       
Company name check
search at Companies House UK names register
When registering a new limited company when
forming a company it is important to conduct a company name
check with the Companies House
company names register before you complete the
company formation documents. The
procedure to register company name UK is effected when the Companies House forms 10
and 12 are submitted. After receipt of the company registration forms Companies
House will conduct a company name search in the company name register.
Briefly, the restrictions when you name a company are that:
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you cannot register company name which is
the same as another company;
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the use of certain words in the company name
are restricted; and
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company names likely to cause offence are not allowed.
It is important to carry out a company name checks to
determine whether the companies name is similar
to any other company name If your chosen name is too like another, an
objection could be made within the 12 months following the incorporation of your
company and you could be
directed by the Secretary of State to change the companies name.
The process to change company name is simply the
submission of a Change of Name form however the administration within the
company could cause problems with stationery and marketing and both supplier and
client accounts requiring attention. Much better to register name of company that
will not require changing.
The name company search UK is not difficult with the company name register being
in alphabetical order.
Click here to visit the Companies House site
to search
company name
Company Search UK
Company names cannot be reserved and
company formation applications
are not processed strictly in order of time or date of receipt. In the unlikely
event that we receive more than one application to register the same name, only
one will be registered. The second will be refused because the companies name would then
already be on the company name register. There can be no guarantee which application will
be processed first. In general, company incorporation applications delivered
electronically are processed more quickly than other applications delivered on
paper.
In addition if there is a trade mark registration or
application for or including a trade mark which is identical or similar to the
company name you have chosen you may face legal action for a trade mark
infringement. You can check the trade marks register at The Patent Office before
registering a name at Companies House. For further advice, including how to
search the trade marks register, contact The Patent Office or view their
website at
www.patent.gov.uk.
Limited Company Name UK disclosure requirements
After you register name of company every limited company must paint or affix its
company name
on the outside of every office or place in which its business is carried on,
even if it is a director's home. The name company registers must be kept painted or affixed and it
must be both conspicuous and legible
The limited company must state its company name,
registered number and place of registration in legible lettering, on the
following:
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all the company's business letters and order forms;
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all its notices and other official publications;
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all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements,
cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by, or on
behalf of, the company;
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all bills of parcels, invoices, receipts and letters
of credit contain the names of companies.
A limited company does not have to state the
directors' names on its business letters but, if it chooses to do so it must
state the names of all its directors. In other words a limited liability company
cannot be selective about which directors' names it shows - it must show all of
them or none of them.
Care is required to name company properly when
register company name to ensure it is suitable.
Further information on the
suitability of a
Company Name
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