Register a UK LLP, the London pass-through.

Real and conditional: the LLP itself is never taxed, and non-resident members pay UK tax only on UK-source profits. Foreign clients, work performed abroad, goods never touching Britain - the UK claim is zero. UK clients, UK operations or UK-resident members change the maths. And your home country taxes your share regardless; the LLP is transparent to most tax systems by design.

Yes - fully: Companies House files online, identity verification runs digitally, and EMI banking onboards remotely. The UK remains one of the few genuinely zero-travel setups we offer.

The Companies House reform ended the anonymous era: members and controllers now verify identity against documents, new incorporations first and existing entities on a rolling schedule. For legitimate owners it is a formality we handle in the setup; for those who wanted invisibility, the LLP stopped being their tool - which improves the letterhead for everyone else.

For a non-resident LLP - rarely, and we say so up front. The working rails are the EMI class: Wise Business, Revolut Business and peers open multi-currency accounts with SWIFT and SEPA for real trading files in one to three weeks. For genuine cross-border business they are not a compromise; they are the standard.

Yes - annual accounts and the confirmation statement sit on the public register, and the PSC register names controllers. The LLP trades privacy for credibility deliberately. If public filings conflict with your model, we say so and look at other flags; pretending otherwise costs more later.

Ideally real people or substantive companies with a clean story - banks and verification both read the structure. Twin offshore shells as members remain legal and increasingly unbankable; we design member structures that pass review, not just registration.

When you make UK taxable supplies past the threshold, or when UK rules place your supply in Britain. Pure export services to foreign businesses usually sit outside; UK-bound e-commerce does not. We map VAT with the source rules at setup - the two questions travel together.

Ltd for operating in Britain, raising investment or retaining profits at 25% corporation tax with dividend mechanics. LLP for cross-border pass-through where members want profits taxed once, at home. The choice is your revenue map - we draw it before recommending either.

Its quieter cousin: also pass-through, historically lighter filings, but a thinner reputation after years of scrutiny - banks read SLPs cautiously. The LLP costs a little more compliance and buys materially more credibility. We usually spend the difference.

From $2,400 for the LLP with agreement and office; from $4,400 with banking. The registry takes days; verification and EMI onboarding set a realistic one to three weeks end-to-end. Accounts from $900/year keep the letterhead clean. Renewal from $900/year.