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ebay check for ltd.?
 

Does ebay check companieshouse (or other sources) for the beneficiary owner or director of a ltd. company if the company opens an ebay acc?

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they might, anyone can look.

doubt they would look routinely, unless they were on safari for some reason....

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so it's better to change the director after opening the bank acc?

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bank acc? what has that got to do with it?

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No paid nominee director will open a bank account. The person who forms the company has to do it by him-/ herself.
Then the director can be changed and the ebay account be opened.

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Who would you be changing the director to?

Best not to get friends and family involved in things like this.

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some professional nominee director provided by the formation company.

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Yes they do check companies house

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If this is for the UK, all the info needed for a business account is traceable.

Think carefully of any actions you take.

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Then it will be a little bit more difficult as I'll have to find a nominee director who will open the bank acc. as well as the ebay acc.

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Why not just stick with a sole trader and premier PayPal?]

What do you hope to gain by going with a Ltd company?

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Forming a company is easier for me then searching for a trader I can work with. Ltd. formation can be done online. As I'm not from or in the UK it seems to be easier.
Another aspect for me is less liability

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There is no hassles if you run as a sole trader.....there is no database to search for the owner of the sole trader company. This works in your favour as Joe Bloggs could be running the business.

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you can use any bank account and a named director

Whats the problem ?

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You mean for the sole tradership?

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But the bank where I would open a business account want some form of ID personally presented.
Beside that I'm not UK resident as they won't open a bank account for non residents very easy. At least not the high street banks. Just had a conversation this morning with Barclays International department and the lady told me that they only open bank accounts for non UK residents if there is an anual turnover of GBP 5 mln. whether it's a Ltd.; PLC or Sole trader

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Sounds sketchy OP - think you some professional consultation than just posting question by question. You are making stealth complicated

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Yep, will talk to professional formation company tomorrow. Complicated cause I want to prevent myself from building a cardhouse.

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Turner Little in the UK is an option.

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you do not need a business bank account , any old bank account is good enough, even savers.

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I mean for a ltd company .

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Following up this thread:

After phone and skype conversations with 2 company providers both offered a very similar solution:

- Creating an offshore trust company with offshore bank account and nominee
- Creating x onshore companies with nominee director & secretary & minority shareholder - operating onshore bank account - trust as beneficiary owner

so if one onshore company gets banned by eb; pp or az just form another one with the same beneficiary owner (trust). Subject to not disclosing the bo to eb; pp or az

On monday I'll have a talk with ocra as they were recommended to me by someone.