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Prefix in front of company number

July 3rd, 2020 companies house administration, company accounts, company dissolution, company re-registration, company restoration, company shares, confirmation statement, Limited liability partnership (LLP), Overseas company in the UK, Public limited company (PLC), setup limited company, statutory company registers
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Companies House uses standard prefix in front of company number for different categories of businesses registered with them.

No prefix for companies registered in England and Wales

A company registered in England and Wales will have a standard 8 digits numbers as your company registration number printed on your certificate of incorporation. There will be no prefix in front of your company number.

For example, Cute Gifts and Flowers Limited’s company number is 08407369.

SC as prefix for Scottish companies

Whereas for a company registered in Scotland, in other words, has a registered office situated in Scotland will have a Prefix of “SC” in front of your company numbers. For example, XYREX LIMITED’s company number is SC234456.

Prefixes for Overseas companies

There are three types of prefixes for overseas companies.

PrefixCompany type
FCFor all overseas companies registered on or after 1 October 2009 and for overseas companies registered in England and Wales before 1 October 2009.
SFfor overseas companies registered in Scotland before 1
October 2009
NFfor overseas companies registered in Northern Ireland before 1
October 2009

You must provide the correct prefix with your company number for your overseas company when completing the Companies House form – OS MG01 to register a charge with the Registrar of Companies.

List of Prefixes used by Companies House

Knowing your company number’s prefix will help you to be transferred to the right department when you are calling Companies House. This saves yours and the Companies House’s staff time.

PrefixCompany type
N/AEngland & Wales Company
ACAssurance Company for England & Wales
ENEuropean Company (Societas Europaea) for Northern
Ireland
ESEuropean Company (Societas Europaea) for Scotland
FCOverseas Company
GEEuropean Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) for England &
Wales
GNEuropean Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) for Northern
Ireland
GSEuropean Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) for Scotland
ICICVC (Investment Company with Variable Capital)
IPIndustrial & Provident Company
LPLimited Partnership for England & Wales
NAAssurance Company for Northern Ireland
NCLimited Liability Partnership for Northern Ireland
NFOverseas Company regd in Northern Ireland (pre 1/10/09)
NINorthern Ireland Company (post partition)
NLLimited Partnership for Northern Ireland
NONorthern Ireland Credit Union Industrial/Provident
Society
NPNorthern Ireland Industrial/Provident Company or Credit
Union
NRNorthern Ireland Royal Charter Companies
NVNorthern Ireland ICVC (Investment Company with
Variable Capital)
NZUnregistered Companies (S 1043 Not Cos Act) for Northern
Ireland
OCLimited Liability Partnership for England & Wales
RCRoyal Charter Companies (English/Wales)
R0Northern Ireland Company (pre partition)
SAAssurance Company for Scotland
SCScottish Company
SEEuropean Company (Societas Europaea) for England &
Wales
SFOverseas Company regd in Scotland (pre 1/10/09)
SIScottish ICVC (Investment Company with Variable
Capital)
SLLimited Partnership for Scotland
SOLimited Liability Partnership for Scotland
SPScottish Industrial/Provident Company
SRScottish Royal Charter Companies
SZUnregistered Companies (S 1043 Not Cos Act) for Scotland
ZCUnregistered Companies (S 1043 – Not Cos Act) for England
& Wales
Source: Department for
Business, Energy
& Industrial Strategy – Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Customer Guide

Companies House filings

Generally, organisations registered with Companies House in the United Kingdom must comply with the UK company law. This includes submitting the following documents to Companies House when they are due.

You must also require to notify Companies House when there is a change in your company details like new director appointment or change of registered office address etc.

If you have any questions about your company’s legal filings requirements, contact our accountants. They will be more than happy to assist you.

Common errors with company name on Companies House form

July 3rd, 2020 companies house administration, company dissolution, company re-registration, company restoration, company shares, confirmation statement

Common errors with company name on Companies House form and company accounts which lead to Companies House to reject them.

If you choose to deliver your paper documents to Companies House. Be it your Companies House form or company accounts, you must write your company in full. This includes your company name ending.

First, your company accounts and Companies House form must be printed on A4 size WHITE PAPERs. If you are using a firm of accountants to help you with your company account preparation, they will usually submit your accounts to Companies House for you.

Where to get Companies House forms?

If you are filing paper form to Companies House yourself, you can download the Companies House forms from the Companies House website.

Alternatively, you use the ‘form reference’ to search the form from the Companies House website. For example, if you would like to file your confirmation statement on a paper form, the form reference is CS01. Type CSO1 on Companies House search bar and the latest form will appear on the search results. Click to download it.

On the same note, use BLACK ink to fill in your paper form.

The exact spelling of your company name per your certificate of incorporation

You must write your exact company name as per your certificate of incorporation. Also, your company registration number must be correct. Your company Company names that have spelling errors or variations will be rejected by Companies House.

For example, say, your company full name is THE PRETTY BLUE EYES LIMITED. Companies House will accept your form with your company name omitting the “THE” in front of your company name.

On the other hand, if your company name is LOVE THE HEART LIMITED and you wrote “LOVE HEART LIMITED” in your Companies House form then your form is likely to be rejected.

Common errors with company name on Companies House form include the company name ending.

Companies House accept specific abbreviations on your company name

If you are to use abbreviation on your company name, ensure you use companies House’s acceptable abbreviations.

The acceptable company name ending abbreviations are listed below.

Limited companies

For Public limited companiesFor Private limited companies
Public Limited CompanyLimited
PLCLtd
P.L.C.Ltd.
Cwmni Cyfyngedig CyhoeddusCyfyngedig
CCCCYF
C.C.C.
CYF.

Limited liabilities partnerships

For LLPs
Limited Liability Partnership
LLP
L.L.P.
Partneriaeth Atebolrwydd Cyfyngedig
PAC
P.A.C.

Community interest companies

For community interest companies (private limited)For community interest companies (public limited)
Community Interest CompanyCommunity Interest Public Limited Company
CICCommunity Interest PLC
C.I.C.Community Interest P.L.C.
Cwmni Buddiant CymunedolCwmni Buddiant Cymunedol Cyhoeddus Cyfyngedig
CBCCwmni Buddiant Cymunedol CCC
C.B.C.
Cwmni Buddiant Cymunedol C.C.C.

Re-register from private limited company to public limited company

January 16th, 2020 company re-registration

Re-register from a private limited company limited by shares to a public limited company (PLC) with Companies House. Before anything else, your company must pass a special resolution.

Desired name for PLC

Firstly, you must enter your existing company full name and registration number. Your company name and registration number must match your certificate of incorporation or certificate of change of company name. Subsequently, you enter your desired company full name of the re-registered company.

Companies House form RR01 and supporting documents

Your company must complete the Companies House form RR01 for your application to re-register your private limited company as a public limited company (PLC). Then, send your application form to Companies House.

The application must include the following legal documents.

  • A copy of the special resolution that the company should re-register as a public limited company.
  • A printed copy of the amended articles of association
  • The balance sheet
  • Your auditor’s written statement under section 92(1)(c) of the Companies Act 2006.
  • Your auditor’s unqualified report
  • Copy of the valuation report if recent allotment of shares for a non-cash consideration under Section 93(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
  • Statement of the proposed secretary to be included If your company do not have a secretary.
  • Your director or company secretary must sign the RR01 form.

Authorized minimum share capital

On one hand, your company must have an authorized and allotted share capital of £50,000 or more. With fully paid premium and a minimum of 25% paid-up nominal value for each share.

Company secretary

Generally, a public limited company must have a company secretary. Therefore, you must provide details of your company secretary in your RR01 form. Essentially, the person to hold the position as your company secretary must have the required skills and qualifications.

For example, the person to qualify as your company secretary must hold membership of one of the professional accountancy bodies i.e. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountant ACCA.

You company secretary can be an individual or a corporate body. You must enter your company secretary details in the form RR01.

Statutory fee

Lastly, don’t forget to include a cheque or postal order to pay the statutory fee to Companies House for your application to re-register. Otherwise, your application will not be processed without the fee. Write your cheque payable to Companies House.

Your PLC would continue to deliver its confirmation statement and company accounts to Companies House.

Brexit with no deal scenario

July 17th, 2019 Brexit, companies house administration, company re-registration, confirmation statement
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Companies House has issued a guidance to prepare UK companies in the event of brexit with no deal scenario. Of course, we are all desire the best deal scenario that is UK would leave EU with a deal. Deal or no deal on Brexit, we all recognize that UK government is moving the country forward independently which is a great move. We have great confidence that UK will roar with deal or no deal. We can do it!

Deal or no deal?

Brexit may have created uncertainty. With deal or no deal, this will soon pass. We, human beings can adapt to changes fairly quickly. If we can adapt then your business can adapt too because you are the one driving your business forward.

Changes affect companies on Brexit

Companies House has issued a guidance for businesses that may require to change its legal status in the event of Brexit with no deal scenario.

At the moment, according to the guidance, businesses that may be affected are as follows.

  • A European entity formed under EU Law
  • A UK company with an EEA corporate officer
  • A UK company involved in a cross border merger
  • A EEA company

The guidance outlined what is going to happen to the businesses fall under the categories mentioned above. Thus, it is worth reading the guidance to find out what you would need to prepare and how you are going to do it on Brexit. In addition, the guidance also outlined what is going to happen if you do nothing about it.

Changes to Companies House forms

Companies House forms will change in the event of Brexit with no deal. For this purpose, Companies House has also issued a guidance on what forms changes on Brexit. For easy reference, the guidance categorized the forms into the following.

  • Corporate officers
  • Societas Europaea (SE)
  • European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)
  • Confirmation statement
  • Cross border mergers
  • Overseas companies
  • Discontinued forms after Brexit.

Click here for the guidance on changes to Companies House forms in the event of no-deal Brexit. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Companies House or our accountants.

Re-register from private limited company to unlimited company

May 24th, 2019 company re-registration

Companies House provides the service to re-register a private limited company to unlimited company under the Companies Act 2006.

You must complete the Companies House form RR05 if you would like to re-register your private limited company to an unlimited company. Then, send your application form to Companies House.

Desired company name

First and foremost, you must provide your existing company full name and registration number. Your company name and registration number must match your certificate of incorporation or certificate of change of company name. Subsequently, you enter your desired new company name.

After that, your directors must sign the RR05 form. You may use the additional page if you need to enter more details.

Your application must include the following.

  • The form of assent for re-registration of a private limited company as unlimited.
  • A printed copy of the amended articles of association.

The form of assent

Essentially, the form of assent served as evidence that all the members of the company agree with the proposed re-registration. Accordingly, each member must enter his/her full then sign and date of the form of assent. If in any circumstances, the member is not able to authenticate the form of assent, a person lawfully authorized by the member may authenticate on the member’s behalf.

Companies House fee

Additionally, don’t forget to pay the statutory fee to Companies House for your application to re-register. Otherwise, your application will not be processed without the fee. You may pay by cheque or by postal order. Write your cheque payable to Companies House.

Unlimited company legal filings

Your unlimited company is not required to deliver company accounts to Companies House. However, you must still submit your confirmation statement with Companies House at least once every 12 months.

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