Business documents you'll receive

When you register a limited company, Companies House will inform HMRC automatically. HMRC will then send a letter with your Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) number to your registered office address, which can take up to three weeks to arrive. If you don’t get your UTR number within three weeks of applying here, you should contact HMRC directly.

Prescribed particulars are part of your company’s statement of capital. When using Zempler to set up your company, we use the standard set of prescribed particulars as suggested by Companies House. These state that each shareholder will:

• Have one vote per share on company decisions.
• Get a share of profits as dividend payments.
• Get a share of the capital (for example, if the business closes).

A statement of capital is a snapshot of your company's issued share capital at any given time. Private companies that are limited by shares must complete their statement of capital and initial shareholdings as part of the setup process. We’ll automatically create your statement of capital for you when you set up your company.

Your statement of capital must include:

• The total number of shares in your company.
• The aggregate nominal value of those shares.

And for each class of shares:

• Prescribed particulars of the rights attached to the shares.
• The total number of shares of that class.
• The aggregate nominal value of shares of that class.

A memorandum of association is a legal statement signed by all the shareholders agreeing to form the company. It confirms that all parties involved want to form the company and agree to take at least one share each. We’ll automatically create your memorandum of association for you when you set up your company.

If you’ve already set up your company and want to see your memorandum of association, you’ll find it on the Companies House register.

Every limited company must have articles of association – the rules directors and shareholders must follow on how to run the company. Model articles of association are a standard set of rules provided by Companies House that are designed to suit most companies. We’ll use these when registering your new limited company. You can find a copy of these on the GOV.UK website. 

Once your new company is set up, we’ll automatically provide you with your Certificate of Incorporation, memorandum of association, model articles of association, share certificates, company minutes and company register.

Your company registration documents will be emailed to you. Printed copies must be requested directly from Companies House.

Once you submit your application, our team will review the information you’ve provided (please allow up to 24 hours for this). If it all looks good, we’ll send your application to Companies House (this review could take up to 24 hours as well). Once Companies House has reviewed and accepted your application, they should send your documents within a few hours. This doesn’t account for weekends when Companies House isn’t working. So, if you apply on a Friday, it will take longer.