Need legal advice on business name registry with companies house

sefsyndicate · Feb 27, 2023

Hi, I'm starting up a company in the UK and trying to register a Business name however it has been rejected due to section 78 of the Medicines Act 1968 which specifically highlights the term 'Chemist', the term I have used in the business name is 'Alchemist' which has an entirely different spelling and definition, what can I do to resolve this with Companies House?

Would it be best to contact a lawyer and would pricing go with this, as I'm low on funding - the company is for a barber business which kicks off in 3months.

fisicx · Feb 27, 2023

Change the name. Register any name you want then use a trading name for your barbers.

Paul Kelly ICHYB · Feb 28, 2023

As mentioned, the trading name does not need to be the same as the registered name.

Who did you try to register the name with?

sefsyndicate · Feb 28, 2023

Paul Kelly ICHYB said:
As mentioned, the trading name does not need to be the same as the registered name.

Who did you try to register the name with?

Tried to register it with 1ST Choice formation, I wanted the Ltd. name with the term 'Alchemist' but seems they cant differentiate between 'Alchemist' and 'Chemist'.

Would it be best to do it through the Companies house portal directly?

fisicx · Feb 28, 2023

Go direct to CH. Or use the highly recommended service offered by the owner of this forum. Talk to @Ozzy. He will get it sorted for you.

Paul Kelly ICHYB · Feb 28, 2023

My guess is that an automated system may be in play, as there are hundreds of businesses with alchemist in the name - maybe @Ozzy has a thought!

You could also try registering direct with Companies House.

sefsyndicate · Feb 28, 2023

fisicx said:
Go direct to CH. Or use the highly recommended service offered by the owner of this forum. Talk to @Ozzy. He will get it sorted for you.

Would happily look into the deals Ozzy offers if can secure me the company name alongside address to conceal my residential address I will happily take him up on the offer.

Ozzy · Feb 28, 2023

Hi ya @sefsyndicate - I don't offer registering companies any more (sold that business in 2014) but 1st Choice is one of my clients who use the software I built under efiling.co.uk. (so does pretty much every company formation agent in the country)
Basically you've already been given the right advice, although 1st Choice does have a mechanism in the software they use to submit supporting evidence to Companies House to justify the use of the name - basically it's being triggered incorrectly and you are not trading in the chemistry industry. Call them and they should be able to push this through for you.

sefsyndicate · Feb 28, 2023

Ozzy said:
Hi ya @sefsyndicate - I don't offer registering companies any more (sold that business in 2014) but 1st Choice is one of my clients who use the software I built under efiling.co.uk. (so does pretty much every company formation agent in the country)
Basically you've already been given the right advice, although 1st Choice does have a mechanism in the software they use to submit supporting evidence to Companies House to justify the use of the name - basically it's being triggered incorrectly and you are not trading in the chemistry industry. Call them and they should be able to push this through for you.

Thank you, I will definitely give them a call tomorrow, I did send an email to Companies House explaining my business motives and highlighting the differentiation between 'Alchemist' and 'Chemist'.

Paul Kelly ICHYB · Mar 1, 2023

sefsyndicate said:
I did send an email to Companies House explaining my business motives and highlighting the differentiation between 'Alchemist' and 'Chemist'.

Whilst I don't think that will change your specific issue, I would be interested in what they say.

Solvelaw · Mar 1, 2023

There is already an "alchemist limited", so perhaps it is that instead. You may need to add something to get it through.

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