Setting Up a UK Company for Mobile App Development

App developers use a UK company to contract with UK and global clients and to publish on app stores as a UK business.

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 mobile app development, 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 Mobile App Development

VAT. Development services follow place-of-supply/reverse-charge rules. App-store and in-app revenue may have its own VAT treatment depending on the platform and customer location — we set this up correctly.

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 mobile app development

• Services vs app-store revenue VAT
• Reverse charge for overseas clients
• IP ownership

How Kingswood helps Mobile App Development

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 mobile app development we handle:

• Formation and VAT setup
• Revenue and expense bookkeeping
• Accounts and tax