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Complete a company formation project: section 2 Corporate Details

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Before you start

Before starting a company formation project, you will need to set up the prospective company as a client, then add a company formation project to it.
The company formation project wizard has six sections. Section 2 is about Corporate Details.

Registered Office

  1. Check that the
    Address
     displayed is the registered office address of the proposed company.
  2. Check that 'Registered Office' is displayed in the
    Address
     drop-down list.
  3. If the
    Address
     is incorrect or 'Registered Office' is not displayed, carry out the following steps to edit the address.
    Read more about editing a registered address.
    1. Select
      Edit Address List
      .
    2. In the Client screen, edit the address which is to be the Registered Office, or select
      Add Another Address
       to create it.
    3. Make sure that you have selected Registered Office from the
      Use for
       list for the correct office.
    4. Select
      Save & Close
      .
  4. Check that there is an email address displayed in the Registered Email Address dropdown list.
  5. If the Registered Email Address is incorrect or missing, carry out the following steps to edit the email address.
    Read more about editing an email address.
    1. Select
      Edit Email Address List
      .
    2. In the Client screen, edit the email address that is to be the Registered Email Address, or select
      Add Another Email Address
       to create it.
    3. You may wish to set the email address
      Type
       to 'Other' and then eneter the description 'Registered Email Address' next to it, for the record.
    4. Select
      Save & Close
      .
    5. Make sure the email eddress you added or edited is selected in the
      Registered Email Address
       dropdown list.
  6. Select
    Next
    .

Share Capital

  1. Make sure that the Share Capital table includes the correct details, if any.
  2. If any details of a share class are missing, select
    Add
     to enter the details.
  3. If any details of a share class are wrong, select
    Edit
     in the Actions column to change them. Enter the correct details, then select
    Save & Close
    .
  4. Select Next
    .

Articles of Association

  1. Choose from Model articles – Companies Act 2006, Model articles – Companies Act 2006 amended, or Bespoke articles.
  2. If the company will have amended or bespoke articles, carry out the following steps to upload articles.
    Read more about uploading articles.
    1. If the amendments to articles or bespoke articles have already been uploaded, select the checkbox next to its name. If not, select
      New Upload
      .
    2. The Client Documents tab of Onvio Centre opens in a new window. Select
      Upload
      .
    3. Double-click on the PDF file containing the amended/bespoke articles.
    4. Close the Onvio Centre.
    5. Back in the Articles of Association section of Tab 2, select
      Refresh
      .
    6. Select the checkbox next to the name of your newly uploaded PDF.
  3. Select the
    Restricted
     checkbox if the amended or bespoke articles contain provision for entrenchment.
  4. Select
    Next
    .

Business Activities

  1. Select the YES toggle when the subscribers have confirmed that they wish to form the company for lawful purposes. The confirmation must be given before the company can be formed.
  2. Choose the standard industrial classification of industrial activities code(s) (SIC Code(s)) from the drop-down list that most closely describes the principal activity or activities of the proposed company.
  3. After choosing the first SIC Code, you can select
    Add a SIC Code
     to choose up to a further three Codes.
  4. Select
    Next
    .