Setting Up a UK Company for Footwear & Shoes

Leather and fashion footwear from Pakistan sells well in the UK. A UK company handles imports, wholesale and retail cleanly.

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 footwear & shoes, 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 Footwear & Shoes

VAT. Adult footwear is standard-rated (20%); children's footwear is zero-rated. Imports carry import VAT and customs duty; an EORI is required. We make sure each range is treated correctly.

Corporation tax. Corporation tax on profit; we manage stock and duty in the accounts. You take money out as a mix of salary and dividends, and we plan this efficiently.

Key considerations for footwear & shoes

• Adult vs children's VAT treatment
• Import duty on footwear
• EORI and customs

How Kingswood helps Footwear & Shoes

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 footwear & shoes we handle:

• Formation, EORI and VAT
• Duty and import VAT handling
• Bookkeeping and accounts