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Contents
Introduction
This booklet explains:
- the rules and restrictions on the choice of company names both when a company is formed and when it changes its name;
- when Companies House will not register a company name and when the use of sensitive words or expressions will need to be justified or need prior approval from a recognised authority;
- when you can object to the registration of a particular company name, and also what to do if your company name has been objected to and you are directed by the Secretary of State to change the name;
- how to change a company name, but not how to form a company (for this, please see the booklet, 'Company Formation').
The booklet will also be useful to unincorporated partnerships and sole traders who use a business name, companies incorporated overseas which trade from an address in Great Britain, open-ended investment companies, ,European economic interest groupings and limited partnerships.
You will find the relevant law in the Companies Act 1985 (as amended in 1989 and later) and in the Company and Business Names Regulations (as amended). In relation to commonhold associations and RTM companies, further restrictions are contained in the Commonhold Regulations 2004, and the RTM Companies (Memorandum and Articles of Association) (England) Regulations 2003 and the RTM Companies (Memorandum and Articles of Association) (Wales) Regulations 2004. |
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