----- "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 26 July 2010 22:10, Colm King
<cargoking(a)live.com> wrote:
Quote from
http://www.cro.ie/ena/business-registration-company.aspx:
"A company limited by guarantee not having a share capital: As this is a
public company, there must be a minimum of seven members....
Looks like another option.
That was the type of company I was referring to. I don't know what
kind of company other people were talking about.
In England there are two types of companies - limited by guarantee or limited by shares.
Wikimedia UK is incorporated as limited by guarantee and this is the normal route for
"non-profits".
Limited companies cost around £1000 per year in admin costs - statutory accounts,
incorporation fees etc. I would suggest you don't rule out a simple unincorporated
association if you aren't expecting income to be too great in the initial years and
are happy to run the liability risks.
But as someone else said earlier - most important thing is to get the critical mass of
interested members who are willing to put the effort into setting it up.
Andrew