New subject: Ready To Go?

26 Jul 2010

----- "Thomas Dalton" &lt;thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: 
...
  On 26 July 2010 22:10, Colm King
&lt;cargoking(a)live.com&gt; 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 

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