Setting Up a UK Company for SaaS & Tech Startups

A UK company gives SaaS founders a clean cap table, access to UK/EU customers and investors, and a credible base to scale from Pakistan.

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 saas & tech startups, 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 SaaS & Tech Startups

VAT. SaaS/digital services have specific place-of-supply rules: B2C digital sales to the UK carry VAT once registered, and EU B2C may need the VAT OSS. B2B is usually reverse charge. We get this right from day one.

Corporation tax. Corporation tax on profit; share structure set up for investment. You take money out as a mix of salary and dividends, and we plan this efficiently.

Key considerations for saas & tech startups

• Digital-services VAT (UK/EU OSS)
• Share structure for investors
• Subscription revenue records

How Kingswood helps SaaS & Tech Startups

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 saas & tech startups we handle:

• Formation with investor-ready shares
• Digital VAT setup
• Accounts, VAT and tax