Ryan Patrick

When setting up a company, founders often come across terms such as issued shares, allotted shares, share capital, nominal value, and authorised share capital. These terms can look interchangeable, but they describe different concepts and understanding the distinction matters when deciding ownership, bringing in investors, or changing a company’s

Issued share capital is the total nominal value of the shares a company has actually issued to its shareholders. For example, if a UK limited company issues 1,000 ordinary shares with a nominal value of £1 each, its issued share capital is £1,000. If the same company issues

When you register a UK limited company, you will be asked to provide information about its shares. One of the terms you are likely to encounter is nominal share value. For a new business owner, it can sound more complicated than it really is. What does “nominal value” actually mean?

When you register a UK limited company, you will usually be asked to provide details about its shares, including how many shares the company has and the value of each share. For a new founder, this can be confusing. Does one share need to be worth £1? Should you choose

When you form a UK private limited company, one of the decisions you will need to make is how many shares to issue. For a one-person business, the choice often comes down to 1 share or 100 shares. Both structures are perfectly possible. Neither is automatically better, and Companies House

One of the most common questions when forming a UK limited company is deceptively simple: how many shares should the company issue? For many founders, the obvious answer seems to be “one share” or “100 shares.” Both can work. But the right number depends on how you plan to divide

Setting up a UK limited company while living outside the UK is possible, but one requirement deserves particular attention: your company must have an appropriate UK registered office address. For a non-resident company owner, this can raise practical questions. Do you need to rent a UK office? Can you use

Running a UK limited company while living overseas is increasingly straightforward. You can manage directors’ responsibilities, accounting, banking and day-to-day operations remotely. But one practical issue still needs a reliable solution: what happens to physical mail sent to your UK company when you are not in the UK? This is

Running a UK company from another country is easier than ever. You can incorporate a UK limited company, manage customers online, work with international suppliers and handle many company and tax obligations remotely. But there is one part of UK company administration that cannot simply be ignored because you live

Yes, Companies House can reject or challenge a registered office address if it does not meet the legal requirements for an appropriate address. However, there is an important distinction between Companies House simply refusing to accept an address during incorporation or an address change, and the registrar later deciding that

When you register a UK limited company, choosing a registered office address can seem like a simple administrative task. You provide an address, Companies House records it, and your company is ready to operate. But there is an important legal requirement behind that address: it must be an “appropriate address.

Your company’s registered office is more than an address printed on the Companies House register. It is the official address where important documents and formal communications can be sent to your company. That makes one question particularly important for directors: what happens if Companies House cannot deliver mail to

If you have submitted a registered office address change to Companies House, you may be wondering how quickly the new address will appear on the public register. For most companies, an online filing is the quickest way to update a registered office address. However, there is no guaranteed fixed number

Yes. You can change your UK registered office address after incorporating your company. You are not required to keep the address you originally used when setting up the company. However, the change must be properly notified to Companies House, and your new address must meet the legal requirements for a

Changing your UK company's registered office is relatively straightforward, but changing the address at Companies House does not automatically guarantee that every piece of company mail will immediately follow you to the new location. That distinction is easy to overlook. When a company moves from one registered office

Yes, your registered office address can influence how people perceive your company but it does not determine whether your business is credible. A registered office is primarily a legal requirement. Every UK limited company must have an appropriate registered office address, and that address appears publicly on the Companies House

Yes, your UK registered office address can affect a business banking application but it is only one part of the bank's assessment. For a UK limited company, the registered office is the company's official address recorded at Companies House. Banks may ask for this address when

Yes. Multiple companies can use the same registered office address in the UK. There is no general Companies House rule requiring every limited company to have a unique registered office address. This is common among companies that use accountants, solicitors, company formation agents, serviced offices, virtual office providers and co-working

Yes, you can use a co-working space as your UK registered office, but not every co-working space qualifies. The key issue is not whether the building is marketed as a co-working space. What matters is whether the specific address meets the legal requirements for a UK registered office and whether

Yes, a hotel address can potentially be used as a UK company’s registered office, but only if the address meets Companies House requirements and you have permission to use it for that purpose. Simply staying at a hotel, receiving mail there, or having a hotel room does not automatically

Yes, you can use a friend’s address as your UK company’s registered office, provided your friend gives you permission and the address meets the legal requirements set by Companies House. This can be a practical option for founders who do not have their own UK premises, particularly people

Yes. You can use your accountant’s address as your UK company’s registered office, provided the accountant has given you permission to use the address and it meets Companies House requirements for an appropriate registered office. This is a common arrangement for small businesses, professional firms, remote founders and

Yes. A company's registered office and business address can be the same address. In fact, for many small businesses, that is the simplest and most practical arrangement. The important point is that the two addresses have different purposes, even when they happen to be at the same location.

When setting up a UK limited company, one of the easiest mistakes to make is assuming that your registered office address and business address are the same thing. They can be the same. But they do not have to be. More importantly, they serve different purposes. A registered office address

If you are setting up a UK limited company, you will come across two addresses that sound similar but serve very different purposes: the registered office address and the director’s service address. The simplest way to remember the difference is this: The registered office belongs to the company. The