Formation Agents - To stay...or bring in-house?

[jayeverall]

Hi All,

I used to be home-based many glorious years back, so I engaged the services of a company formation agent to set up my limited companies, manage my filing/paperwork and provide a respectable Registered Office address.

Skip ahead and we now have a physical, manned office address, and with Companies House opting to move most company admin online, I wondered what the consensus would be on bringing things in-house in order to cut down on costs.

I'm aware that using our offices as a registered office brings certain responsibilities such as maintaining certain documents on-site for inspection etc, if anyone could shed some light on what else is involved in managing affairs in-house it'd really help me to decide on how best to proceed.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Jay

 

[TODonnell]

Keeping a company in good standing as far as Companies House is concerned isn't a big job. I think you can do it yourself.

 

[MikeH]

If you have your own office then switch the address to your own address. One form to Companies House and they inform HMRC for you.

What other document filings are they doing for you? If you need assistance submitting documents regularly then purchase it ad hoc or read some of the many guides you can find online-
http://www.smallfirmsservices.com/info/registered-office-faq.aspx