Icon Offices

Icon Offices: offices, registered addresses and company formation in four markets

Icon Offices is a business services company headquartered in Chadwell Heath (Romford, Essex) that combines workspace rental with a broad catalogue of filings and support solutions for entrepreneurs and small businesses. The company states it operates in the UK, Canada, USA and Ireland, and claims to have served over 100,000 businesses and to receive clients from more than 45 countries.

Workspaces: from shared offices to private offices

The real estate offering includes shared offices or coworking spaces, self-contained private offices and virtual offices. According to the published catalogue, coworking desks start at £60 per person per month, while private offices start at £500 per month with internet, parking and utilities included. Virtual offices are advertised from £0.99 per week in London, Essex, Glasgow or Belfast. Day offices and meeting room hire are also listed.

The office rental locations network is spread across Chadwell Heath (Romford, Essex), which the website identifies as the head office, Hainault (Ilford, Essex), East Ham (London), Oxford Street-Mayfair (London), Tottenham Court Road (London), Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast.

Company formation in the UK, Canada, USA and Ireland

Company formation is one of the core areas of the business. In the UK, forming a limited company (Ltd) is offered from £93.99, including Companies House fees. In the USA, incorporating an LLC in Delaware starts at $4.99 or is presented as free with the Bronze package. In Canada, a distinction is made between federal incorporation, from CAD 39.99, and provincial incorporation, free in Ontario when purchasing a company address. In Ireland, incorporating a LTD is advertised from €15.

Alongside company formation, the company sells registered agent services in the USA from $59.99 per year and virtual registered address services in Toronto from CAD 0.99 per week.

Corporate filings and legal obligations

The company management catalogue for the UK covers filing the Confirmation Statement for £11.99, company closure or dissolution for £85, company name change for £19.99, EORI number application for £24.99, trademark registration from a minimum of £50 and VAT number application for £35.99. Annual accounts filing, company structural change, company restoration, GOV.UK One, Webfiling and HMRC account setup, VAT return filing and identity verification for Companies House are also included.

For Canada, the company details business name registration, corporation name change, director appointment and removal service and initial return filing in Ontario. In the USA it includes EIN number application.

Telephony, call answering and mail handling

Icon Offices offers virtual mobile numbers and VoIP lines with a mobile app for cities in the UK, USA, Canada and Ireland. Published prices start from £1.25 per week for a UK virtual mobile number, £0.99 for a VoIP landline, $0.99 for a US number, CAD 0.98 for a Canadian one and £0.98 for an Irish line. The 24/7 call answering service is priced from £0.69 per call answered in the UK, CAD 1.49 in Canada and £2.50 per week in one of its modalities. The company completes the offering with mail handling and forwarding, business bank accounts and logo creation for £60 including VAT.

International clients and partnership programmes

The company targets both UK residents and non-residents and maintains a list of supported countries for company formation and virtual addresses. It has reseller, affiliate and refer-a-friend programmes for third parties wishing to market its services. Its communication states the average application processing time is one day.

Location and contact

321-323 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex, UK