Starting a company?You’ve got a pal.
You shouldn’t need to already know which insurer, accountant, bank or bit of paperwork you need before you’ve even started. Answer nine questions and we’ll tell you exactly what applies to your business — and what doesn’t.
- Free, no sign-up
- Two minutes
- Every figure sourced
- Register the company Done
- Business bank account Done
- Public liability cover Doing
- Bookkeeping Next
- Terms & privacy Next
- Pay the ICO fee Next
- Domain & email Next
More actual business. You’ve got this.
What are you trying to do?
Pick the one that sounds most like you. We’ll take it from there.
A plan that knows what you said.
Not a directory and not a checklist everyone gets. Say you’ll employ someone and employers’ liability insurance appears, because that one is the law. Say it’s just you and it doesn’t, because it isn’t.
Every item tells you whether it’s a legal duty, a sensible idea or something that can wait — and what it costs, where there’s a real published figure.
Build mine- Register the company Legal
- Business bank account Legal
- Employers’ liability Legal
- Register for PAYE Legal
- Workplace pension Legal
- Pay the ICO fee Legal
- Terms & conditions Needed
Seven things. Not seventy.
Don’t buy business stuff.
Get the right business stuff.
Most comparison sites hand you twelve options and a table. That’s not help, that’s homework. We start from what you told us and explain what actually separates the choices.
Low fees beat branches
App-based accounts are usually free or close to it. The thing to check is whether the free tier limits the transfers you actually make.
Ask what a deposit costs
This narrows the list faster than anything else. Several accounts can’t take cash at all, and the ones that can charge differently.
Watch the exchange margin
Not the headline transfer fee. The rate they give you is where the money usually goes.
Your pal saysThat’s a real example, for banking. What you’ll notice is there are no brand names on it — CompanyPal has no commercial deals yet, so naming a “best” provider would just be us guessing in a confident voice. When there are real deals, they’ll be here, and we’ll tell you what we earn from them.
The boring stuff, sorted.
What each one is, when you actually need it, and what separates a good choice from an expensive one.
Clearer. Simpler. Friendlier.
No jargon, and no pretending something is simple when it isn’t.
Every number links to GOV.UK or the regulator that published it.
Your plan leaves out the things that aren’t yours to worry about.
Where we don’t know yet, we say so instead of filling it in.
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