As of 1 February 2026, the standard Companies House fee to register a UK limited company online is £100, up from £50 following a fee increase to fund Companies House’s expanded powers under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. Paper incorporation costs £124, and same-day digital incorporation costs £156.
The Companies House fee only covers registration itself – it doesn’t include a registered office address, a director’s service address, accountancy support, or a business bank account, all of which most new companies need in some form. Formation agents typically bundle the statutory fee with these extras, which is why formation packages are often priced well above the £100 base figure.
Every company must provide a registered office address and a director’s service address at the point of registration, and both become visible on the public register the moment the company is formed. Founders who use their home address here are opting into permanent public exposure of that address from day one – not something a lower-cost formation package will flag by default, since it’s technically valid to use a home address.
A realistic first-year budget for a straightforward UK company formation is the £100 registration fee, plus a registered office/director’s service address service (commonly £20–£50/year for a basic package), plus whatever accountancy or banking setup costs apply – all considerably lower than the reputational and privacy cost of correcting a home address left on the public register later.
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