Setting Up a UK Company for Software Development
UK company for your software development business, billing UK & global clients.
Pakistani software houses win more UK and international work behind a UK company — it signals credibility, enables GBP invoicing and gives clients a UK contracting entity.
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 software development, 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 Software Development
VAT. Software and IT services follow place-of-supply rules. Services to UK business/consumer clients carry 20% VAT once registered; services to overseas businesses are usually outside the scope of UK VAT (the client accounts for it under reverse charge), so you often do not add VAT to overseas clients.
Corporation tax. Corporation tax (19%–25%) applies to profits; a low salary plus dividends is usually efficient. You take money out as a mix of salary and dividends, and we plan this efficiently.
Key considerations for software development
- Place-of-supply and reverse charge
- When to register for VAT
- Contractor vs services structure
How Kingswood helps Software 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 software development we handle:
- Formation and VAT advice for services
- Invoicing and bookkeeping in GBP
- Accounts, corporation tax and director tax
Not sure where to start?
Book a free consultation. We will explain exactly how to set up and run your UK software development business — the company, the VAT, the tax and the compliance — with clear, fixed fees.
Your UK Software Development 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.