As the UK’s largest company formation agent, we offer you support and guidance in forming your own company, every step of the way. With over 3,000 regular professional users and 25 years of experience, you can rest assured that you are in safe hands. Whether you are an intermediary representing a group of clients or an entrepreneur setting up for the first time, you can expect an unrivalled quality of service.
2. www.a1companies.com Established 1982 making it one of the oldest company formation agents. In 2007 A1 celebrated its 25 anniversary. Largest market share in UK. Most professional clients (accountants and solicitors) in UK many of whom have been loyal clients of A1 for many years. A1 is the only agent that offers professional users bespoke packages to their specific requirements including the number of copies of Memorandum and Articles of Association and the printing of these with the accountant’s/lawyer’s own logo and address, Company Seal, Registered office and mail forwarding facilities, nominee director, secretary and shareholder facilities.
3. www.a1companies.com Unique bank account service with one fully automated application form for company formation and bank account opening. Unique arrangement with Barclays Bank who have a dedicated team available to answer questions and help in opening your bank account. 9 out of 10 bank account applications have errors; ours never have which saves time and money and speeds up the opening process. Best value packages offered with highest cash backs upon bank account opening. From time to time A1 holds seminars for accountants and lawyers.
4. www.a1companies.com Technical support team available to answer questions on company formations of various types of company (trading and non trading limited, trading and non trading plc, limited liability partnerships, charitable and club guarantee, right to manage etc). Also available to answer questions on post incorporation matters (preference shares, share buy backs, increases and decreases in share capital, casting chairman’s vote, pre-emption rights, debentures, bespoke drafting, profit share arrangements). A1 has an exclusive arrangement with Iris (the largest supplier of software to the accountancy practice) for its clients to open Barclays Bank accounts through A1. No charges are ever made for telephone advice.
5. www.a1companies.com “ Because of its size, services offered, Barclays Bank relationship, automated procedures and philosophy, A1 is uniquely placed to offer the largest range of services and the highest level of customer care at the most affordable prices.The reason why A1 is successful is because it thinks like a large company, but acts like a small one” Marc Labelda- General manager. A1 offers a unique company secretarial program at very reasonable prices enabling the small to medium sized practice to hold their clients statutory data, make automated changes to this, derive numerous reports and automatically file Annual returns.
6. www.a1companies.com A1 forms around 10% of all UK companies each year. The total number of annual formations range between 300,000 and 350,000 and have declined slightly due to the current economic conditions. With a favourable tax climate as is currently in place in the UK (particularly the increasing of the National Insurance rates announced in the November 2008 Pre-Budget report the use of companies compared to sole traders and partnership confers many advantages. The simplification of audit and disclosure regulations has also narrowed the cost of running companies compared to sole traders and partnerships.
7. www.a1companies.com A1 offers accountants and solicitors account facilities for all services including the company secretarial saving the professional firms a great deal of time. A1 offers offshore formations and related services in the major jurisdictions at prices that beat all its competitors. A1 has the simplest and quickest on line company formation application form compared to its competitors. Before adding, deleting or changing its products A1 always discusses the implications with various clients and tries to adapt its services to their needs. With A1 the customer is always right.