The Companies (Companies Authorised to Register) Regulations 2009

Registration documents

4.—(1) An application for registration of the company must be delivered to the registrar together with the documents required by this regulation and a statement of compliance.

(2) The application for registration must state—

(a) the name with which the company is proposed to be registered,

(b) whether the company’s registered office is to be situated in England and Wales (or in Wales), in Scotland or in Northern Ireland,

(c) whether the liability of the members of the company is to be limited, and if so whether it is to be limited by shares or by guarantee, and

(d) whether the company is to be a private or a public company.

(3) The application must contain—

(a) in the case of a joint stock company, a statement of capital and initial shareholdings (see regulation 5);

(b) in the case of a company that is to be limited by guarantee, a statement of guarantee (see regulation 6);

(c) a statement of the company’s proposed officers (see regulation 7).

(4) The application must contain—

(a) a statement of the intended address of the company’s registered office, and

(b) a copy of any enactment, royal charter, letters patent, deed of settlement, contract of partnership or other instrument constituting or regulating the company.

(5) The application must be delivered—

(a) to the registrar of companies for England and Wales, if the registered office of the company is to be situated in England and Wales (or in Wales);

(b) to the registrar of companies for Scotland, if the registered office of the company is to be situated in Scotland;

(c) to the registrar of companies for Northern Ireland, if the registered office of the company is to be situated in Northern Ireland.