Setting Up a UK Company for Clothing & Fashion Retail

Pakistan is a major clothing exporter. A UK company lets you import garments, sell online and wholesale, and reclaim VAT while building a UK fashion brand.

How to set up your UK company

The process is the same wherever you are in Pakistan, and you never need to travel to the UK. As clothing & fashion retail, here is how we get you trading:

1. Register your UK limited company — usually within 24 hours, with directors, shareholders and share structure set up correctly.
2. Get a UK registered office — a UK address for Companies House and HMRC, keeping your home address private.
3. Register for VAT and an EORI where needed — so you can import stock and reclaim or charge VAT correctly (see below).
4. Open a UK business bank account — so your company can receive payments and pay suppliers in GBP.

Banking & getting paid

A UK business or fintech account (such as Wise or Revolut Business) lets your company invoice clients, receive marketplace payouts and pay suppliers in pounds — usually without visiting the UK. We guide non-resident directors through the options and help prepare your documents.

VAT & tax for Clothing & Fashion Retail

VAT. Adult clothing is standard-rated at 20% VAT. Importing garments incurs import VAT and often customs duty; you need an EORI. Once registered you reclaim import VAT and charge VAT on sales.

Corporation tax. Corporation tax applies to trading profit; we handle stock accounting. You take money out as a mix of salary and dividends, and we plan this efficiently.

Key considerations for clothing & fashion retail

• Customs duty and import VAT on garments
• EORI and clothing labelling rules
• Wholesale vs retail VAT

How Kingswood helps Clothing & Fashion Retail

We are UK-headquartered Chartered Certified Accountants with an office in Lahore, so you get UK expertise with local support in Urdu and English. For clothing & fashion retail we handle:

• Formation, EORI and VAT
• Import VAT and duty guidance
• Stock and margin bookkeeping