Cooperating with “Prifinance” you will be able without any hassle and wastage of time (just in 1 day) to establish a company with registration in London. UK is a prestigious European jurisdiction, which is not included to the black list. We do business worldwide, send documents by DHL.
About the country
The classic offshore zone in the UK doesn’t exist, however, under certain conditions companies can receive tax preferences. The rate varies from 26% to 0%. Firms necessarily keep records and carry out auditing (if turnover exceeds 6 million GBP). For registration of LTD it is necessary to have at least one shareholder without requirements for status and residency. The size of AC is 1.000 GBP, at the time of registration it is sufficient to pay 2 GBP. The legislation allows the emission of preference and common shares.
Registration procedure
Registration of company in the UK (LTD) gives the right to carry out international trade operations, to provide services for individuals and legal entities – non-residents. Within the procedure of opening the company the Prifinance officers will open an account in local bank and office for you in the jurisdiction. Our customers needs only:
- to choose a ready company from the list or wish to register it “from scratch”;
- to provide personal information, without which the registration of company in the UK is impossible;
- to make advance payment. Note, that initially we only need 30% of the total cost of the services, customers pay the remaining amount upon receipt of all papers.
Then the “Prifinance” officers register organization (this is not an offshore company in the UK) and send documents to any point of the world.
The documents in originals (all signed by nominal partners)
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Memorandum of Association
- Articles of Association
- Minutes of the First Meeting
- Resolution of Shareholders
- Share certificates
If the company has nominee service, then it should be added:
- Declaration of Trust
- Legalized General Power of Attorney – General Power of Attorney under the Apostille (for 1 year or until the renewal date of the company)
- Stock Transfer Form – Transfer Order
- Letter of Resignation – Refusal letter with an open date
- Nominee Services Agreement
Taxation: main provisions
The income tax rate varies depending on the size of financial results:
- to 300 thousand GBP – 20%;
- from 300 thousand to 1.5 million GBP – 23%;
- more than 1.5 million GBP -. 26%.
VAT – 17% royalty – 22%, dividends – 0%. Great Britain has concluded agreements with many countries (more than 100) on the abolition of the double tax accrual.
Requirements to the financial statements
Company Registration entails obligations on record keeping and filing of annual returns and financial statements to the competent authorities. In the first year companies receive a grace period (9 months) to generate financial statements.
Companies are exempt from auditing if:
- staff is no more than 50 persons;
- annual turnover is not more than 6.5 million British pounds.
- the balance value of the assets is no more than 3.26 million British pounds.
Advantages of the jurisdiction
Despite the fact that the offshore in the UK is not available in the classical interpretation of this concept, the country remains attractive for non-residents. This is due to a number of advantages that they receive in case of the registration of a company here. Among the key advantages there are:
- prestige of the country, high business reputation in the international market;
- stability of the banking system;
- tax incentives;
- high investment attractiveness;
- affordable cost of registration and maintenance;
- protection of the interests of shareholders (liability is limited to the value of share);
- no state currency exchange monitoring