Limited company

Start a limited company in the UK—then still build the business the company is meant to hold

Forming a limited company is a filing. It is not a launch. If you want additional income, you still need a customer, an offer and a way to get paid.

We build operational businesses. Start the Launch Plan — £295 — with an idea, a skill, an interest, or none.

Launch profile assessment

Your launch profile

Idea, skill, interest — or none. Three short steps, then we build the business with you.

  1. 1Starting point
  2. 2Income ambition
  3. 3Timeframe
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Your starting point

2

Income ambition

Complete step 1 to continue.

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Launch timeframe

Complete step 2 to continue.

No polished pitch needed · No payment until you choose to book

Companies House will take a name and a fee. It will not find you a buyer. We are not a formation agent. We build the commercial business: direction, brand, website, journey and payments.

Where it helps, we can explain practical setup steps. Registration, banking, identity checks, tax and regulated advice remain your responsibility.

Start with the opportunity, not the wrapper. Launch Plan first. Typical build 4–6 weeks after direction is approved.

Starting a limited company in the UK is a filing. Companies House takes a name, a fee, articles, people with significant control, and then issues a company registration number. That wrapper can matter for liability, perception and later contracts. It is not a business. It does not find a buyer. It does not price an offer. It does not put a journey live. We are not a formation agent. We do not file your incorporation, file confirmation statements, or act as your company secretary. We build the commercial extra-income vehicle the limited company is meant to hold: direction, identity, site, journey. Typical build is four to six weeks after direction is approved. Billed in GBP. No income guarantee.

People land here from a SERP that sells formation packages. If you only wanted the wrapper, a formation agent and an accountant handle filings. If you wanted something that can take customers, stay. You can start as a sole trader and incorporate later; that is a risk and tax choice for you and an adviser, not a product we sell. Idea or none. We can explain practical setup steps in plain English. We do not give tax advice. We do not tell you Ltd is always required. A dormant company with a logo is not progress. Begin the profile when you want the thing inside the wrapper.

File when the offer is clear—not as a substitute for one

A dormant company with a logo is not progress. An operational offer on a live site is. We build the second.

Ltd is optional for many first offers

Some people trade as a sole trader first. That is a tax and risk choice for you and an accountant—not a service we sell. Either way, the customer-facing business still has to exist.

A UK limited company is a filing wrapper, not the business

Wrappers hold things. If there is nothing to hold—no offer, no way to get paid—you have filed a box. The box has duties: records, filings, possible corporation tax, a public footprint. Those duties are yours. The business is the activity inside the box. We build the activity. We will not congratulate you on a CRN as if it were go-live. Go-live is a buyer completing a journey. A number on the register is not that.

A limited company is a legal form. It is optional for many first extra-income offers. Some buyers expect Ltd on the invoice. Some do not care. We will not use ‘you must incorporate’ as a sales line, because we are not a formation agent. If your accountant says incorporate, listen to them. Then still build the vehicle. A well-filed empty company earns nothing. That is the whole point of this page.

We are not a formation agent for your limited company

Formation agents compete on speed and on how cheap the first year looks. That is a different market. We will not undercut them because we are not in their market. We will not bundle ‘free Ltd’ to close a build. Mixing those products is how people think they bought a business when they bought a filing. Choose an agent for the filing. Choose the Launch Plan for the extra-income vehicle. We will not pretend to be both.

We can talk through the order of work: offer first, wrapper when it is useful. We can point you at official guidance. We cannot complete identity checks for a bank. We cannot advise on share structure. Those sentences are the boundary. Crossing it would be pretending to be a formation agent. We will not. Prices stay £295 then £2,495 credited within fourteen days for our work, not for a Companies House submission.

When the limited-company filing is useful—and when it is theatre

Useful: you have an offer, you expect contracts that want a company, you have taken advice on liability, you are ready for the admin. Theatre: you file because a YouTube video said real founders have Ltd, then you spend six months on a logo. Theatre is expensive in duties and in pride. We would rather you wait to file. Waiting is not failure. Filing early to feel legitimate is a mood, not a start.

If you already have a limited company and nothing behind it, you are the core reader. Bring the CRN. We still start from the customer. The filing wrapper can sit there while we build. We will not retrofit a random idea to justify the incorporation. Idea or none. Typically four to six weeks after you approve direction. You operate whatever we launch. The company remains your filing, your accounts, your adviser.

Ltd, sole trader, and why the customer-facing limited-company business still has to exist

Sole trader versus a limited company is not our product. Both can hold a real extra-income business. Both can hold a dead one. The customer-facing layer—offer, site, journey—is required either way. That is what we sell. Pick a legal form with someone qualified. Do not pick a filing wrapper as a substitute for a buyer. Do not ask us to choose it. We will not, because we are not a formation agent.

After go-live, first customers still come from conversations more than from the fact you started a limited company in the UK. Buyers buy outcomes. They glance at the footer. They do not fund your confirmation statement. Thirty days of guidance is included in the full build. No promised invoices. Begin the profile when you want the thing inside the filing wrapper, not another formation upsell. A limited company remains a filing wrapper, and we remain not the agent who files it.

Who this is for

  • People who searched how to start a limited company and still need a real business
  • Those who will not confuse incorporation with customers

What you leave with

A filing wrapper seen clearly: a UK limited company is a CRN and duties—not a launch—and we are not the formation agent who files it for you.

One-to-one with the founder. Start with an idea — or with none. Typically 4–6 weeks after direction is approved. Income goals are ambitions, not guarantees. We help you build a credible business ready to reach customers—not promise specific earnings.

Common questions

Will you register my limited company?

No. Formation, banking and tax remain yours. We can explain practical steps. We build the offer, website and customer journey the company is meant to operate.

Will you register my UK limited company?

No. We are not a formation agent. Incorporation, confirmation statements, banking identity checks and tax remain yours and your adviser’s. We can explain practical order of work. We build the offer, website and customer journey the company is supposed to operate.

Do I need a limited company before I start?

Not before the opportunity is clear. Many people trade as a sole trader first. That is a tax and risk choice for you, not a service we sell. Starting means a customer, an offer and a way to get paid. A CRN without those is a wrapper.

I already incorporated. Can you still help?

Yes. Bring the empty company. We still develop or pressure-test the commercial offer, then build the vehicle—typically four to six weeks after direction is approved. Launch Plan £295, full build £2,495 credited within fourteen days. No income guarantee. We still will not run your filings.

Start Your Launch Plan — £295

We build the operational business with you. Start with an idea — or with none. Business Opportunity & Launch Plan from £295. Change your mind within 7 days, before we meet — full refund, no lock-in.