Tell us what the UK operation needs to do
Where the parent is, what you want the UK company to do, and roughly when. It is enough for a fixed price covering the set-up and the first year.
Prefer to talk first?
Pick a slot that works where you are.
Email hello@uksubsidiary.com
We work UK hours and answer messages well beyond them. Most of the groups we act for are four to eleven hours away and it has never been the problem people expect.
What happens after you send this
Peter reads it and comes back with anything that is missing, then a fixed quote in writing for the set-up and the first year, normally the same working day.
What to tell us
The more of this you can answer, the more precise the quote:
- Where the parent company is, and roughly what the group looks like — how many companies, worldwide.
- What the UK operation will do: sell, deliver, employ, import, or hold something.
- Whether you already have anyone working in the UK, in any arrangement, including contractors and through an employer of record.
- Expected UK turnover and headcount for the first twelve months.
- Your financial year end.
- When you need to be trading.
If you already have a UK company
Plenty of our clients come to us with one already incorporated, often by a formation agent, and something not right: the ownership register wrong, tax registrations never done, a year end that does not match the group's, accounts overdue. Taking it on and fixing it is ordinary work. Tell us what state it is in, and the quote will cover the tidy-up as one job.
Calculators
Should you set up a subsidiary or register a branch?
Eight questions covering what drives the decision: liability, disclosure, employment, banking and where early losses can be used.
Open the calculatorWhat does it cost to employ someone in the UK?
Salary is about four fifths of it. Employer National Insurance at 15% and a compulsory workplace pension make up the rest, and the Employment Allowance can be claimed only once across a group.
Open the calculatorWhat will the UK subsidiary pay in corporation tax?
The headline rates are 19% and 25%. The number that decides which applies is how many companies are under common control, anywhere in the world.
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