The Rights To Manage Company Formation & Registration Services package from Form My Company delivers a complete legal setup tailored specifically for flat owners and leaseholder associations. By combining rapid digital filings, bespoke Articles of Association tailored for property management governance, statutory name exemption guidance, hard-copy legal documentation, and administrative support, our package ensures your RTM company meets all legal criteria established by statutory regulations.
What Is a Rights To Manage Company?
A Rights To Manage (RTM) company is a specialised corporate structure established under the provisions of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. It exists solely to allow leaseholders living within a residential block of flats to assume responsibility for building operations, maintenance schedules, service charge budgets, and insurance policies. Unlike standard trading businesses, an RTM company is traditionally incorporated as a company limited by guarantee rather than one limited by shares. In an RTM company limited by guarantee, leaseholders become formal members rather than shareholders, guaranteeing a nominal amount—typically £1—towards company liabilities.
The internal structure of an RTM company is tightly regulated. The Articles of Association must strictly adhere to statutory RTM model articles to ensure that voting rights, membership eligibility, director powers, and administrative procedures align with leasehold legislation. Because an RTM company does not trade for commercial profit, any surplus service charge funds collected from leaseholders are held in trust exclusively for building upkeep and communal repairs. Our Rights To Manage Company Package Overview from Form My Company covers all elements of corporate registration, ensuring your entity has the precise legal constitutional framework required to take over your building’s management.
What Is Included in the Package?
Our Rights To Manage Company package brings together specialised legal drafting, digital registration, physical documentation, administrative tools, and third-party benefits. Below is a detailed breakdown of every feature included in this comprehensive service.
Right to Manage Company Formation in Less Than 3 Working Hours
Time is often critical when coordinating leaseholders to meet statutory notice deadlines. We process and submit your RTM company registration through a high-speed electronic filing system. Provided Companies House workload levels remain normal, and no administrative holds occur, your RTM company incorporation is typically completed in less than 3 working hours.
Bespoke Legally Checked Articles
Standard commercial Articles of Association are entirely unsuitable for an RTM company. We provide bespoke, legally checked Articles of Association formatted to comply with statutory RTM model regulations. This ensures your company constitution properly defines member qualifications, voting allocations per flat, director powers, and non-profit operational mandates required by property tribunals.
Assistance with Applications for Limited Name Exemption
Companies limited by guarantee that operate for non-profit purposes—such as RTM entities—may apply to omit the word “Limited” or the abbreviation “Ltd” from their official legal company name. We provide full administrative guidance and filing assistance to help your RTM company submit a compliant limited name exemption request to Companies House.
Support for Sensitive Words
Under UK company law, certain words within a proposed company name are classified as “sensitive” or restricted because they imply official authority, specialised functions, or professional accreditation. If your chosen RTM name includes sensitive property or management terms, we guide you through the required approval process and assist in providing the necessary supporting evidence to Companies House.
Digital Certificate of Incorporation
Once Companies House approves your application, we immediately issue an official Digital Certificate of Incorporation. Delivered directly in PDF format, this legal document confirms your RTM company’s official corporate status, registration number, and date of formation under UK law.
Digital Guarantor Certificates
In a company limited by guarantee, leaseholders hold membership backed by a financial guarantee rather than equity shares. We issue Digital Guarantor Certificates for every founding member, providing official legal proof of their formal membership, voting standing, and financial guarantee within the RTM entity.
Printed Certificate of Incorporation
In addition to digital files, we provide an official Printed Certificate of Incorporation produced on high-quality parchment paper. Having a physical paper certificate is invaluable when opening corporate bank accounts, verifying credentials with mortgage lenders, presenting proof to current freeholders, or lodging formal tribunal proceedings.
Printed Guarantor Certificates
We supply physical, printed Guarantor Certificates for your founding leaseholder members. These professional paper certificates can be distributed to participating flat owners to maintain formal physical records within your RTM association’s corporate registers.
Digital Memorandum of Association (MoA)
We provide a complete Digital Memorandum of Association (MoA), which serves as the foundational legal statement signed by all initial subscribers confirming their intention to form the RTM company and become members under statutory guarantee rules.
Digital Articles of Association (AoA)
Your completed, legally checked Articles of Association are supplied in a clean digital format. You can store, inspect, or share these digital AoA files whenever legal advisers, property managers, or prospective flat buyers request to review the RTM company’s governance structure.
Free Business Account Subject to Acceptance
Setting up a dedicated bank account is essential for collecting service charges, paying communal utility bills, and managing building maintenance reserves. This package includes an introduction to applying for a free UK business account, subject to standard status checks, identity verification, and banking partner acceptance.
Free Merchant Account
To simplify the collection of ground rent, service charge contributions, or ad-hoc maintenance payments from leaseholders, we provide access to a free merchant account setup. This allows your RTM company to process electronic card payments securely.
Access to an Online User Dashboard to Manage Your Company Documents 24/7
Managing an RTM company requires organised record-keeping. You receive full, continuous access to a secure 24/7 online user dashboard. From this online portal, you can view, download, print, and manage all your corporate registration files, statutory registers, and filing dates anytime.
Priority 24/7 Customer Support
Navigating property management laws and statutory registration details can prompt operational questions. Our package includes priority 24/7 customer support, granting you direct access to experienced company formation specialists who can assist you at any stage of your registration.
Free Order Review Before Submission to Companies House
To prevent administrative rejections, delays, or costly filing mistakes, our specialist team conducts a free order review on your application before transmitting it to Companies House. We verify member details, confirm name availability, check sensitive word justifications, and ensure compliance with statutory guidelines.
Google AdWords £75 Voucher with a £25 Spend
If your RTM association or property group wishes to promote its services, inform local leaseholders, or recruit neighbouring blocks into a wider management collective, you can utilise a promotional Google AdWords voucher providing £75 in advertising credit once you spend your initial £25.
Free .co.uk or .com Domain Name for One Year
Maintaining clear communication among all flat owners is essential for smooth building management. We include a complimentary .co.uk or .com domain name registration for one year, allowing your RTM company to set up a dedicated web portal and professional email addresses for block administration.
Pricing Breakdown
Form My Company maintains complete pricing transparency across all services. Below is the clear, itemised financial breakdown for the Rights To Manage Company package:
- Rights To Manage Package Service Fee: £350.00
- Value Added Tax (VAT at 20%): £70.00
- Companies House Statutory Incorporation Fee: £100.00
- Total Amount Payable at Checkout: £520.00
The £100 statutory fee is remitted directly to Companies House to cover official filing and processing costs. Our £350.00 + VAT package fee includes complete fast-track electronic filing, bespoke legally checked Articles of Association, limited name exemption assistance, sensitive word support, digital and printed incorporation certificates, digital and printed guarantor certificates, free order review, domain registration, merchant account access, and 24/7 online dashboard management.
Staying Compliant and Next Steps
Registering your RTM entity at Companies House is the first statutory step in taking over your building’s management. Once incorporated, officers and members must follow specific administrative procedures to maintain legal compliance and successfully exercise their Right to Manage under UK property law.
First, your newly formed RTM company must serve a formal Notice of Invite to Participate on all eligible leaseholders who have not yet joined the company. Once statutory notice periods expire, the RTM company must serve a formal Claim Notice on the freeholder or landlord. Detailed statutory rules governing eligibility, notice periods, and landlord counter-notices can be reviewed directly on the GOV.UK Right to Manage legal guide. If your leaseholder group requires traditional corporate shareholding structures rather than an RTM framework, you can evaluate our Private Limited (Ltd) Company package, or review the comprehensive inclusions offered in our Fully Inclusive Package.
Second, your RTM entity must maintain strict administrative compliance under the Companies Act 2006. All directors and Persons with Significant Control (PSC) details must be accurately recorded. To complete identity verification for officers, you can utilise our dedicated Identity Verification Service: Director or PSC module. Every RTM company must maintain statutory records using our PSC Register system and file an annual confirmation statement to verify officer details and registered addresses. This recurring update can be filed via our File a Confirmation Statement tool. Furthermore, if your RTM company remains non-trading because building maintenance funds are managed via trust accounts, mandatory annual accounts must still be submitted using our File Accounts for Dormant Companies platform.
Finally, keep corporate details updated whenever leaseholders buy or sell their flats. When a flat owner sells their property, the outgoing owner must resign as a member or director, and the incoming buyer must be formally admitted to the RTM company. You can update director entries seamlessly using our Director Appointment and Director Resignation services, or handle both simultaneously with our combined Director Appointment & Resignation Bundle.
Rights To Manage Company
+ £100 Companies House Fee
Who Is the Rights To Manage Company Package For?
The Rights To Manage Company Formation & Registration Services package is specifically designed for residential leaseholders, flat owner associations, and tenant groups seeking legal control over their property management, though you can also consider our Entrepreneurs Choice Package Options if you require a tailored private commercial setup:
- Leaseholders Frustrated by Service Charges: Flat owners who face escalating management fees, unclear service charge accounts, or poor maintenance from existing freeholders.
- Residential Block Associations: Formal or informal tenant groups preparing to serve statutory legal notices to assume building control under the 2002 Act.
- Leaseholders Wanting Direct Management Control: Flat owners who prefer selecting their own cleaning contractors, insurance providers, and maintenance engineers.
- Property Groups Requiring Name Exemption: Non-profit RTM associations wishing to omit “Limited” from their corporate name to present a clean non-profit structure.
- Leaseholders Seeking Expert Compliance: Groups that require pre-checked, legally compliant RTM Articles of Association to ensure their application withstands scrutiny from freeholders or the First-tier Tribunal.
What Happens After You Buy?
Once you complete your purchase of the Rights To Manage Company package, your registration progresses through a clear, multi-step process:
- Access Your Online Dashboard: You receive immediate login credentials to your secure online user account dashboard to begin entering your company details.
- Enter RTM Entity Details: Provide your proposed RTM company name, registered address, and officer profiles, specifying leaseholder guarantee allocations.
- Perform Document Review: Our expert compliance team conducts a thorough pre-submission review of your details, checking sensitive word requirements and name exemptions.
- Electronic Submission to Companies House: Your validated application is submitted electronically to Companies House for fast processing.
- Receive Your Official Certificates: Once approved by the registrar, your digital certificates, bespoke Articles of Association, and digital guarantor certificates are uploaded to your dashboard.
- Physical Dispatch and Feature Access: We dispatch your printed Certificate of Incorporation and printed guarantor certificates by post, unlock your 1-year domain registration, and provide instructions for accessing your business bank account and merchant tools.
Why Choose Form My Company?
Establishing a Rights To Manage company requires precise statutory compliance. Standard business incorporation forms lack the specific constitutional clauses required by leasehold legislation, exposing RTM applications to legal challenges by freeholders.
At Form My Company, we specialise in delivering legally compliant, bespoke RTM company registrations. Our team conducts manual pre-submission reviews on every order to eliminate formatting errors and verify sensitive word applications before they reach the corporate registry. Supported by 24/7 priority customer service, digital document storage, physical parchment certificates, and domain tools, Form My Company provides the exact legal foundation your leaseholder association needs to take control of your building.
Rights To Manage Company Formation & Registration Services FAQs
What is the statutory purpose of a Right to Manage company?
A Right to Manage company is a specialised corporate entity established under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 that enables leaseholders in a residential block to take over management functions from the freeholder without buying the building’s freehold.
How fast will my Right to Manage company be formed?
Subject to standard Companies House workload processing and no administrative holds, your Right to Manage company will be formed in less than 3 working hours from electronic submission.
Does an RTM company issue shares to leaseholders?
No, an RTM company is traditionally formed as a company limited by guarantee, meaning leaseholders become members backed by a nominal financial guarantee rather than equity shareholders.
Can an RTM company omit the word "Limited" from its legal name?
Yes, non-profit companies limited by guarantee—including RTM entities—can apply for a limited name exemption to omit “Limited” or “Ltd” from their official company name provided their constitutional articles meet statutory criteria.
Are statutory Companies House fees included in the package price?
Yes, the £100 Companies House statutory incorporation fee is itemised and collected at checkout alongside our £350.00 + VAT package fee, ensuring all government filing costs are fully covered.
Rights To Manage Company
- Right to Manage company formation in less than 3 working hours
- Bespoke legally checked articles
- Assistance with applications for limited name exemption
- Support for sensitive words
- Digital certificate of Incorporation
- Digital guarantor certificates
- Printed certificate of Incorporation
- Printed guarantor certificates
- Digital Memorandum of Association (MoA)
- Digital Articles of Association (AoA)
- Free business account subject to acceptance
- Free merchant account
- Access to an online user dashboard to manage your company documents 24/7
- Priority 24/7 customer support
- Free order review before submission to Companies House
- Google AdWords £75 voucher with a £25 spend
- Free .co.uk or .com domain name for one year
+ £100 Companies House Fee