Private Limited Company

Regular limited company formation (private company limited by shares). The normal solution for most businesses - registered within a day for just £94 (including VAT).

Limited Liability Partnership

A popular solution for consultants and professionals. Is it right for you?

Company limited by guarantee

For clubs and other not-for-profit ventures. The members are called Trustees and don't have Shares.

Charity limited by guarantee

The limited liability option for charities. The members are called Trustees and don't have Shares.

 
a sports or social club can also form a CIC
a political organisation or a registered charity cannot form a CIC

 

Community Interest - Aims and Objects

The constitutional documents for your CIC (called Memorandum & Articles of Association) must state the Aims of the organisation. Only you can say what you intend, but we have put together some examples to show how it is done.

 

CRB Checks

If your organisation plans to do any work with young or vulnerable people it must have a procedure for obtaining proper criminal record checks. The CIC Regulator will ask about that, so avoid registration delays by making sure you have the answer ready. Tell us about your precedures for obtaining CRB checks and which agency you use to make those checks.

 

For lists of existing Community Interest Companies and for more information visit the CIC Regulator's website

 

Creating a Community Interest Company

Forming Community Interest Companies (CIC) is the new and popular solution for small and medium sized Social Enterprise ventures. With less red tape than a full Charity registration, CIC is specifically intended for social and community enterprises.

Specialists in forming Community Interest Companies

Your aims as a CIC

Our job in creating your CIC is to turn your ideas and plans into legal documents that will be accepted for formal registration as a Community Interest Company. Make notes on your vision, aims and intentions and tell us about it in plain English. We can offer suggestions, but it's your ideas that matter.

 

CIC  for Social Enterprise
Social Enterprise. People register Community Interest Companies for social enterprises, community activities, commercial ventures to support charities, sporting activities, clubs...
CIC regulation is strict

but not as strict as it is for a registered charity. This relatively new company type is increasingly recognised by funding bodies as a well-regulated structure for not-for-profit ventures. The CIC format was specifically designed to provide a purpose-built legal framework and a "brand" identity for social enterprises that want to adopt the limited company form


Being recognised as a Social Enterprise.

Any company can act in the community interest if the directors decide it should...

but the only way a limited liablility venture can gain recognition as a truly not-for-profit operation is to register as a Community Interest Company, a Company Limited by Guarantee or a Charity Limited by Guarantee. The CIC format (Community Interest Company) is the most recent to be made available and has quickly gained popularity for small and medium sized not-for-profit ventures.

Charities must be established exclusively for charitable purposes, but a Community Interest Company can be established for any lawful purpose as long as its activities are carried on for the benefit of the community.

To register today contact us on 0117 370 2725.


 

 
“We recently used Ordered Management’s ‘Company Formation Service’

and ‘Company Secretary Service’ to help establish a new business venture. It could not have been an easier, quicker or more professionally handled experience.

I was also pleasantly surprised at how little it cost. With so much to think about in setting up a business we found Ordered Management’s knowledge & expertise tremendously reassuring and helpful. I would recommend Ordered Management’s professional services to anyone looking to start a business”

Martin Langdon
The Best of Bristol Ltd

 


Or Order by post

If you don't like ordering online you can order your community interest company by post.

Download a form for printing.

 

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