💙 Community Interest Company (CIC) Registration in the UK

✅ Launch Your Social Enterprise with Legal Confidence

A Community Interest Company (CIC) is the ideal structure for entrepreneurs and organisations aiming to operate a business for the benefit of society. At YUDEY, we offer full CIC registration support — from paperwork to regulatory approvals — so you can focus on your impact.

📌 What Is a CIC?

A CIC is a special type of limited company designed for social enterprises. Unlike standard companies, CICs must operate for the public good and reinvest profits into the community. They are regulated by the Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies.

✅ Why Register a CIC?

  • ✔️ Clear legal identity for a social enterprise

  • ✔️ Ability to generate income and reinvest profits

  • ✔️ Access to grants and social investment

  • ✔️ Transparent governance — boosts trust

  • ✔️ Limited liability protection

  • ✔️ Easier than registering a charity

🧾 CIC Registration Requirements

Requirement Details
Company structure Ltd by shares or Ltd by guarantee
Community interest test Must prove benefit to the community
Asset lock Assets must remain within the community or be transferred to another CIC/charity
Articles of Association Must contain specific CIC clauses
CIC36 form Required to explain your mission and beneficiaries
Company registration Via Companies House and CIC Regulator

🔧 What’s Included in Our CIC Registration Package

  • Advice on choosing the right CIC structure (limited by shares or guarantee)

  • Drafting of compliant Articles of Association

  • Completion and submission of Form CIC36

  • Filing incorporation documents with Companies House

  • Liaising with the CIC Regulator for approval

  • Digital Certificate of Incorporation

  • Support opening a CIC business bank account

  • Ongoing governance and compliance guidance (optional)

🌍 Who Can Register a CIC?

  • Social entrepreneurs launching community projects

  • Startups with public benefit missions

  • NGOs transitioning into income-generating models

  • Local initiatives, educational projects, health and wellbeing programmes

We support both UK-based and non-resident founders (with UK-based directors).

🛡️ Why Choose YUDEY?

  • Expert guidance through all legal and regulatory steps

  • Tailored support for social and community enterprises

  • Experience working with both local and international clients

  • Bilingual service (English, Ukrainian, Polish)

  • Optional ongoing legal support, filings & annual reporting

📞 Start Your CIC Today

Ready to formalise your mission-driven business?
Contact YUDEY to register your Community Interest Company and create lasting social impact — with full legal confidence.

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