Starting a business in the UK just got easier

For decades, the UK has been a popular choice for South African emigration.

Many South Africans choose to work in the UK and either set up a business or expand businesses into the UK. Setting up and running a company in the UK can be tricky, and there are several factors to make a relocation or expansion a success.

This is where we come in.

Speak to UK business experts

How we can help you get set up in the UK:

We’ll help you explore options to find the best company structure for your situation
You can base your company’s registered office at our business address
We’ll share our expertise around taxes, filing of accounts and making sure you stay compliant
We provide a full accounting service, including VAT preparation and filing, payroll function and filing of annual financial statements and corporation tax returns
VAT registration
Registration for corporation tax
Registration of payroll scheme and auto-enrolment (the UK’s compulsory pension scheme)
We can advise you in opening a UK bank account in the name of the UK company
Introduction to partners who can assist in HR issues, corporate legal work and dealing with company insurance
We can carry out anti-money laundering (AML) and know your client (KYC) checks

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Why South African businesses expand into the UK:

A hedge against Rand volatility

Established South African community

To expand into a new market

A path to relocation

Let us help you start a company in the UK

To start a business in the UK you will need to ensure you meet all corporate, tax and banking registration requirements. With our assistance you’ll be able to navigate these complex requirements and join other successful South African businesses.

Whether moving your business or staying in South Africa and expanding your business into the UK, our teams in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and London are ideally positioned to ensure your interests are taken care of.

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Business relocation experts

We support international citizens and businesses with their financial and migration needs. We have operated in this space for over two decades and have an expert understanding of navigating international finance and migration.

To successfully establish operations in the UK, you’ll need a pioneering outlook and an experienced network of local support. Our UK business relocation service provides just that - services that take the logistical and administrative hassle out of moving your business abroad.

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Registered and regulated

Wealth

Sable Private Wealth Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority 222501. Sable Private Wealth (Pty) Ltd, an authorised FSP, is regulated by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority under licence number 48122.

Forex

Our forex service is registered with all of the relevant authorities globally. Sable International is a trading name of Sable International FX Limited (company number 07070528), registered in England and Wales.

We are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK (FCA no. 517570) and the Financial Services Conduct Authority in South Africa (Sable International FX [PTY] Limited - FSP no. 41900).

We are registered as a Money Services Business with FinCEN in the USA (Sable International FX Limited -registration no. 31000236345657).

We meet the required capital and liquidity requirements required by prudential regulation. We also stand under the financial controls and KYC (Know Your Customer) policies and procedures of our corporate bankers and regulatory institutions.

As an FCA Authorised Payment Institution it is our responsibility to segregate funds. Where we are required to segregate your funds. We do this by placing the funds in a segregated account (known as a "safeguarding account") at Barclays Bank PLC.

We are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Instead, where we have segregated your funds in a safeguarding account, it means those funds would be separated from our other assets in the event of our insolvency and used to repay you and other clients.

Barclays Bank PLC provides us with safeguarding account(s) but does not monitor the funds we place in them or how we operate these accounts.

The funds of clients who utilise our Currency Solved service, backed by Currencycloud, are safeguarded by their FCA-regulated e-money partners at a credit institution.