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Understanding Limited Services

A “Limited Services” model is a flexible, cost-efficient, professional and compliant route that many privately owned companies, investment holding structures and international businesses are choosing for their Jersey companies.

In Limited Services a Jersey service provider fulfils the essential statutory and regulatory support while the day-to-day management is handled elsewhere.

Delve into the advantages and understand the 4 essentials of Limited Services for Jersey Companies

Advantages of Limited Services for Jersey Companies

• Directors may reside and operate from outside Jersey while still benefiting from a Jersey corporate structure.
• Clients only pay for the specific statutory and regulatory services they require.
• The company remains fully aligned with Jersey law and regulatory expectations.
• A trusted, regulated Jersey service provider ensures continuity, good governance and proper maintenance of records.
• Statutory records are kept
• Notices and legal documents are served
• Regulatory correspondence is received
• Filings and compliance requirements are monitored
• Maintaining accurate beneficial ownership and control information
• Liaising with the Jersey Financial Services Commission
• Submitting notifications and updates when ownership or control changes
• Ensuring compliance with the relevant legislation
• Preparation and filing of annual confirmation statements
• Maintenance of statutory registers
• Drafting of resolutions and minutes
• Monitoring of deadlines and regulatory and legislative changes
• Coordination with directors in respect of meetings and approvals
• Accurate reflection of beneficial ownership
• Privacy and administrative simplicity for clients
• Proper segregation of legal and beneficial interests
• Seamless interaction with banks, regulators and third parties

Every Jersey company is required by law to maintain a registered office on the island. This is more than just a mailing address - it is the company’s official legal domicile, and the place where:

Acting as registered office, VG ensures your company remains properly established and compliant under Jersey law while allowing your directors to operate from anywhere in the world.

The legal home of the company

Limited Services essentials

Registered Office

Jersey companies must appoint a nominated person responsible for:

This role is critical to Jersey’s modern regulatory framework. We provide nominated person services for all the companies we support, ensuring transparency, accuracy and alignment with regulatory expectations.

Meeting Jersey’s Beneficial Ownership requirements

Limited Services essentials

Nominated Person services

Even where directors manage operations overseas, a Jersey company must still meet local governance standards. Our company secretarial team undertakes:

Our clients appreciate that we handle the compliance burden efficiently enabling directors to focus on the commercial activities regulatory expectations.

Keeping the company fully compliant

Limited Services essentials

Company Secretarial support

In some cases, clients require a nominee shareholder to hold shares on behalf of the beneficial owners. When needed, we can act as nominee ensuring:

All nominee arrangements are fully documented and transparent, with no impact on beneficial ownership rights.

Maintaining confidentiality and practicality

Limited Services essentials

Nominee Shareholder services

Confidence in your Jersey company

Whether you require a registered office, nominated person services, company secretarial support or nominee shareholders, the VG team brings experience, care and efficiency to every company we administer.

VG understands the unique nature of Limited Services structures and the importance of maintaining high governance standards, even when directors are based abroad. Find out how we can support your Jersey company. Talk to us:

Paul Roper

+44 (0)1534 712411

proper@vg.je

Sheena Huggett

+44 (0)1534 500448

shuggett@vg.je

www.vg.je

Jersey’s Taxation (Companies – Economic Substance) (Jersey) Law 2019 requires Jersey tax resident businesses carrying out certain core income generating activities and earning income from those activities to demonstrate that they have sufficient economic substance in Jersey. If your business is required to meet these requirements of the legislation, we can discuss with you how best to achieve this.

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