Choosing A Company Name
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Choosing A Company Name
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It is also important that you should be aware that, regardless of whether there are any grounds for objection under the Companies Act, if you adopt a name which misleads the public into believing that your business is that of another business (eg trading as a department store under the name "Harrods") you may be liable to face a "passing off" action by the person whose business you have affected. Name approval is no guarantee that you are safe from such an action.
WHAT NAMES NEED APPROVAL?
Names which need approval are those which include
words or expressions set out in statutory regulations.
There is a list at the end of this booklet at Appendices
A, B and C, and more detailed information is available
in the Companies House Booklet (CHN3)"Sensitive
Words and Expressions".
A name which gives the impression that the company
is connected with HM Government or with a local
authority also needs approval before it can be
registered.
WHAT DO I DO IF MY CHOICE OF NAME NEEDS
APPROVAL?
If you choose a company name that will need the Secretary of State's approval before you can use it, you should contact New Companies Section at Companies
House in Cardiff or Edinburgh as appropriate. You will
be sent the necessary information about the rules
governing use of the name you have chosen.
....Appendix A
If you choose a name which includes any of the words
listed in Appendix A at the end of this booklet, you will
probably need to supply supporting information before
approval is given for you to use the name. You should
write, together with any information that might help
support your application, to the Secretary of State at Companies House in Cardiff (for English and Welsh
companies) or Edinburgh (for Scottish companies).
....Appendix B
If your choice of name includes any of the words listed in Appendix B you will need to write to the "relevant
body" to ask whether they have any objection (and if
so, why) to your use of the word or expression in your
chosen company name. When you write, enclosing
your registration documents or special resolution, to
the Secretary of State at Cardiff or Edinburgh, as
appropriate, to ask for approval to use the name, you
should say that you have approached the "relevant
body" and enclose a copy of any reply you have
received.
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