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General Terms and Conditions

The legal agreements set out below are between you and Rapid Formations Limited. Please read the following Terms and Conditions as they affect your use of the Website, any information contained therein and/or shared on our social media pages, and any products and services available from or through Rapid Formations.co.uk (the “Website”). These Terms and Conditions govern any use of the Website as a guest or registered customer.

1. Information about us

  1. RapidFormations.co.uk is a website operated by Rapid Formations Limited. Rapid Formations is registered in England and Wales under company number 08683949, and its registered office is situated at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ. Our VAT number is 173 1812 20.

2. Definitions

  1. “Consumer” shall have the meaning ascribed in section 12 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
  2. “General Terms and Conditions” means these Terms and Conditions.
  3. “Specific Terms and Conditions” means the Specific Terms and Conditions tailored to cover any product or service that you may purchase from Rapid Formations through the Website, and which take priority over these General Terms and Conditions to the extent of any conflict between them.
  4. “Web site” “Website” or “Site” means the web site you were browsing when you clicked on a link to these General and Special Terms and Conditions, including all subsidiary pages.
  5. “we”, “us”, “our” and “ourselves” refers to Rapid Formations Limited.

3. Use of the Website

  1. By accessing www.rapidformations.co.uk and all subsidiary web pages within the site, you agree to these General Terms and Conditions in full, together with any additional or specific terms and conditions we may draw to your attention prior to your purchasing any products or services from or via this Website.
  2. All material on the Website and our social media pages is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal, accounting or professional advice of any other kind; therefore, it cannot and should not be relied upon as such. If you require any professional advice or services, we recommend you consult a qualified party before acting in reliance on any of the information, or purchasing any of the products or services, available on or from this Website. Neither these terms nor any relationship between us creates a solicitor-client relationship or any other fiduciary obligation. Your use of the website, its content, and any services will not, to the maximum extent allowed by law, be construed as establishing any duty of care or any other obligation between you and us, or between us and any third party.

  3. You accept that any comments posted by you on our Website and/or social media pages can be viewed by the public, and that we have no control over, or liability for, the way in which this information is used by any third party who views your comments.

4. Links to third-party websites and services

  1. The Website and our blog articles may contain links, buttons and banners that redirect you to third-party resources and websites that may be of interest. The inclusion of any link does not mean we endorse the site or have any association with its operators, nor should the inclusion of any link be viewed as an encouragement to purchase or use any third-party products or services - we provide these links to you for information purposes and convenience only.
  2. Linked Websites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the contents of any Linked Website including, without limitation, any link contained in a Linked Website, or any changes or updates to a Linked Website. We do not accept responsibility or liability for the privacy of your personal information on any Linked Website, and we are not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Website.
  3. These General Terms and Conditions do not cover your interaction with Linked Websites; therefore, you should carefully review the Terms and Conditions and privacy policies of any third party sites you visit. Your use of any linked Website is at your own risk.
  4. Certain services made available via the Website are delivered by third parties. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the Website domain, you acknowledge and consent that we may share such information and data with any third party with whom we have a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality for the Website’s users and customers.

5. Updates and changes to the Website

  1. We aim to update the Website regularly but we cannot guarantee that information will be accurate, complete and current at all times. We may update this information when necessary, and all information on the Website is subject to such modification from time to time without notice; however, we make no representations, warranties or undertakings of whatever nature about the information, content or materials provided on the Website. This includes, without limitation, the quality, accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information.
  2. We will use reasonable efforts to keep the Website available to you but it is subject to on-going updates and improvements, and we reserve the right to change or remove (temporarily or permanently) the Website, or any part of it, including all products, services or prices, without prior notice. By accepting these Terms and Conditions, you confirm that we shall not be liable to you for any such changes or removals that may take place.

  3. We may update these terms, including both the General Terms and Conditions and the Specific Terms and Conditions without notice at any time, and your continued use of the Website or products/services will be your acceptance of any changes. It is your responsibility to check for updates periodically.

6. Exclusion of liability to you from the use of the Website

  1. The Website is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made, and without warranty of any kind - whether expressed or implied - including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
  2. Any and all liability to you that may arise from your access to, and use of, the Website - whether due to negligence, breach of duty or otherwise - is excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.
  3. No warranty is given that the functionality of the Website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website - or server that makes it available - are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.
  4. We are not responsible for the content of other Websites that link to or from this Website. Links to other sites are provided simply for your information and do not imply that we approve of those sites or their content.

  5. Nothing in these General Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of ourselves for death or personal injury as a result of our negligence or that of its employees or agents. For the avoidance of doubt, this clause shall apply also to the Specific Terms and conditions below.

7. Intellectual Property - Copyright and Trade Marks

  1. All text, templates, images, information and layouts - other than those supplied by third parties - are the property of Rapid Formations Limited.
  2. You are permitted to view, copy and print extracts from this website for your own personal use; however, all rights, intellectual or otherwise, will remain with Rapid Formations and do not pass to you. Should you wish to use content of the site for any other purpose, please contact us.
  3. The copyright of all other materials not belonging to Rapid Formations that may feature on this Website - including their design, layout, text, graphics, photographs, and the source code and software - belongs to their respective owners.
  4. Registered and unregistered trade marks, logo designs, registered company names and other such forms of IP are also the property of their respective owners.

  5. You are not permitted to sell or re-sell anything available from the Website, other than to the extent expressly permitted in accordance with any product or service purchased by you from the Website, where such permission is either expressly granted or in a circumstance in which it is a necessary attribute of the product or service concerned.

8. Force Majeure

  1. We shall not be in breach of either the General Terms and Conditions or the Specific Terms and Conditions, or otherwise liable to you, for any failure or delay in the performance of our obligations in respect of any services you have purchased from us where the failure or delay has been directly or indirectly caused by any circumstances beyond our reasonable control. Where this occurs, the time for performance of our obligations to you (should we owe any) shall be extended by a reasonable period.
  2. We shall notify you as soon as reasonably possible if we become aware of a Force Majeure event having occurred. If the Force Majeure event continues for more than 14 days, either of us may terminate the agreement. Where the agreement is terminated and you have pre-paid for services which have not been provided, you will receive a refund.

  3. For the purposes of this clause, any rise in Companies House fees shall not be a Force Majeure event.

9. Creating an account with us

  1. The Website provides a facility that allows you to create and register an account with us in order to gain greater access privileges and purchase products or services. If you choose to register with us, you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your account and for all activities that occur on or through it - under no circumstances should you disclose your account information to anyone else. You agree to immediately notify Rapid Formations of any security breach of your account.

  2. Rapid Formations shall not be responsible for any losses arising out of the unauthorised use of your account, and you agree to indemnify us for any loss or damage we may incur resulting from breach of this clause.

10. Your privacy and Data Protection

  1. We respect your confidentiality and take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Therefore we shall not sell or make your data available to any third party without your prior consent.
  2. You may alter or update any personal information provided to us as part of registration on the Website at any time.
  3. For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, Rapid Formations will process any personal data you have provided to it in accordance with our Privacy Notice available on the Rapid Formations website or on request from Rapid Formations. If you have any queries about the manner in which personal data will be processed by Rapid Formations or your rights in relation to such processing please contact us.
  4. You agree that, if you have provided Rapid Formations with personal data relating to a third party (1) you have in place all necessary appropriate consents and notices to enable lawful transfer of such personal data to Rapid Formations and (2) that you have brought to the attention of any such third party the Privacy Notice available on Rapid Formations’ website or otherwise provided a copy of it to the third party. You agree to indemnify Rapid Formations in relation to all and any liabilities, penalties, fines, awards or costs arising from your non-compliance with these requirements.

  5. Please review our Privacy Policy in full, which explains how we treat your personal information and protect your privacy.

11. Terminating the use of the Website

  1. We reserve the right to withdraw or suspend your right to access or use the Website at any time without prior notice and without disclosing our reason for doing so.

12. Waiver

  1. No waiver by us (whether express or implied) in enforcing any of our rights shall prejudice our right to enforce such rights in the future.

13. Miscellaneous

  1. If any provision of these General Terms and Conditions is held to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.
  2. In the event of there being any conflict between these General Terms and Conditions and the Specific Terms and Conditions that apply specifically to the purchase of certain goods or services through this Website, the Specific terms and Conditions shall prevail.
  3. No person who is not a direct party to any agreement covered by these General Terms and Conditions shall have any right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Agreement.
  4. As a consumer, you have the right to cancel a contract for the provision of goods or services at any time before 14 calendar days have passed from the day after the contract was made. Any such cancellations must be provided to us in writing. If we have already started fulfilling our side of the contract, or in the case of a company formation order, we have submitted the company application to Companies House, before you exercise your right to cancel, the right to cancel is lost.

  5. We shall have no liability in respect to our removal of any services, or any part of them, at any time where we deem such removal necessary in order for us to ensure we comply with the law.

14. Notices

  1. This clause applies where these General Terms and Conditions or the Specific Terms and Conditions provide expressly or by implication for the service of notices.
  2. Any notice required to be given under our Agreement with you or in connection with the matters contemplated by it shall, except where otherwise specifically provided, be written in the English language.
  3. Any such notice shall be addressed to the usual business address of the other party and may be:
    • Personally delivered
    • Sent by first class pre-paid post, if the address is situated in the United Kingdom
    • Sent by pre-paid airmail, or by air courier, if from or to any place outside the United Kingdom
    • Sent by facsimile
    • Sent by electronic mail

  4. In all cases, notices shall be deemed to be given when received.

15. Governing law and Jurisdiction

  1. Your use of the Website and the purchase of any products or services from it are governed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
  2. The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute or difference whatsoever arising out of or in connection with your use of the web site or the purchase of any products or services from it.

Specific Terms and Conditions - RapidFormations.co.uk

These Specific Terms and Conditions are applicable to transactions made through the Rapid Formations website at https://www.rapidformations.co.uk and any subsidiary pages. They must be read and agreed to in full, together with the General Terms and Conditions above, which apply to any agreement between us and to your use of the Website in general

1. Definitions

  1. "Rapid Formations", "rapidformations.co.uk", "we", “us”, “our” or "ourselves" means Rapid Formations Limited, registered in England and Wales under company number 08683949. Our registered office is situated at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ. Our VAT number is 173 1812 20.

  2. "Renewal Date" means the date on which the applicable service(s) will be renewed, being the anniversary of or one calendar month from (as the case may be) the date on which the last payment was due in respect of each applicable service.

2. Rapid Formations company formation services

2.1. Limitation of liability

  1. By purchasing a company formation from Rapid Formations, you are granting us the right to file with Companies House, as an authorised person for and on behalf of the Company, the statutory forms required to implement the company formation service you are agreeing to take under this agreement. Please note that we will ask you to provide proof of identity - provision of the company formation service will be subject to receipt of this information.

2.2. Special Limitation of Liability

  1. We do not accept any liability of whatever nature for errors or omission in the company formation information you submit through our Website, or for any such company formation application which is subsequently rejected by Companies House.
  2. If your company formation application is rejected by Companies House, you will not be entitled to a refund for any services purchased from Rapid Formations.
  3. We do not accept any liability should your company be struck off and/or removed from the Register for any reason that is not within our control, or following the cancellation or expiry of the services you are agreeing to take under this agreement should your company fail to meet its statutory requirements following our actions to file the requisite forms to notify the termination of such services.
  4. It is your responsibility to ensure that any company name you choose is available for registration and can be lawfully used by you. We accept no liability for your choice of name or any problems which may arise due to your choice of company name.

2.3. Requirements for the use of our incorporation services

  1. No persons under the age of 16 are permitted to register limited companies or limited liability partnerships in the UK. The minimum age requirement for directors, company secretaries and LLP members is 16 years. Individuals not meeting this legal minimum may only hold shares in private companies limited by shares.
  2. Any person who is an undischarged bankrupt is prohibited from registering a limited company in the UK and being appointed as a director or company secretary. Undischarged bankrupts may only hold shares in private companies limited by shares.
  3. Any persons currently named on the Disqualified Directors Register may not register a limited company or limited liability partnership - any disqualified director whose ban has not yet been served in full is not permitted to act as a company director, company secretary or LLP member, unless permission is granted from the appropriate Court. Such individuals may only hold shares in private companies limited by shares.
  4. We are not responsible or liable for any rejection of incorporation or problems arising due to the appointment of any persons not meeting the legal requirements for company formation. It is your responsibility to ensure all persons named on the company formation application are eligible to hold their respective positions.

2.4. Ordering our products and services

  1. You are presented with a range of choices during the ordering process. It is your responsibility to ensure you read and fully understand these choices before proceeding with any purchase. Should you have any queries regarding our products and/or services, or any aspect of your order, we strongly recommend that you contact us during our usual UK business hours prior to proceeding with any purchase. Whilst we endeavour to provide a prompt response to your enquiry, we cannot guarantee to do so in every instance. It therefore remains your responsibility to elicit further information from us regarding the product you intend to order before the order is placed.
  2. All orders that you place through this Website are deemed to be an offer by you to purchase the products and/or services that we supply, subject to these Terms and Conditions and our acceptance of the order. We may choose to reject any order without disclosing our reason for doing so.
  3. We only provide services on the basis that you have given us full and proper instructions and the authority to lawfully carry out those instructions. You undertake to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information you provide for us, and you accept all liability for the rejection of any services or documents due to inaccuracies or incompleteness.
  4. We do not accept any liability of whatever nature for errors or omissions in documents that are uploaded, or not uploaded, to our website by you, or for any such documents which are subsequently rejected by Companies House.
  5. Where orders are made for our Pre-Submission Review, this review will not extend to reviewing or inspecting documents uploaded to our website - it is your responsibility to ensure completeness, compliance and accuracy of all such documents prior to their submission.
  6. By accepting these terms and conditions, you are granting us authorisation to file with Companies House as an authorised person for, and on behalf of, the company, the statutory forms required to implement the services you are agreeing to take under this agreement for the full term of the agreement. If said services are cancelled, terminated, or shall expire as a result of failing to make the required payment, you are granting us authorisation to file the statutory forms required to terminate these services.
  7. The statutory forms that we reserve the right to file include, but are not limited to, the following: AP01, AP02, AP03, AP04, TM01, TM02, SH01, AD01, AD02, CH01 and CH02.
  8. We are regulated by the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and by accepting these Terms and Conditions you are granting us authority to carry out a digital ID verification check by CreditSafe or similar organisation for the purposes of checking your identity and address. This online check may be recorded on your credit record, and a record of the search will be retained.
  9. Should we not be able to successfully verify your identity and address using our digital ID verification process, we will require you to provide proof of your identity and address in the form of certified copies of the original documents to satisfy our Anti-Money Laundering procedures. Failure to comply with any request for such documents may result in the cancellation of services. For further information please read our ID Requirements.
  10. As a Company Service Provider we have a responsibility to carry out due diligence checks from time to time on our customers (companies, officers and shareholders) to which we provide ongoing services. Should any of our checks result in the discovery of illegal or unethical activities, we reserve the right to terminate services without notice and without refund.
  11. We also have an obligation to meet the requirements of 'Know Your Customer' (KYC) and you will be asked to complete a short questionnaire on the business activity or activities of your company and the reason for your business relationship with Rapid Formations.
  12. All incorporation orders that include an overseas corporate entity within the structure shall be subject to an additional compliance review (an “Overseas Compliance Review”) undertaken by ourselves for the purposes of identifying the ultimate beneficial owner(s) of the corporate entity. As part of this review, the customer will be required to provide all necessary documentation we decide necessary to enable us to identify the ownership structure of the overseas corporate entity and to satisfy ourselves of any individual(s) that require an identity verification check as required under the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019. Any ultimate beneficial owners that are identified as part of the Overseas Compliance Review will be required to undergo identity verification in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. The Overseas Compliance Review shall incur an additional fee for the time spent charged at an hourly rate of £110 plus VAT and billed in increments of 15 minutes with a minimum charge of £27.50 plus VAT per incorporation (the “Overseas Compliance Review Fee”). On completion of the Overseas Compliance Review, the Fee shall be automatically charged to the customer using your payment card details stored on our system. This Overseas Compliance Review Fee is non-refundable, including where we have not been able to confirm the identity of the overseas corporate entity’s ultimate beneficial owner(s); however, the fee for the company formation package will be refunded in accordance with our refunds policy.

  13. Our services are not available for purchase where the end user is a Scottish Limited Partnership (Scottish LP). All such purchases will be refunded and the services will not be set up.

  14. By purchasing a service(s), you agree to supply us with the company’s authentication code. Where we do not have this code, we will request it from Companies House.

  15. A company to whom we are supplying our services, without an authentication code, may have their services cancelled due to our inability to carry out compulsory annual monitoring in accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations. Any services cancelled for this reason shall not be entitled to a refund.

  16. The services that we offer comprise those which are renewed monthly or annually, or are provided on a one-off basis. The description of each service will specify which category it belongs to. If you are in any doubt, please get in touch with us to confirm the service details before making a purchase.

2.5 Incorporation process

  1. Rapid Formations is a specialist online company formation agent. We use secure electronic filing facilities that are made available from Companies House - the UK Registrar of Companies. By choosing to register a company through us, or authorising us to file information on your behalf, you accept that all information will be submitted to Companies House via this electronic filing facility.
  2. Provided you have complied with the formalities necessary to register a company through us, Companies House will generally complete the incorporation of your company within approximately 24 hours (Monday to Friday), however, in some cases it could take longer - dependent on Companies House workload. We have no control over this process; therefore, it may take longer than the usual processing time of 24 hours.

  3. We offer no guarantee your company application will be approved on the same business day as you make your order. If it is important that your company is incorporated on the same day as you make your order, we recommend you purchase the Guaranteed Same-Day Service, which is available as an additional service on our checkout page, up to 3pm Monday - Friday.

  4. If we cannot submit a company application to Companies House because you have omitted information, provided incorrect information, or we require further information to allow us to do so, we will make every attempt to contact you multiple times to obtain the information required to submit your company application to Companies House. Should we not manage to rectify this matter within 7 calendar days of your order being placed, we reserve the right to remove your company application information from our system after this time.

3. What you will receive upon incorporation

3.1 Company registration service

  1. Upon notification from Companies House of successful incorporation, your new limited company or limited liability partnership will be ready to trade immediately.
  2. You will receive a Certificate of Incorporation and other company formation documentation and services as described within the incorporation package you purchased on our Website.

3.2 Optional additional products and services

  1. In addition to the formation of the company and the company documents described above, you may optionally order additional products and/or services through Rapid Formations, depending upon the incorporation package you choose. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
    • Registered office service
    • Service address
    • Business address with mail forwarding
    • Confirmation Statement preparation and filing service
    • Business bank account
    • VAT and PAYE registration
    • Business telephony services
    • Apostilled document service
    • Full company secretary service
  2. These products and services may be added to your company formation package prior to incorporation, or they may be purchased after incorporation for an existing company.

  3. For Confirmation Statement Services, we will send you an email asking for information about your company details to allow us to file your confirmation statement. Where you do not provide the information requested, a confirmation statement will not be filed. We are not responsible for a confirmation statement not being filed for this reason.

4. Services we do not provide with any product

  1. Our services do not include any of the following in respect of any of the packages and products we offer for sale on our Website:
    • Accountancy advisory services
    • Tax advice
    • Auditing of your books
    • Filing of annual accounts - excluding dormant company accounts (DCA)
    • Legal advice
    • Advice regarding the suitability or adequacy of any company you may purchase from us for your intended purposes.
    • Any other services not expressly mentioned.
  2. We strongly recommend that you seek independent advice before using any of our services. If you have not yet taken such advice, we would advise you do not proceed with any purchase until you have done so.

  3. Neither these terms nor any relationship between us creates a solicitor-client relationship or any other fiduciary obligation. To the maximum extent allowed by law, your use of our website, its content, or any services will not be construed as establishing any duty of care or any other obligation between you and us, or between us and any third party. You must use your own skills, judgement and expertise and that of an appropriately qualified individual when using our services.

5. Conditions of our company address services

  1. When you purchase a Registered Office and/or Service Address from us, you are agreeing to use our Digital Mailroom Service, whereby all UK government mail, as well as Court documents, will be received at our address, securely opened and scanned by our automated mail handling equipment and sent to you by email (with the exception of cheques from official government bodies, which will be sent to your forwarding address by post). A further electronic copy of your government mail will be available for you to view, download or print, in your Rapid Formations online customer account area. All original copies of your mail will be securely stored for a period of 7 days, during which time you will be able to request they are forwarded to you by Royal Mail post. After the expiry of 7 days, unclaimed mail will be securely destroyed.

  2. When you purchase a Registered Office service from us, this service provides you with a mail forwarding service for official government mail from UK government bodies and Court documents. This service also allows you to fulfil your company's statutory obligations as per section 86 of the Companies Act 2006. This service does not provide you with a trading address, and must not be used as the Principal Place of Business address for VAT registration purposes.

  3. When you purchase a Service Address service from us, this service provides you with a mail forwarding service for official government mail from UK government bodies and Court documents. This service also allows you to fulfil the officer of the company's statutory obligations as per section 1141 of the Companies Act 2006. This service does not provide you with a trading address, and must not be used as the Principal Place of Business address for VAT registration purposes.

  4. When you purchase a Business Address service from us, this service provides you with a mail forwarding service from all senders other than those official government agencies which are only covered by our Registered Office and Service Address services. This service does not provide you with a trading address, and must not be used as the Principal Place of Business address for VAT registration purposes.

  5. If you purchase a Registered Office and/or Service Address and register an account with us, you are authorising us to be your filing agent and to update your Registered Office and/or Service Address information at Companies House on your behalf.

  6. If you purchase a Registered Office and/or Service Address and we are not provided with your company’s authentication code, we will not be able to update Companies House with the details of this purchase.

  7. When you purchase an address service from Rapid Formations, you are authorising us to receive, sort (which includes the opening of mail) and forward mail on your behalf. We shall not be responsible for any losses incurred due to any act, omission, neglect, or delay by us, or our employees or agents, in the process of receiving, sorting, opening and forwarding mail on your behalf.

  8. We are not responsible for any mail that fails to be delivered to our offices, nor are we liable for mail after it has been handed to Royal Mail or our nominated courier for delivery to your preferred forwarding address.

  9. We will not accept any general business mail (non-statutory mail) for you or your company through our Service Address or Registered Office service - general business mail will only be accepted at our offices and forwarded to you if you purchase our Business Address Service.

  10. If payment for renewal of a Service Address service has not been made on or before the Renewal Date, or you have failed to provide the required ID, you will be deemed irrevocably to have authorised us to change, with immediate effect, your Service Address to your residential address or any other address you have previously provided us for this purpose. This new address information will be registered with Companies House and displayed on public record.

  11. If payment for renewal of a Registered Office Address service has not been made on or before the Renewal Date, or you have failed to provide the required ID, you will be deemed irrevocably to have authorised us to change, with immediate effect, the Registered Office Address of the company to your residential address or any other address you have previously provided us for this purpose. If you are a non-UK resident and do not have a UK address to use for this purpose, we will apply to Companies House to have our address removed by form RP07. This new address information will be registered with Companies House and displayed on public record.

  12. Rapid Formations reserves the right to cancel an address service with immediate effect should we believe you have caused a palpable risk to our reputation and/or business. Our address will be removed from Companies House records and it will be changed to your residential address or any other address you have previously provided us for this purpose. If you are a non-UK resident and do not have a UK address to use for this purpose, we will apply to Companies House to have our address removed by form RP07. This new address information will be registered with Companies House and displayed on public record. You acknowledge and accept that once we have submitted an RP07, we shall have no liability of whatever nature and howsoever arising in connection with your company's registered address. This includes where you do not provide an address to Companies House to use as your company's registered address within the applicable period, and your company is struck off or Companies House attempts to strike it off. In this case, you will be solely liable and we will not be responsible for any losses, costs, or similar you incur as a result.

  13. Multiple companies cannot use a single address service. If you require an address service for multiple companies, you require purchasing a separate service for each company.

  14. When purchasing our Business Address Service, you will be provided with the option of Scan and Email delivery (i.e. our 'Digital Business Address Service'), or mail forwarding by post, by an email sent to you by us after purchase. Should you not reply to this email, your delivery method will be set to our Digital Business Address Service as default. If you choose the mail forwarding by post option, a bank card is to be forwarded outside of the UK as part of this service, this will be sent by Royal Mail International Signed or International Tracked and charged at the respective rate, dependent on the service available in the country of delivery.

  15. With regards our Business Address Services, each company can have a maximum of one other trading name, which cannot be another limited company, or a trading name associated with another limited company. Post will not be forwarded for trading names unless prior agreement has been sought and received by the customer, and mail for trading names we have not entered into agreement for, will be returned to sender on the same day it is received.

  16. We will handle parcels as defined by Royal Mail, as being an item weighing over 750grams or in excess of 353 x 250mm in size; however, we will not accept or handle any items weighing more than 5kg or larger than 500 x 500mm in dimension. This limit is imposed because we are a mail-forwarding service and do not have the storage facilities to store large parcels.

  17. Should we receive mail returned to ourselves which has previously been forwarded by ourselves to the forwarding address we have on file for the customer, we will contact the customer to clarify the forwarding address we have on file. Any returned mail which is subsequently re-sent by post to the customer will be charged at Royal Mail postal rates + 15%, unless we are satisfied an error has been made by ourselves.

  18. With regards our Digital Business Address service, any mail containing a cheque, bank card or other item deemed to be of value, as well as any item of mail larger than A4 size, will be forwarded to you by post. Mail forwarding is charged at Royal Mail postal rates plus 15% handling fee.

  19. Regarding our Digital Business Address service, all original copies of your mail will be securely stored for a period of 7 days, during which time you will be able to request they are forwarded to you by Royal Mail post, at a charge of Royal Mail postal rates plus 15%. After the expiry of 7 days, unclaimed mail will be securely destroyed.

  20. If we forward mail to you by courier, we will require taking payment in advance. A receipted invoice will be raised and forwarded to you immediately after payment is taken. The acceptance of these Terms and Conditions means you are granting us authority to take payment using your payment card details stored on our system. In the event the cost to forward an item by courier is substantial, we may contact you to seek your approval before processing the item. Please note: Our 15% handling fee also applies to courier deliveries.

  21. With regards forwarding parcels, packets, letters by Royal Mail Special Delivery, International Signed For, International Tracked, and International Tracked & Signed, we may require taking payment in advance. A receipted invoice will be raised and forwarded to you immediately after payment is taken. The acceptance of these Terms and Conditions means you are granting us authority to take payment using your payment card details stored on our system.

  22. In the event we are unable to deliver an item of mail or where advance payment is required and we are unable to take advance payment, we will contact you by email, telephone or post and request your assistance. If we do not receive a response within 30 days we reserve the right to return the item to sender or dispose of it, as appropriate.

  23. Where a customer possesses a negative account balance, we reserve the right to hold mail for any of our address services from being sent to the customer, until such time as the amount of the account balance owed is paid. The customer will be notified by email if an item of mail is held because they possess a negative account balance. Mail held for this reason will be held for 30 days. If the customer has not paid the negative account balance within 30 days, the item of mail will either be returned to sender, or it will be destroyed if we would incur a charge to return the item of mail to the sender.

  24. If a customer purchases a Registered Office or Service Address Service from us, it is the customer's responsibility to ensure the correct address for the company is showing on Companies House for their registered office or service address. When an address service is not purchased as part of an incorporation package, we accept no liability for updating your company's addresses at Companies House.

  25. Regarding our Business Address Service, where a parcel is received for a customer and the forwarding address is outside of the UK, the customer permits the company to open the parcel to estimate the value of the contents, before resealing the parcel, in order to complete the necessary CN22 customs form to send a parcel outside of the UK. In instances where we cannot accurately estimate the value of the contents of the parcel, we will contact the customer requesting the value of the contents, and will only forward the parcel upon receiving a response from the customer. Should we receive no contact from the customer within 30 days, the parcel will be returned to sender.

  26. To ensure limited companies using our address services comply with the London Local Authorities Act 2007, customers should ensure they do not provide our registered office address for business purposes to third parties if they do not have an active Business Address Service with us. Any general business mail received for companies that do not have an active business address service will be held for 30 days or until a business address service is purchased. After 30 days, the mail will be returned to the sender if the business address is not purchased.

  27. Where you have purchased an address service and opt for mail forwarding by post, you confirm that you understand that to increase the chances of successful delivery:

    1. a telephone number may be put on the address label;
    2. we will use the telephone number we have on file for you when preparing the address label;
    3. we may use any of your company's directors' names on the address label; and
    4. if you are contacted by a courier or postal worker in relation to a delivery, you must co-operate fully.

6. Full Company Secretary Service

  1. The services provided annually for your private limited company shall consist of the following:

    1. A monthly guidance note on key issues in relation to running a company. We will provide you with one guidance note each month addressing topics chosen at our discretion.
    2. Maintenance of the registers and minute books of your company, including but not limited to the Register of Members required to be kept by the Companies Act 2006. Other registers we may maintain include Register of Directors, Register of Directors Usual Residential Address, Register of People with Significant Control, Register of Secretaries, and Register of Charges (in respect of charges created before 6 April 2013).
    3. Provide relevant company secretarial assistance (e.g. preparation of board minutes, resolutions, Companies House forms/filings etc.) for up to fifteen transactions per year. We can deal with the following transactions as part of the fixed annual fee service (as detailed in section 6(b)).
      • Change of Registered Office address
      • Change of Accounting Reference Date
      • Approval of annual accounts
      • Change of company name
      • Appointment of director
      • Resignation of director
      • Transfer of shares (up to 2 shareholders)
      • Issue of shares (up to 2 shareholders)
      • Add or remove a guarantor (for companies limited by guarantee)
      • Acquisition by the company of its own shares for no consideration
      • People with Significant Control filings
      • Change of director or secretary details
      • Notification or change to a Single Alternative Inspection Location (SAIL)
      • Director resolution to add, remove, or change the details of an individual on the company’s bank mandate
      • Basic director approval to enter into an agreement
      • Basic interim or final dividend approval
      • Dormant company accounts
      • Consolidation of share certificates
      • Authorising or de-authorising an individual to act as a signatory
      • Replace lost share certificates (including indemnity form)
      • Filing of additional confirmation statement to update SIC codes, statement of capital and/or shareholder list

  2. We charge a fixed annual fee of £149.00 plus VAT. If any additional company secretarial services are required from us, we will charge an additional fee in accordance with our standard rates. Our services will be renewed automatically after 12-month period (unless you choose not to renew the service). Where services are not renewed or are otherwise terminated, we will:

    • issue you with a letter of disengagement confirming the termination of our services
    • provide you with a final copy of your statutory registers in electronic format kept by us
    • resign the appointed company secretary where applicable.

  3. If you have asked us to file a Companies House form that triggers an associated filing fee and Companies House rejects the application for any reason, then we shall have no obligation to return to you any Companies House fees or any transaction fees incurred pursuant to that rejection.

  4. Our services in section 6(a) do not negate the statutory obligations of the directors of your company under the Companies Act 2006. It remains the responsibility of the directors of your company to ensure that all statutory registers of the company are a true and accurate representation of your company’s position.

  5. It is your responsibility to ensure that we are informed of all transactions or changes that occur to your company, and that all required information pertaining to said transactions or changes, that occur to your company that necessitate the statutory registers to be amended.

  6. If we do not receive the required information, or are not told of changes that have occurred to your company, we will not be responsible for any delay caused as a result. If additional work is required to correct or compensate for a mistake made as a result of incomplete or otherwise incorrect information or action on your part, we may charge you a reasonable additional sum for that work.

  7. If we require any information or action from you in order to provide our services, we will inform you of this as soon as is reasonably possible.

  8. If you are a customer for whom we provide an appointed company secretary, we are entitled to resign the company secretary and to withdraw or suspend our services at any time without liability.

  9. Nothing in these terms and conditions or the services provided by us overrides your obligations or the duties imposed on you to deliver documents to Companies House or HMRC in a timely manner, and although we may send reminders to you about filing requirements, we have no liability in respect of determining when filings should take place and what content should be filed.

  10. We will send any transactional documents that we produce at your request (for example, in accordance with section 6(a)(iii) of these terms and conditions) to the relevant person(s) electronically via DocuSign for execution. Unless informed otherwise, we shall assume that your company permits the execution of documents electronically.

  11. Electronic copies of executed share certificates or membership certificates (whichever is applicable) will be provided to you following any transaction for which the documentation has been drafted by ourselves (for example, following the completion of an issue of shares drafted in line with section 6(a)(iii) of these Terms and Conditions). We recommend that you only circulate hard copies of these share certificates or membership certificates. We shall not be liable for any damages or liability incurred if you circulate these share certificates or membership certificates electronically.

  12. You acknowledge and agree that where we provide a company secretary appointed at Companies House:

    • we shall act in accordance with the instructions of the directors
    • it shall be the responsibility of the directors to provide us promptly with all information that is required for us to make all filings at Companies House on behalf of the company and the general maintenance of the statutory registers of the company
    • we shall not be liable for any fines imposed on officers of the company for a breach of the Companies Act 2006, arising from any late or missed filing with Companies House relating to the company in circumstances where we have not been provided by the directors with the information required to be included with such filing in the timescale provided to make that filing set out in the Companies Act 2006.

  13. You shall indemnify us against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including but not limited to any fines relating to a breach of the Companies Act 2006, and all interest, penalties and legal costs (calculated on a full indemnity basis) and all other reasonable professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by us as an officer of your company arising out of or in connection with:

    • any failure of the directors to comply with the obligations imposed on officers of the company under the Companies Act 2006
    • any failure of the directors to provide us promptly with the information to make any required filings with Companies House
    • any fines imposed on the officers of the company in respect of late or missed filings required to be made under the Companies Act 2006 relating to your company

This indemnity shall not cover us to the extent that a claim under it results from our negligence or wilful misconduct.

7. Business Telephone services

  1. Business Telephone Services, which include the business telephone number and answering services as specified on the website from time to time, may be offered to the Customer by another member of the BSQ Group - that being our sister company, Bizik Ltd (company number 15280068) ("Bizik").

  2. If Bizik is responsible for delivering the Business Telephone Services, you will be explicitly notified of this, and our role will only be that of a referrer.

  3. In addition, where Bizik provides such services, Bizik's terms and conditions will govern these services and you must read and agree to these before the services can be provided.

  4. In cases where we provide the services, be aware that we do not own the telephone number assigned to you. If you want to retain or transfer the number after the service concludes, you will need to contact the service provider directly.

8. Changes to goods and services

  1. The price of any goods or service that you may purchase from us is set out under the option you select on our Website. Unless otherwise stated, all prices exclude VAT at the prevailing rate on the date of purchase.
  2. Subject to any changes in price in accordance with the remainder of these terms, the total purchase price, including VAT (if any), will be displayed in your shopping cart prior to your confirming the order.
  3. We reserve the right to update the prices on the Website of any products or services without prior notice or explanation. Every effort is made to ensure that all prices are correct; however, in the event of serious error, any transaction shall be voided by us, entitling you to a full refund.
  4. We reserve the right to update, amend, or withdraw the products and services that we offer on our Website without prior notice or explanation.
  5. We shall not be liable to anyone for withdrawing or amending any of the products we sell, or for refusing or failing to process an order.

9. Effect of Companies House fees on the price of services

  1. If Companies House fees increase from the date on which you purchase any service and the date on which any filings or applications are made, we shall have the right to recover from you an amount equal to that increase. How we will do this depends on the type of service you have purchased:

    • for one-off services, e.g. company name changes and dissolutions, we will we use the card information you have previously provided to charge you before making any application or filing.
    • for renewable services, e.g. confirmation statement service, we will also use the card information you have previously provided to charge you before making any application or filing. Going forward, the increase in Companies House fee will also be reflected by an increase of the same amount to your subscription price when you next renew.

  2. We must have received payment of the additional amount from you before undertaking any further work. Should we be unable to collect this payment, we cannot proceed with providing the service and shall have no liability in respect of this.

  3. Certain of our services are stated to include Companies House fees. Where this is the case, the Companies House fees included are those which are in place at the date of your purchase, and any increases in Companies House fees after purchase will be passed on to you as outlined in this clause.

10. Continuous payment authorisation

  1. Your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions means you are granting us continuous payment authority of the card used to purchase the original service (or an alternative one, if supplied), for the following:
    • Renewable services - fees due will be processed on the card originally used to purchase the service (or an alternative, if supplied) on the date of expiry. To avoid automatic renewal, you must send us notice of your wish to terminate the service(s) and we must receive this notice before the Renewal Date.
    • Mail forwarding services - the cost of postage and handling fees will be taken on the card used to purchase the service (or an alternative if supplied) but will be processed automatically on a monthly basis.

  2. Your total price will include the price of the product plus any applicable VAT (in effect on the day of purchase).

11. Fraud prevention

  1. Your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions means you are granting us authorisation to undertake a search by CreditSafe or similar organisation for the purposes of verifying your identity and address. To do so, CreditSafe or similar organisation may check the details you supply against any particulars on any database (public or otherwise) to which they have access. They may also use your details in the future for verification purposes to assist other companies. A record of all searches will be retained.

  2. At our sole discretion, we may ask you to provide documents, information, or evidence that we consider to assist with our obligations to comply with the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019, as well as any other applicable laws, codes and regulations. If you do not supply the requested materials as required by this clause, we may, without any liability, immediately terminate any or all services, either partially or entirely.

12. Bank Account referral service

  1. Where you request a bank account through our referral service, you confirm that you agree to your details being submitted on your behalf to the bank, and to being contacted directly by the bank for the purposes of fulfilling the bank account request.
  2. Where you request a bank account through our referral service on behalf of a third party for whom you are making a company formation application, you confirm that the third party has agreed to their details being submitted on their behalf to the bank account supplier and to being contacted directly by the bank for the purposes of fulfilling the bank account request.
  3. The business bank accounts are opened and provided by the banks and subject to the terms and conditions as set forth by the banks at the time of account opening.
  4. All business bank accounts are subject to the applicants' status; therefore, Rapid Formations cannot guarantee that an account will be provided.
  5. Where cashback is offered to you as part of a business account referral, you must send us a request to claim your cashback in writing by email within 90 days of your business account opening. To be eligible for cashback, your account must be active (it is considered active when it is holding funds), and you must be on a paid subscription plan with your chosen business account provider. If it is deemed you are eligible for cashback, this will be paid to you by bank transfer within 30 days of receipt of your request, into the business account opened as part of your business account referral. Intermediaries (e.g. wholesale customers) will receive payment on a quarterly basis.

13. Names.co.uk

  1. The price of a co.uk or .com domain will be £0.00 when registered with names.co.uk for 1 year using the voucher code supplied.
  2. Discounts apply for the first billing period only and do not apply to renewals.
  3. Offer must be redeemed within 30 days and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

  4. This offer may be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of Namesco Limited. Standard terms & conditions apply. Limited to 1 per customer.

14. Trustpilot

  1. Trustpilot is a consumer review community that builds trust and transparency between consumers and businesses. Trustpilot help Rapid Formations proactively collect reviews from our customers. You as a customer, in turn, can voice your opinion and improve online shopping experiences for everyone around the world.

  2. Trustpilot invite all of our customers to provide a review of their buying experience using our website. By agreeing to these terms and conditions, you agree to have your information (name, email address and order number) temporarily shared with Trustpilot, to allow them to send you this invitation, however, the information will not be stored. This information will also not be shared with anyone else.

15. Refund policy

15.1 Company formation orders

  1. In the event that you make a purchase of a company formation package but change your mind prior to the submission of the company details to Companies House, we will refund all monies paid to us, provided your written request for a refund is received within 14 days of the date of purchase.
  2. Refunds cannot be given for the company formation package or any parts of the company formation package, once the company application has been submitted to Companies House, even if your company formation is rejected.

15.2 Address service orders

  1. In the event you make a purchase of a company address service (registered office, service address or business address/mail forwarding service) but change your mind;

    1. If we have not already processed your order and set up your address service(s), you will be entitled to a refund of all monies paid to us, provided the notice to cancel is given within 14 calendar days of the purchase date. A refund will not be given for cancellation requests after 14 calendar days from the date of purchase.

    2. If we have already processed your order and set up your address service(s), you will be entitled to a refund of all monies paid to us, minus a £10.00 plus VAT administration charge per address service, provided the notice to cancel is given within 14 calendar days of the purchase date. A refund will not be given for cancellation requests after 14 calendar days from the date of purchase. The administration charge covers the cost of order processing, service set up and any other incidental costs.

    3. Either party (the Customer or us) is free to cancel an address service by giving a full calendar months’ notice in writing.

    4. In an instance where a refund request is made within 14 calendar days of the purchase date of an address service, but our address is used by your company for more than 14 calendar days after the purchase date at Companies House, this address service will be deemed to have been used, and you will not be eligible for a refund.

  2. You will be entitled to a refund for the Registered Office Address Service contingent on conditions in section 15.2.a. being satisfied, and so long as we have not begun the process of drafting or submitting the relevant AD01 form filing to Companies House, and where relevant, the supporting evidence with respect to the change of your company's registered office address, where that address is listed on the Companies House public register as the Companies House default address.

15.3 Additional products and services

  1. In the event you make a purchase of an additional product or service but change your mind – provided we have not already started working on providing the product or service, you will be entitled to a refund of all monies paid to us, provided the notice to cancel is given within 14 calendar days of the purchase date. A refund will not be given for cancellation requests after 14 calendar days from the date of purchase or where we have started working on providing the product or service.

  2. No refund will be provided if we require cancelling an additional product or service (e.g. business telephone service) due to a failure to supply proof of ID and proof of address as required by our terms and conditions, to ensure we fulfil our obligations regarding the current Anti-Money Laundering regulations and Know Your Customer requirements.

15.4 All products and services

  1. You will not have the right to receive a refund if we terminate any services or part of them because you fail to provide any information, documents or evidence that we request in relation to Anti-Money Laundering regulations and Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements.

16. Force Majeure

  1. We shall not be in breach of either the General Terms and Conditions or the Specific Terms and Conditions, or otherwise liable to you, for any failure or delay in the performance of our obligations in respect of any services you have purchased from us where the failure or delay has been directly or indirectly caused by any circumstances beyond our reasonable control. Where this occurs, the time for performance of our obligations to you (should we owe any) shall be extended by a reasonable period.

  2. We shall notify you as soon as reasonably possible if we become aware of a Force Majeure event having occurred. If the Force Majeure event continues for more than 14 days, either of us may terminate the agreement. Where the agreement is terminated and you have pre-paid for services which have not been provided, you will receive a refund.

  3. For the purposes of this clause, any rise in Companies House fees shall not be a Force Majeure event.

17. Intermediaries and Accountants

  1. This clause 17 contains additional provisions which will apply where you purchase our services for a third party e.g. your own customers.

  2. Please note white labelling is not something that we currently offer in relation to our services, although this may change in the future.

  3. If you wish to purchase our services for a third party, you must be registered for AML Supervision and provide evidence of this before we can provide you with any services. We may request such documentation and information from you as we consider necessary to satisfy ourselves that you are so registered. Where we cannot confirm that you are supervised, or you do not co-operate with our requests for information or documents, any order for services which you have placed will be refused or terminated immediately.

  4. Where your order is refused in accordance with clause 17.2, we will refund any payment you have made in advance for the services. We shall have no other liability to you in relation to the refusal to provide services.

  5. When you make an order for services, our contract is with you and not the third party. We shall have no liability to the third party whatsoever and shall have no contact with them in relation to the services.

  6. Any information that you provide to us, whether about yourself or the third party, must be complete, accurate and provided promptly. It is your responsibility to ensure that this is the case.

  7. Whilst we will endeavour to provide support where needed, we cannot enter information into or complete any applications on your behalf.

  8. You are not entitled to terminate, and we are not obliged to provide a refund, where you have lost touch with the third party. Your cancellation and refund rights are as set out in these terms. It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet any notice requirements.

  9. We take privacy seriously and will only correspond with the named account holder in relation to your account. If you would like to authorise us to speak to someone else on your behalf, you must contact us in writing to let us know the name of this person before we can release any information to them

  10. You must not, and must ensure that the third party does not, create any duplicate account with us. Should you need to change the account holder, we can arrange a transfer of the account for you, provided that you contact us to make a transfer request with proof that the proposed account holder is happy for us to transfer the account to them. Please note that any transfer may be subject to additional identity and AML checks.

  11. You must keep payment details up to date and ensure that your account has an active payment card attached to it at all times. The payment card must have enough funds available to cover any upcoming payments due to us. If we are unable to collect payment due to your breach of this clause, we may terminate the services and charge interest in accordance with these terms.

  12. You agree that, should any company address service be cancelled or terminated by us or you, we may use any address that you have given us in lieu of ours. This means that we may use your address as the company’s registered office, and this will be publicly available to view at Companies House.

  13. If you have used a company address service which has since been cancelled or terminated, it is your responsibility to make sure that the third party or you remove this address after cancellation/termination. Failure to do so within 14 calendar days of the date of cancellation/termination will result in the service being deemed renewed or the cancellation deemed not to have taken place and you will be liable for payment in full.

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