Articles and Memorandum of Association

[gorajim]

Hiya,

Planning to register my own company. What exactly are Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association?

Do they have to be on legal paper? Can I "borrow" the basic statements from someone else's setup and apply them to my company?

I did a general search on the net and found people offering the full package to setup a company for about £50. This includes the Articles of Association. etc. as well.

If this is something to reflect the way I intend to do business, I could have my own on A4 paper, isn't it? Something just doesn't click... yet.

Can anyone help please? Thanks a ton in advance.

[Shan12]

I did this so long ago that I can barely remember... however, it could not have been too painful if I can't remember..

Seriously, it's basically just Company Incorporation Documents. I used a company called The Company Wizard to do it. http://www.company-wizard.co.uk I'm sure there must be loads of others that also do it. They will register you with Companies house and you will end up getting a certificate with your company number.

You will of course need to decide what kind of company you wish to be: Ltd, sole proprietor, etc

[Wanderer]

I did this so long ago that I can barely remember... however, it could not have been too painful if I can't remember.. :lol:

Seriously, it's basically just Company Incorporation Documents. I used a company called The Company Wizard to do it. http://www.company-wizard.co.uk I'm sure there must be loads of others that also do it. They will register you with Companies house and you will end up getting a certificate with your company number.

You will of course need to decide what kind of company you wish to be: Ltd, sole proprietor, etc

You can't be a company AND a sole trader.

AIUI you can only be a company limited by shares if you wanna go contracting with it.

[Shan12]

Yes, hence why you need to decide what you are BEFORE you do anything.