[Gllug] OT: umbrella companies for contract work

[Alain Williams]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 10:38:24AM +0000, Doug Winter wrote:
> t.clarke wrote:
> > 1) If you buy 'off the shelf' company with 'kitchen sink' Memorandum & Articles
> > you do indeed get no choice of name.    However,  it is dead simple and cheap to
> > change the name of the Company   - simply file a form and a copy of a special
> > resolution at Companies House together with the appropriate fee (10 quid from
> > memory) and you get a nice new Certificate.   Finding a a suitable name is easy
> > too  - Companies House have a free web search for name, so you can be sure you
> > don't pick one that already exists.  There appear to be no restrictions to using
> > a similar name to anything pre-existing, providing you do are not in the same
> > sort of business and could be accused of 'passing off'.
> 
> It doesn't work like this any more (well it can I guess, if you want,
> but I don't know why you'd want to).  You can create a brand new company
> online in a few hours for £25 or so, without needing to buy an
> off-the-shelf company and change it's name.

Why ? Because it is simpler to do so.
Yes: you can learn how to do it, I agree that it is not hard, but often when you are
'getting started' there are lots of things to worry about and a small fee for an
off the shelf company is probably easier than doing it yourself.

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