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An organisation that’s registered with Companies House and has a registration number (CRN). It can have one or more directors and shareholders. This includes a Community Interest Company (CIC) established for community benefit and limited by shares.

Just one person is responsible for the organisation. You can be a Sole Trader even if you employ staff.

Two or more people (partners) are responsible for the organisation.

An organisation set up for one purpose or activity, which is usually non-profit. They’re unincorporated so they don’t have limited liability protection.

An organisation that’s registered with Companies House and has a registration number (CRN). Typically, these are non-profit organisations limited by guarantee, meaning they don’t have issued shares. Some Charities, Clubs & Societies set themselves up this way. This includes a Community Interest Company (CIC) established for community benefit that doesn’t have issued shares.

These are non-profit organisations that will be registered with the Charity Regulator and are not like other non-profit organisations registered at Companies House.

Organisation established for the purpose of running activities of a church/official place of worship such as regular religious ceremonies, communal worship, or similar gatherings.

An organisation that’s registered with Companies House and has a registration number starting with OC/ SC. A Partnership where each partner isn’t responsible for what the other partners do or their debt.

An organisation that’s registered with Companies House and has a registration number starting with LP. This type of Partnership must have at least one General Partner and at least one Limited Partner. General and Limited Partners have different responsibilities and levels of liability.

Simply choose as many as are relevant to your business from the list. If you make bank transfers to UK banks, cheque payments and deal in cash, check those boxes.

When we ask if your business is seasonal, we mean things such as certain types of leisure and hospitality businesses such as deckchair rentals or summer camps.

This question about material assets relates to any stock or property your company owns, which is not within the UK. If you answer yes, we’ll ask you to confirm the country, and the nature of operations and use of assets you hold in that country. You can add multiple countries.

The question about operations, meanwhile, relates to any staff stationed overseas, any joint ventures you have with overseas companies, or any franchises you have overseas. If you answer yes, we’ll ask you to confirm the country, and the nature of your operations in that country. You can add multiple countries.

Yes. You must pay Corporation Tax on profits from doing business as a:

• limited company
• foreign company with a UK branch or office (also known as an ‘overseas company’)
• club, co-operative or other unincorporated association, for example a community group or sports club.

Yes. You must pay Corporation Tax on profits from doing business as a:

• limited company
• foreign company with a UK branch or office (also known as an ‘overseas company’)
• club, co-operative or other unincorporated association, for example a community group or sports club.

Yes. You’ll need to confirm which countries you’re tax resident in, and what your Tax Identification Number is, in that jurisdiction. You can add multiple countries in this section.

We’ll ask you how you’ll be making your initial deposit into your account. We’ll ask if you or someone else will make an initial deposit, and if any funds will be switched from your current bank account.

This can include loans from credit or financial institutions, loans or funds from an individual or a company, and any funds transferrer either due to opening a deposit account or due to switching banks.

We’ll ask if you intend to use your account solely for your own funds, or if you’ll use it to hold money on behalf of clients and third parties. If you’re going to use it to hold client money, we’ll give you a call to discuss this.

We’ll ask you if you’ve received investment of over £50,000 in the last 2 years, and whether you plan to apply for equity, investment, or venture capital support in next 12 months.