Skip to content
Sowilo Investments Sowilo Investments Sowilo Investments
All services
N° 08 / 08 · Service

Company Formation

Incorporation, share structure, articles, registered office.

Engagement

Setup fee · quoted on enquiry

Speak about a company formation engagement
Overview Overview

Most companies are incorporated badly. The wrong share structure, a default set of articles, no shareholder agreement. We set up companies the way they ought to be set up the first time — and act as registered office where useful.

Included in scope

  • 01 Companies House incorporation
  • 02 Bespoke articles & shareholder agreements
  • 03 Share class structure for founders & investors
  • 04 Registered office & service address
  • 05 PAYE, VAT & corporation tax registrations
In Practice

Where this shows up
in the work.

Most companies are incorporated in five clicks at Companies House and inherit the model articles unchanged. That’s fine for some, expensive for many — model articles are silent on share-class differentiation, drag-along / tag-along, pre-emption waivers, and director-removal mechanics. We incorporate with bespoke articles and a draft shareholder agreement on the table, so the founders’ intent is documented before the first investor or co-founder ever asks.

Recurring scenarios

  • 01 A two-founder business with unequal initial contributions — we set up A and B share classes with the right voting / dividend split, and draft a shareholder agreement covering the bad-leaver scenarios before they matter.
  • 02 A consultant incorporating from a personal name — we handle the goodwill transfer, the s162 election if relevant, and the registered-office and accounting-reference-date choices that have year-one cash-flow consequences.
  • 03 An EIS / SEIS-eligible company seeking advance assurance — we draft the articles to satisfy the conditions, file the assurance application, and document the qualifying-trade case.
Adjacencies Often paired with All services →
Begin Begin

Take this further?

Speak with us