C1C2Part 5A company's name
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2
Pt. 5: power to apply (with modifications) conferred (E.W.S.) (prosp.) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c. 7), ss. 4(1)(2)(b), 8(2) (with s. 4(6))
Chapter 2Indications of company type or legal form
Required indications for limited companies
59Private limited companies
1
The name of a limited company that is a private company must end with “limited” or “ltd.”.
2
In the case of a Welsh company, its name may instead end with “cyfyngedig” or “cyf.”.
3
Certain companies are exempt from this requirement (see section 60).
4
This section does not apply to community interest companies (but see section 33(1) and (2) of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004).
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2