Re: Recommendation of Book for running a Ltd. Company

In article , Ekkehard Domning writes

Hello, >running an english Ltd. Company for business in Germany seems to be very >common, since the foundation of the german equivalents "GmbH" is difficult and >expensive.

Ok. So you mean forming an English (or Scottish) Ltd company and using it to trade in and from Germany?

In England a foreign company is required to register under the English company laws. Is that the case in Germany?

I was looking around for Books that teach me the elentary does and don'ts, >esspecially how to avoid problems with UK-Goverment

You would be dealing with "Companies House" -- a government agency -- and you would have to keep them happy by filing returns, etc, in the correct way and on time.

See:

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There is lots of information and .pdf company forms on that website.

and keep the "limitation" to the shares real.

In order to do that you have to make sure the company is always solvent. Or to put it another way, the company must always be able to pay its debts when they fall due.

I found "Setting Up & Running a Limited Company" written by "Robert Browning", >but would like to hear from You, if this book is woth buying or which >different books You recommend (too). >Thanks for reading! > >Ekkehard Domning

I hope my comments are helpful to you. You may find it useful to have an agent to represent you in the UK.

I have added uk.finance

Yes, the company will only trade/produce in Germany.

Yes vice versa in Germany. The Limited has to behave like a normal German company, e.g. pay tax, register into German "Handelsregister" etc.

The company has to have a "registered office" in England, where all the letters from Companies House arrives and where some elemtary reports has to be present. There are a lot of Companies that sell such services like Mail-Forewarding, "nominee Secretrary" and so on.

OK.

No Comment on this Book nor recommendation for a different?

I have some helping hands (see above). Difficulties arise when sales in England will possible, than the limited has to make a more complicated annual return.

Thanks too, I have not a good overview on uk groups. Best regards Ekkehard Domning