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About Tom Richardson

Tom Richardson

About Tom Richardson

Tom is our resident company formation expert. He has been writing about small businesses and how to set them up for 14 years and counting. With two degrees in business management, you can trust Tom's expert advice. Find his published articles here on all things company formation. When he's not writing you can find Tom training for a marathon, he also enjoys a good beer in a pub, films and football, though not necessarily in that order.

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    The Director: Appoint, Resign & Edit

    You can carry out various admin tasks for your limited company via our online admin portal. This includes Director changes such as: Appointing New Directors To add a new Director simply select “Appoint New Director”.

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    What’s the Web Filing Authentication Code?

    Good question. The Web Filing Authentication code is a 6 character long (a mix of letters and digits) code issued by Companies House. Find out more...

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    Real Business; Case Study: Alex Harrington-Griffin, Part 1

    Welcome to our brand new “Real Business” case study series. We are going to interview individuals whom we believe offer valuable insight into what it’s like to start up and run a business. Our very first victim is Alex Harrington-Griffin from printed.com. We got to know Alex through our relationship with printed.com and discovered that […]

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    Real Business Case Study: Alex Harrington-Griffin, Part 2

    Welcome to part two of our interview with Alex Harrington-Griffin, our first subject in the new “Real Business” case study series. To read part one, click here. What were the positives and negatives of working for yourself? Positives. There’s a weird adrenaline when you run your own business. It’s a constant amount of energy. It’s […]

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    Adding new Shares and Shareholders to your Limited Company

    To add new shares to a limited company you need to file the “SHO1-Return of allotment of shares” document with Companies House (this can be filed via paper of via our online admin portal). 

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    Limited and Ltd: What suffix to use?

    When forming your company, one of many choices that you have is what suffix to use, “Limited” or “Ltd”? So what’s the difference? Well, other than aesthetics there isn’t a difference. They mean the same thing. But… If you form with “Limited” you can abbreviate to just “Ltd”, however, if you form with “Ltd” you […]

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    What does Limited actually mean?

    On Friday we posted a piece entitled “Limited and Ltd: What suffix to use?” What the post didn’t touch on was what the term “Limited” actually means (in a company sense). So what better time than now to explore the definition? Here goes. In a limited company the liability of the shareholders is, you guessed […]

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    The Company Status: I’m Dormant but Companies House say I’m Active

    Once a company has been formed the Companies House webcheck will give the company an “Active” status. This is nothing to do with the company’s trading status. It is simply to do with the company’s current “life” status. “Active” means that the company is formed – whether it is trading or not is not taken […]

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    How to change your Companies House WebFiling Authentication Code

    All limited companies formed online with Companies House (either directly with Companies House or via a formation agent such as us) are automatically allocated a Companies House webfiling authentication code (click here for more information on the code). Once the code has been received you are free to change it to something memorable. To do […]

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  • December 4, 2023 by Tom Richardson

    Company Name Change: Do I get a new Certificate of Incorporation?

    You do not get an amended certificate of incorporation if you change the name of your limited company. The certificate of incorporation reflects the information correct at the time of formation, therefore it will never change.

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