Setting Up a UK Company for Graphic Design & Branding

Designers and branding studios use a UK company to look established and bill international clients in GBP.

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 graphic design & branding, 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 Graphic Design & Branding

VAT. Design services follow place-of-supply rules — 20% VAT to UK clients once registered, reverse charge for overseas businesses. Registration is often optional at first.

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 graphic design & branding

• Services VAT and registration timing
• IP and licensing
• Overseas client invoicing

How Kingswood helps Graphic Design & Branding

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 graphic design & branding we handle:

• Formation and VAT advice
• GBP invoicing and bookkeeping
• Accounts and tax