Register a company in the UK, the twenty-four-hour flag.

Completely. Companies House is fully electronic, identity verification runs online, and fintechs onboard by video. There is no notary and no residency requirement anywhere in the chain - the UK remains the purest remote incorporation on Earth.

Turnkey registration starts from €1,500 including Companies House fees, identity verification, the registered office and service address for year one. With an account arranged, packages start from €2,800. Renewals with basic accounting run from €1,200 a year.

19% on profits below £50,000, 25% above £250,000, marginal relief between. VAT at 20% applies above £90,000 of UK turnover; a remotely managed UK Ltd with only a registered address may not benefit from the threshold. Dividends leave at 0% withholding; what you owe on them personally depends on where you live - UK residents pay UK dividend rates, non-residents answer at home. We model your chain before you commit.

The ECCTA reforms made identity verification mandatory for directors and people with significant control - a one-time digital check against your passport, now part of every incorporation and appointment. It added a step and removed the anonymous-director era; we run it inside the filing, and clean founders notice nothing but a selfie.

Yes - and we say it plainly: officers, PSCs, filed accounts and the confirmation statement all sit on the public register. Small companies file abridged accounts, but the era of invisible UK ownership is over. If non-disclosure is the priority, an Irish or Canadian structure fits better - we recommend honestly.

Two-speed, honestly: Wise, Revolut Business and Tide open multi-currency accounts in days and run most operating needs; Barclays-class high-street banks want UK substance - an address, activity, often a visit. Our standard route is fintech-first with high-street onboarding in parallel where your footprint supports it.

The single market detached: goods trade under the TCA with customs paperwork, services access varies by sector, and financial passporting ended. What didn't change: English law, London's ecosystem, the 0% dividend exit and the registry's speed. EU-facing operations often pair a UK Ltd with an Irish or EU entity - a build we do weekly.

The plumbing: dividends into a UK company are broadly exempt, dividends out carry no withholding tax, the treaty network is vast, and the substantial shareholding exemption can zero the gains on qualifying disposals. No rulings, no notaries, filings in English. Post-Brexit it lost EU directives but kept the mechanics.

Ireland kept the EU and the 12.5% trading rate; the UK kept London, the deepest capital markets in Europe and the fastest registry. Selling into the EU: Ireland. Raising capital, English-law contracts, global trading: the UK - and often both, as the pair we build together.

Companies House usually registers within 24 hours of a clean filing - plan 24-48 hours for the company, a few days for HMRC registrations, and days for a fintech account. From first call to invoicing: typically under a week. The UK is the benchmark against which the rest of this site is compared.