Advisory Engagement Options

Choose the Advisory Engagement That Best Fits Your Business

Every business arrives with a different set of circumstances. Our three engagements are designed to meet founders at different stages — from a straightforward UK establishment executed correctly, to a private mandate covering structure, banking readiness and the compliance year that follows.

A private advisory consultation in a London corporate office

The engagement decision

Establishing a company in the United Kingdom is not, in itself, difficult. What determines whether the entity serves the business well over the following years is the quality of the decisions taken around it: how ownership is arranged, how the company presents itself to a bank, how its records read when an investor or an enterprise customer examines them.

Our engagements are structured around that reality rather than around a price ladder. Each one sets out clearly who it is designed for, the advisory support included and the outcome a client should reasonably expect. Where a lower engagement is sufficient for your circumstances, we will say so.

UK Business Experts Ltd is an independent private corporate advisory practice, registered in England and Wales under company number 17359654.

Compare the three engagements

Launch, Executive and Concierge Complete, side by side.

The engagements ascend in scope and adviser involvement rather than in volume of deliverables. Read the rows below in order — who the engagement is designed for is a more useful test than the fee.

Launch

£399

Designed for
Founders who already know the structure they want and need it established correctly, without an advisory mandate around it.
Typical client profile
First-time UK entities, single-director companies, consultants and early-stage founders operating from the United Kingdom or abroad with a straightforward shareholding.
Scope of advisory support
  • UK private limited company establishment
  • Premium London registered office address (12 months)
  • Director service address (12 months)
  • Identity verification coordination where applicable
  • Company structure and share arrangement guidance
  • Digital incorporation document set
  • Companies House and HMRC correspondence management (digital)
  • Founder onboarding guide and next-step operational guidance
Expected outcome
A properly established UK company with a credible London address and an orderly document set that will withstand later review.
Optional additional services
  • Banking readiness documentation
  • Confirmation statement reminder service
  • Ad-hoc advisory consultation

★ Recommended

Executive

£699

Designed for
Operating businesses that need the company to transact quickly — contracting, invoicing and opening banking or payment relationships soon after incorporation.
Typical client profile
Trading companies, SaaS and technology businesses, international founders entering the UK market, and companies with two or more shareholders.
Scope of advisory support
  • Everything included in Launch
  • Private consultation with a dedicated corporate adviser
  • Banking readiness documentation and application preparation
  • Professional business correspondence management
  • Confirmation statement reminder service
  • Priority corporate file management
  • Enhanced business set-up guidance and priority advisory support
Expected outcome
A UK company established and documented, with a banking file prepared to the standard institutional reviewers expect to see.
Optional additional services
  • VAT and EORI coordination
  • Extended pre-incorporation structuring consultation
  • Ongoing compliance retainer after year one

◆ Flagship Advisory

Concierge Complete

£899

Designed for
Principals who want the structuring question considered properly before anything is filed, and the year that follows managed on their behalf.
Typical client profile
Holding companies, investment vehicles, family offices, international groups and founders preparing for institutional diligence or fundraising.
Scope of advisory support
  • Everything included in Executive
  • Dedicated strategic adviser holding the file throughout
  • Extended strategic consultation before incorporation
  • Personalised banking readiness dossier
  • Twelve-month compliance calendar mapped to your year end
  • Executive correspondence management, with international forwarding on request
  • Priority access to the senior advisory desk
  • White-glove coordination throughout the engagement
Expected outcome
A considered UK structure, a banking dossier prepared for scrutiny and a documented twelve-month compliance position.
Optional additional services
  • Group and subsidiary structuring guidance
  • Multi-jurisdiction coordination
  • Successive-entity engagements under the same adviser

Fees are for advisory work and the deliverables described. Statutory fees payable to Companies House, HMRC or other authorities are separate and confirmed in writing before submission. Banking and payment-provider decisions remain with the relevant institution.

Which engagement is right for you?

Five circumstances, and the engagement that suits each.

Launch

Your structure is settled and you want it executed properly

If the shareholding is simple, the directors are known and there is no immediate banking or investor deadline, Launch is the appropriate engagement. It delivers a correctly established company and a clean document set without paying for advisory time you do not need.

Executive

You need to trade, invoice and bank quickly

Where the company must contract with customers or open a banking and payment relationship within weeks of incorporation, the banking file matters more than the incorporation itself. Executive prepares that file alongside establishment, with an adviser available throughout.

Concierge Complete

The structuring question is genuinely open

Holding structures, multiple shareholder classes, investor arrangements and group ownership are decisions that are expensive to revisit. Concierge Complete places an extended structuring consultation before incorporation, so the filing reflects a decision rather than a default.

Concierge Complete

You expect institutional diligence within twelve months

Investors, enterprise customers and banks review corporate records rather than intentions. If a raise, an enterprise contract or a diligence process is foreseeable, Concierge Complete produces the documentation and compliance calendar those reviewers expect.

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You are uncertain

Most principals are, at the outset. A private consultation is the fastest way to resolve it: we will tell you plainly which engagement fits, including where a lower engagement is sufficient.

Frequently asked questions

Questions principals ask before instructing.

What is the difference between an advisory engagement and a company formation package?

A formation package is an administrative transaction: a company is registered and documents are issued. An advisory engagement begins with the commercial question behind the structure — who owns what, how the company will contract, and what banks and investors will later examine — and the incorporation follows from that discussion. Launch is deliberately the lightest of our engagements; Executive and Concierge Complete include adviser involvement throughout.

Can I move from one engagement to another after instructing?

Yes. Clients regularly begin with Launch and move to Executive or Concierge Complete once banking, investment or compliance requirements become clearer. Where an upgrade occurs during an active engagement, the amount already paid is credited against the higher engagement.

Which engagement is most appropriate for an international founder with no UK presence?

Executive is the usual starting point. Founders resident outside the United Kingdom face additional scrutiny during banking and payment-provider onboarding, and the prepared documentation included in Executive is intended to address that scrutiny directly. Where the ownership structure is international or layered, Concierge Complete is more appropriate.

Do the engagement fees include Companies House filing costs?

The published engagement fees cover our advisory work and the deliverables described. Statutory fees payable to Companies House, HMRC or other authorities are separate and are set by those bodies. We confirm all third-party costs in writing before any submission is made.

Is a consultation required before instructing Concierge Complete?

Yes. Concierge Complete engagements are accepted following a private consultation. The engagement includes an extended structuring discussion, and it would be premature to accept the mandate without first understanding the business.

Do you guarantee a bank account will be opened?

No advisory practice can. Banking and payment-provider decisions rest entirely with those institutions and follow their own assessment. Our work is to prepare a documentation file that presents the business accurately and completely, which is the part of the process a client can control.

What happens after the first twelve months?

Registered office and service address arrangements renew annually. Clients on Executive and Concierge Complete frequently continue under a lighter ongoing support arrangement covering the confirmation statement, filing calendar and second-opinion advisory. There is no obligation to continue.

Do you provide regulated legal, tax or accounting advice?

No. We are an independent corporate advisory practice. Regulated legal, tax and accounting advice sits outside our scope, and where a matter requires it we will say so and, if helpful, coordinate an introduction to an appropriate independent professional.

Final thoughts

The right engagement is rarely determined by budget. It is determined by three things: what you are trying to achieve commercially, how complex the ownership and operating arrangements are, and how quickly the company will meet external scrutiny from a bank, an investor or an enterprise customer.

Where those three factors are simple and settled, Launch is sufficient and there is no merit in spending more. Where the company must transact and bank quickly, Executive prepares the file that makes that possible. Where the structure itself is a decision worth taking carefully — holding arrangements, investors, group ownership, family assets — Concierge Complete exists so that the decision is taken before it is filed rather than corrected afterwards.

A short private consultation will usually settle the question in one conversation. We would rather place you in the correct engagement at the outset than the largest one.

Discuss the right engagement for your business.

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