A guided formation flow that takes you from zero to a registered UK limited company, handled end to end.
Every deadline for the next twelve months in one place, with guided workflows designed for simplicity.
Basics goes beyond the forms: trusted answers when you’re stuck, a specialist when you need one, and the support your company qualifies for.
Trusted answers from the latest HMRC and Companies House guidance, always sourced.
Confirmation Statement, Annual Accounts and Corporation Tax, with a London registered office if you want one. All from your Basics dashboard.
Form your company, then run your first year from the same dashboard. No subscriptions, no upsells, no surprises.
Incorporate in minutes using a simple, guided flow, from name check to a registered UK limited company. Most companies don’t need an accountant in year one. We’ll tell you when you do.
Track your obligations, file with ease, and ask our AI accountant anything about your company.
London registered office£140/yrA central-London registered office & director’s service address, with your mail scanned to you.
Director identity verification£20Verify your identity for Companies House through Basics, an authorised (ACSP) agent.
Company wind-down£250Close your company cleanly: HMRC squared away, strike-off filed with Companies House.
Specialist call and async document review£200Talk to a specialist accountant, send your documents and get a specialist’s written review within 3 working days.
Questions about any of this, or just want to talk it through:
email us at [email protected].
London registered office, without the lease.
Keep your home address off the public Companies House register, and use a prestigious central London address instead. Resold from Hoxton Mix and managed from your dashboard.
66 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NA
One of the UK’s most established virtual office providers, fifteen years in business, 60,000+ companies served, over 1.5M pieces of mail processed. You get their full service; we handle the billing, CRN updates, and cancellation from your basics dashboard.
Yes: your Companies House registered office, director’s service address, HMRC correspondence, and on your website and marketing materials. No: personal bank accounts, DVLA / vehicle registration, or your VAT Principal Place of Business if you trade from somewhere else.
Yes. The virtual address replaces your home address at Companies House for both the registered office and your director’s service address, so your home stays off the public register.
Every item is scanned and delivered to your dashboard within one business day. Physical items are held for 30 days and then securely shredded. Need physical forwarding? It’s available on request at Royal Mail cost. Parcels aren’t accepted, this is a mail address, not a depot.
Under 10 minutes. You complete a short ID check (required under UK anti-money-laundering rules) and the address goes live as soon as it clears, typically within a business day.
You’ll need to update your Companies House registered office and service address before your service ends, otherwise Companies House will flag your filings. We send reminders well in advance so you have time to switch.
A UK limited company comes with a short list of compliance obligations: a confirmation statement each year, annual accounts, Corporation Tax, and keeping Companies House informed when something changes. That’s the main list. None of it is beyond you.
The rules are deterministic. The deadlines are known in advance. The forms are, honestly, forms. An entire industry has an interest in making this feel complicated. We would rather simplify it, lay it all out and help you navigate it with ease.
Basics walks you through each obligation as it approaches: what it is, why it exists, what it needs from you, and how to file it yourself, in minutes, on the official rails. Most directors of small and micro companies can handle all of these basic obligations on their own without needing to hire a generalist accountant, especially in the early years. We built Basics so you can stay in control and do exactly that.
We are a team of qualified accountants, operational compliance experts and engineers who’ve spent more than a decade working with leading financial and technology institutions. We’re also small business owners, and know first-hand how unnecessarily complex and expensive basic compliance can be.
Protected at every layer, from the start.
Questions about any of this, or just want to talk it through:
email us at [email protected].
