Setting Up a UK Company for Shopify Store Owners
Run your own Shopify store as a UK company with UK payments and VAT.
Your own Shopify store gives you full control, and a UK company unlocks UK payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Shopify Payments), VAT registration and international credibility.
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 shopify store owners, here is how we get you trading:
- Register your UK limited company — usually within 24 hours, with directors, shareholders and share structure set up correctly.
- Get a UK registered office — a UK address for Companies House and HMRC, keeping your home address private.
- Register for VAT and an EORI where needed — so you can import stock and reclaim or charge VAT correctly (see below).
- 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 Shopify Store Owners
VAT. You charge 20% VAT to UK customers once registered, and reclaim VAT on stock, apps and ads. Selling to EU or worldwide has its own rules (OSS/IOSS for the EU) which we help you navigate.
Corporation tax. Corporation tax applies to profits; we plan salary/dividends. You take money out as a mix of salary and dividends, and we plan this efficiently.
Key considerations for shopify store owners
- Payment gateway setup (Stripe/PayPal)
- VAT and cross-border (EU OSS/IOSS)
- App and subscription cost tracking
How Kingswood helps Shopify Store Owners
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 shopify store owners we handle:
- Formation and UK business bank account
- VAT registration and returns
- Full e-commerce bookkeeping
Not sure where to start?
Book a free consultation. We will explain exactly how to set up and run your UK shopify store owners business — the company, the VAT, the tax and the compliance — with clear, fixed fees.
Your UK Shopify Store Owners business, set up from Pakistan
Book a free consultation with UK Chartered Certified Accountants who understand your business — and let us handle the company, VAT, tax and compliance.