered office, verified director and PSC identities, and a clear record of who controls the company. Formation is £250 plus VAT, excluding the £100 Companies House fee.
What the law actually requires
The realistic sequence from overseas
Tax the day after incorporation
What we charge
A non-resident can own and direct a UK limited company. There is no requirement to live in the UK or to have a UK director. You need a UK registered office, verified director and PSC identities, and a clear record of who controls the company. Formation is £250 plus VAT, excluding the £100 Companies House fee.
At least one natural-person director, a UK registered office address, a statement of capital, and details of every person with significant control. Nationality and residence are not restrictions. What has changed is identity: directors and PSCs must now be verified before they can act.
First verify the identities of the directors and people with significant control, from £50 plus VAT each. Second, put a compliant UK registered office in place, from £10 a month. Third, incorporate: we submit the application the same working day, and Companies House usually completes online incorporations quickly.
Banking comes last and is the slowest part, because banks run their own checks and many want to see a UK connection. We cannot open an account for you, but the guide below sets out what actually works.
A UK-incorporated company is UK tax resident and files a corporation tax return, whoever owns it and wherever it trades. Where the directors also manage the company from another country, that country may claim tax residence too, and a double tax treaty decides the outcome. Raise this before you incorporate rather than afterwards.
VAT is separate. A business with no UK establishment has no registration threshold at all, so registration can be required from the first UK sale.
Formation is £250 plus VAT, excluding the £100 Companies House filing fee, with the application submitted the same working day. Identity verification is £50 plus VAT per person. Registered office is £120 plus VAT a year. Confirmation statements are £49 plus VAT, excluding the Companies House fee. Ongoing accounts, VAT and payroll are quoted from our published monthly packages.
Rates, thresholds and deadlines quoted here reflect the current UK position and current HMRC and Companies House guidance. Check GOV.UK, or ask us, before relying on them for your own business.
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Frequently asked
Yes. There is no residence or nationality requirement for directors or shareholders.
No. A company can be formed and run entirely by overseas directors, although all of them must verify their identity.
We submit the application the same working day. Companies House normally completes online incorporations within a working day or two.
From £100 plus VAT, excluding the Companies House filing fee, plus identity verification from £50 plus VAT per person.
Yes, the registered office must be in the UK. Ours starts at £10 a month.
A UK-incorporated company is generally UK tax resident on its worldwide profits, subject to any double tax treaty. We will look at your specific position before you incorporate.
No firm can open an account for you. We prepare the company documents banks ask for and tell you which routes non-residents are actually accepted through.
Keep bank statements, sales and platform reports, purchase invoices, payroll records, VAT workings, finance agreements and Companies House correspondence. We confirm the exact list at onboarding and identify gaps before a filing deadline becomes urgent.
The fee depends on transaction volume, record quality, VAT and payroll requirements, historic catch-up and the level of reporting needed. We agree a fixed scope and price before technical work starts, with published packages available on our fees page.
Yes. We request professional clearance, collect the prior records and authorities, check the next Companies House and HMRC deadlines, and give you one clear handover list. The process is normally completed remotely.
Included approach
Ready when you are
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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