Setting Up a UK Company for Fruits & Vegetables

Fresh and dried fruit and vegetables from Pakistan supply UK grocers and wholesalers. A UK company handles imports, compliance and payments.

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 fruits & vegetables, 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 Fruits & Vegetables

VAT. Most unprocessed fruit and vegetables are zero-rated (0%) for VAT. Registering still lets you reclaim import VAT and costs. Fresh produce faces phytosanitary and import-control requirements.

Corporation tax. Corporation tax on profit. You take money out as a mix of salary and dividends, and we plan this efficiently.

Key considerations for fruits & vegetables

• Phytosanitary and import controls
• Cold-chain and logistics
• Zero-rated VAT and reclaim

How Kingswood helps Fruits & Vegetables

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 fruits & vegetables we handle:

• Formation, EORI and VAT
• Import compliance guidance
• Bookkeeping and accounts