Does my UK company create a permanent establishment in my home country?

Working daily from a home office, meeting clients locally, signing contracts on the company's behalf, or employing staff who negotiate deals in your home country are all classic fact patterns that create a permanent establishment risk, regardless of the company's UK registration.

Occasional remote work checking email is low risk; running the whole operation from one desk abroad, with the UK company existing mainly on paper, is high risk and is exactly the pattern tax authorities look for.

Genuinely separating strategic decisions, contract signing and core operational activity into the UK where possible, and taking local advice on your home country's specific permanent establishment threshold, since thresholds and exemptions vary significantly by country and by treaty.

Where a permanent establishment is unavoidable, registering for it properly and using treaty relief to avoid double taxation is usually far cheaper than an unplanned foreign tax authority assessment discovered years later.

Our fixed monthly packages for a UK limited company start at £89 plus VAT and run to £169 and £289 plus VAT as bookkeeping, VAT, payroll and reporting are added. One-off filings are sold at fixed prices, and the Companies House fees we pay for you are charged at cost with no VAT added. Overseas owners are quoted on exactly the same published prices as UK-resident clients.

Rates, thresholds and deadlines here reflect the 2026/27 UK position and current Companies House and HMRC guidance. Check GOV.UK, or ask us, before relying on them for your own company.