Company structuring provider
1st Formations
UK company formation and company-services provider
UK company formation and company services, including a registered office and an online company manager.
At a glance
- Provider type
- UK company formation and company-services provider
- Global reach
- Specialist / UK
- Primary audience
- UK founders, non-resident founders forming UK companies, small businesses and publishers
- Entity formation
- UK core
- Company secretarial
- Available
- Registered office
- Strong
- Director services
- Not core
- Accounting / tax
- Partner-supported
- Banking support
- Partner-supported
- Multi-entity management
- Limited
- Pricing model
- Published formation and renewal pricing
What type of company-structuring provider is this?
1st Formations is a UK company formation and company-services provider. It forms UK entities and supports UK company administration. It is not a global formation or entity-management provider.
A formation provider may create the company, but the broader structure still depends on management, tax residence, substance and business activity.
Who it may suit
1st Formations may be relevant to UK founders, non-resident founders forming UK companies, small businesses and publishers.
Where can the provider form and manage entities?
Published global reach: Specialist / UK.
UK formation only. Confirm the UK entity type. This page does not treat the service as global coverage.
Entity formation
UK limited companies, LLPs and other UK entity packages.
Choosing where to form the company
UK formation only. This is not a global jurisdiction-selection service.
Operational location, customers, employees, management, investors, banking, licensing, tax residence, permanent establishment and substance can all change the answer.
The cheapest or lowest-tax jurisdiction is not necessarily the right place to form a company.
Company secretarial and governance
Company services and compliance support are available for UK companies.
Statutory registers, annual filings, board resolutions and compliance calendars should be confirmed against the entity that would actually do the work.
Registered office and local presence
Registered office, service address and business address.
A registered office, business address or local representative does not automatically satisfy economic-substance requirements.
Director and local representation services
Directorship services are not a core part of the published offering.
Professional or nominee director services should be considered carefully in light of control, tax residence, substance and governance.
Accounting and tax compliance
Accounting add-ons and partner services are available.
Tax compliance capability does not mean the provider is giving cross-border tax structuring advice.
Business accounts and payments
Partner and third-party business services are available. That is not account approval.
Banking eligibility is decided separately by the bank or payment provider.
Managing companies across several countries
A UK-focused online company manager. It does not manage a multi-country group.
How the service is managed
Online company formation and a company-management portal.
How company-structuring costs are built
Package and renewal pricing is published. A written schedule may separate the incorporation fee, government fee, registered office, company secretary, local director, annual return, accounting, corporate tax filing, payroll, business address, banking support and ongoing entity management. Only the items the provider actually offers should be on that schedule.
Request a written setup and annual cost schedule.
Questions to ask
These are questions for the provider. This page does not answer them for your business.
Which jurisdictions do you support directly?
Ask 1st Formations directly. The published material reviewed for this page does not answer this for your situation.
Which entity types can you form?
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Which legal entity will provide the service?
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Is company-secretarial support included?
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Is a registered office included?
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Is a local director required?
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Can you provide one?
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Who controls the company if a professional director is used?
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Do you handle accounting?
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Do you file corporate tax returns?
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Can you manage VAT / GST?
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Can you run payroll?
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Can you help with a business account?
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Is bank approval guaranteed?
No. Account approval is a separate decision by the bank or payment provider. Ask what support is actually offered, and do not treat formation as approval.
Can you manage several companies through one platform?
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What are the first-year costs?
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What are the annual renewal costs?
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Which government fees are separate?
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What happens if I become resident in another country?
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Can you coordinate with my existing tax adviser?
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Sources and review
Reviewed 7 October 2026.
- Service page
https://www.1stformations.co.uk/
The provider’s published service description used for this page.
- Provider page
https://www.1stformations.co.uk/affiliate-program/
A further public page from the provider. It does not mean WiT Access has an agreement.
- Evidence page
https://www.1stformations.co.uk/pricing/
Further public material reviewed alongside the service page.
Information is based on publicly available provider information reviewed by WiT Access. Entity rules, local-director requirements, fees, tax treatment and provider services can change.
WiT Access provides general information and comparison resources. Company formation, corporate governance, tax residence, licensing and compliance requirements vary by jurisdiction and business circumstances. Nothing on this page constitutes legal, tax, accounting, financial or investment advice.
Forming a company in a particular jurisdiction does not by itself determine where the company is tax resident.
Business-account approval is determined separately by the bank or payment provider.