Company registration and filing – guidance

Limited liability partnership incorporation and names

• English
• Cymraeg

Sets out the main requirements for incorporating a limited liability partnership (LLP) in the UK.

Document

Limited liability partnership incorporation and names (GPLLP1)

PDF, 502KB, 70 pages

Detail

This guide includes information and advice about how to incorporate an LLP, choosing your LLP name (including controls and restrictions), changing your LLP name and other information on incorporating an LLP in the UK.

• Published: 1 June 2013
• Updated: 27 July 2016

+ full page history

• 27 July 2016 12:02pm: Version 6 replaced by Version 6.1: Inserted link in chapter 1 paragraph 7 point 6 to PSC guidance page. Inserted link in chapter 1 paragraph 8 to the LLP registers guidance
• 30 June 2016 12:15am: New version relating to changes brought in by the The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act.
• 16 March 2016 4:08pm: Version 5.4 uploaded
• 27 March 2015 11:59am: Latest guidance booklet uploaded (v5.3)
• 5 February 2015 12:15pm: Welsh translation booklet added
• 2 February 2015 5:13am: Version 5.1 replaced with Version 5.2
• 4 December 2014 5:28am: Welsh translation added.
• 1 June 2013 12:00am: First published.

• From: Companies House
• Part of: Companies House: guidance for limited companies, partnerships and other company types