Online Company Formation Services.

We've been at the forefront of our industry for over 20 years. We've developed our own in-house company formation software which has been designed to streamline the registration process, cutting the form fillng required by up to 70% compared to registering with Companies House.

Tailored Business Solutions

Our core philosophy is to help you get your business started, get to revenue as quickly as possible and then grow your business. We understand that every business is unique. Which is why we offer tailored business solutions that are not just comprehensive but also highly personalised to the needs of your business.

Expert Advice and Support

We offer strategic guidance to help you set realistic goals and devise actionable plans to achieve them. This holistic approach to support empowers you with the confidence to make informed decisions, laying a strong foundation for your business’s success.

Low Cost Company Formation is in our DNA

When I started TheCompanyWarehouse.co.uk,  if you wanted to start a limited company you had to make a postal application and it took weeks to register a company name with Companies House (this was before the online company formation was possible).
The only way to get round this delay was to buy a ready-made company or an off-the-shelf company from a company formation agent.
The go-to place  to get your ready-made company was by looking in The Exchange and Mart.
For all you groovy young hipsters, the Exchange and Mart was a weekly paper based version of “ebay”.
Company formation agents would advertise the names of hundreds of pre-registered companies that were available to transfer the same day.
You picked a name you liked or purchased some like “Purple Monkey Dishwasher Limited” and changed the company name afterwards.
The market price for a company was £80-£100+ with add-ons like getting the documents sent out to you by motorbike courier.
I came along in 2003 and cut prices in half (and also offered customers the chance to pick their own company name too).

Image of our Exchange & Mart Advert from 2003/4 showing our cheap company formation service.

The Company Formation Process Explained

All applications to register a limited company are processed by the Government at Companies House.
For online company registrations once you have completed the order details for your company the application is “presented” to Companies House which means sent electronically via secure connection.
The application goes into a queue. Once it gets to the front of the queue it is checked by an inspector to ensure it complies with all the company formation rules. Depending on how many applications Companies House has that day will depend how fast the company gets to the front of the queue and is registered.
If an application is rejected, it needs to be corrected, resubmitted and then join the queue again.