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UK subsidiary · Who we help

A UK entity for a parent that sits elsewhere.

Registration, VAT, payroll and directors who live in another country — set up in the right order, and reported back to the parent on the parent’s timetable.

4,000+Clients (group)
60+Countries (group)
CTALed by a Chartered Tax Adviser
01Is this you

The parent is established. The UK part is the new bit.

You are not learning how to run a business. You are learning how the UK expects one to be registered, filed and reported — which is a much narrower problem, and a much faster one to solve with the right firm.

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A foreign parent wanting a UK presenceNew market, an acquisition, or a customer who requires a local entity
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Branch or subsidiary still undecidedThe decision has consequences that are awkward to reverse later
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Directors resident outside the UKIncluding the identity verification Companies House now requires of them
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First UK hires on the horizonOr people already working here under the parent’s contracts
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Already selling into the UKAnd unsure whether a VAT obligation has already been triggered
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Group auditors need UK numbers on their timetableIn the parent’s format, at the parent’s close, not nine months later

Not sure where to start?

Tell us where the parent sits, what it does here, and who will be employed. We will set out the order things need to happen in, with a fixed price.

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03Decide early

Six decisions that are easier before registration than after

None of these stop you trading. All of them are more expensive to change once the entity exists, has filed, and has people attached to it.

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Branch or subsidiaryDifferent filing, different liability, different tax treatment for the parent
02
Permanent establishmentWhether the parent has already created a taxable presence here without registering one
03
Funding: share capital or loanHow money gets into the UK entity affects what can come back out, and how
04
Accounting reference dateAligned to the parent’s year end unless there is a reason not to
05
Who signs and who verifiesDirectors, PSCs and authorised signatories, all identity-verified
06
Reporting formatWhat the group receives each month, in whose format, by which working day
04How it works

Scoped, priced, then started

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A short scoping conversationWhere the parent sits, what it does here, and who will be employed
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A written scope and a fixed priceBefore any work begins. If we are not the right firm, we say so
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Onboarding and a named adviserOne UK contact for the group, not a rota
04
Quarterly contact as standardBecause a decision made in March cannot be fixed in December
05Fees

You will know the number before we start

Every engagement is scoped before it is priced. You get one figure for the work, with what is included and what is not written down beside it, agreed before anything starts. Never hourly, so a difficult question does not raise the bill. Never a percentage of a claim or a relief.

What it comes to depends on how the UK entity is built and what the group needs back from it — the reporting timetable, the payroll, and where the directors live. That is a short conversation, not a list price.

Get a fixed quote →
Led byChartered Tax Adviser
Clients (group)4,000+
Reach (group)60+ countries
FeesFixed, up front
BillingNever hourly
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Next step

Tell us where the parent sits.

A short set of questions about the parent, what it will do in the UK, and who will be employed here. We come back with a scope and a fixed price. If we are not the right firm for you, we will say so rather than quote for it.

Start scoping →
Next Step — Tell us how the business is built
Next step

Tell us how the business is built.

A short set of questions about structure, people and where you trade. We come back with a scope and a fixed price. If we are not the right firm for you, we will say so rather than quote for it.

Start scoping
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