Registering ltd company with ".com" in the name.
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Looking for a bit of advice before i go ahead and register my first ltd company, been browsing this forum for a while and seems there is a few knowledgeable characters.
I notice some businesses have the website name as the name registered with HMRC for example MOONPIG.COM LTD, while others would just use the name without the domain extention.
are there any pro's or cons to doing this? or would it simply be for the image that they are an online company only with no physical shop front.
I notice some businesses have the website name as the name registered with HMRC for example MOONPIG.COM LTD, while others would just use the name without the domain extention.
are there any pro's or cons to doing this? or would it simply be for the image that they are an online company only with no physical shop front.
OP - you can call your company what you like.
Firstly, the company initially has to be set up through Companies House (not HMRC - that comes later).
At the point of setting the company up at Companies House, that is when you chose the name. If you want to call the company "XYZ Ltd" or "XYZ.com Ltd", that is up to you. The only limits Companies House will put on a company name is if it is already used by another company or is too close in style to the name of a company already set up at Companies House.
Once the company has been registered at Companies House, then you can go about contacting HMRC to register for the various taxes - usually Corporation Tax, PAYE and VAT.
Firstly, the company initially has to be set up through Companies House (not HMRC - that comes later).
At the point of setting the company up at Companies House, that is when you chose the name. If you want to call the company "XYZ Ltd" or "XYZ.com Ltd", that is up to you. The only limits Companies House will put on a company name is if it is already used by another company or is too close in style to the name of a company already set up at Companies House.
Once the company has been registered at Companies House, then you can go about contacting HMRC to register for the various taxes - usually Corporation Tax, PAYE and VAT.
there are 3 separate names - ltd company name, trading name/style and domain name
You can have more than one trading name and more than one domain name of course
All 3 can be the same or they can be different. For instance xyz & co ltd, trading as xyz, with domain name xyz.co.uk
It is unusual to have the full domain name (including the .com) in the ltd company name and would tend to be for businesses that exclusively trade online and want to emphasise same, although as there are no rules, you could register a .com ltd co name and not even have a website !
If you aren't exclusively an online business, IMO you definitely shouldn't use .com in your ltd co name as it might negatively for you, mislead customers that you don't have an 'offline' presence
You can have more than one trading name and more than one domain name of course
All 3 can be the same or they can be different. For instance xyz & co ltd, trading as xyz, with domain name xyz.co.uk
It is unusual to have the full domain name (including the .com) in the ltd company name and would tend to be for businesses that exclusively trade online and want to emphasise same, although as there are no rules, you could register a .com ltd co name and not even have a website !
If you aren't exclusively an online business, IMO you definitely shouldn't use .com in your ltd co name as it might negatively for you, mislead customers that you don't have an 'offline' presence
MrSparks said:
I can't help, but I did just look up Moonpig on experian (was seeing if there was already a moonpig ltd hence their choice of .com) and wow what a company, £11.5 million pre tax profit, 53 million turn over. Big business for cards!
O/T but I'm actually surprised the profit is so low in relation to the turnover considering what they do.Eric Mc said:
OP - you can call your company what you like.
Firstly, the company initially has to be set up through Companies House (not HMRC - that comes later).
At the point of setting the company up at Companies House, that is when you chose the name. If you want to call the company "XYZ Ltd" or "XYZ.com Ltd", that is up to you. The only limits Companies House will put on a company name is if it is already used by another company or is too close in style to the name of a company already set up at Companies House.
There are other limitations. You can't have a name that may mislead.Firstly, the company initially has to be set up through Companies House (not HMRC - that comes later).
At the point of setting the company up at Companies House, that is when you chose the name. If you want to call the company "XYZ Ltd" or "XYZ.com Ltd", that is up to you. The only limits Companies House will put on a company name is if it is already used by another company or is too close in style to the name of a company already set up at Companies House.
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