Setting Up a UK Company for Halal Food & Meat

The UK halal market is large and growing. A UK company lets you supply halal retailers, restaurants and wholesalers with full compliance.

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 halal food & meat, 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 Halal Food & Meat

VAT. Basic foods are often zero-rated, but prepared/processed and some meat products can be standard-rated — treatment varies by product. Import controls for products of animal origin are strict; an EORI and health certification are needed.

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

Key considerations for halal food & meat

• Products of animal origin import rules
• Halal certification and labelling
• Mixed zero/standard VAT ranges

How Kingswood helps Halal Food & Meat

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 halal food & meat we handle:

• Formation, EORI and VAT
• Correct VAT per product line
• Import compliance and accounts