A representative office can be defined as the part of a company set up to conduct activities that are supportive or incidental to the company's core business operations. This typically includes marketing and other non-transactional operations. BA Global Associates Ltd can help you with establishing a UK representative office for your company. Not only can we register your UK representative with Companies House, we can also help get it running and even maintain day to day administrative duties. Our agents are on hand to advise you how to best navigate business and commercial law in the UK, and our London based accountants are there to deal with local and corporate tax issues on your behalf.

Overseas companies that want to open a representative office in the UK are required to register company information with Companies House in the UK. The registration information will include things like details of the company constitution, information on directors, business addresses, permanent representatives details and so on. The purpose of this is to provide a degree of protection for any third parties who may have dealings with the UK representatives of overseas companies.

Current legislation dealing with the establishment of UK branches and representative offices for companies incorporated in other countries is somewhat complex. The Department of Trade and Industry is reviewing a new framework for rehashing company law to make it less complicated and more cost effective process for foreign companies to establish a foothold in the UK. Under current legislation there are multiple ways of establishing UK representative offices for foreign companies, as laid out in the 11th Company Law Directive. Contact us at BA Global Associates Ltd for clear and concise steps on how you can start your overseas company's representative office in the United Kingdom. Our agents have the experience needed to get your UK representative office off the ground; we can also help complete all the necessary documentation required to register with the Companies House and even help you establish a physical office location in the UK.