The UK offers a stable business environment with well-established legal frameworks and access to capital markets. As a major global economy, it provides opportunities for companies looking to expand internationally.

 

Setting up operations in the UK means understanding the local regulatory requirements. Two areas need particular attention from the outset.

 

What you need to know

Getting UK compliance wrong can be costly and time-consuming to fix later. The requirements vary significantly depending on your business size, structure and activities and recent regulatory changes mean some thresholds and obligations have shifted. Both areas are important when establishing a UK presence and understanding them early will help you make informed decisions about your business structure.

 

Meeting your compliance obligations

Filing deadlines, when you’ll need an audit, which
accounting standards to use, and how recent changes might affect your business.

 

Understanding your UK tax position

Corporation tax rates, available reliefs like R&D credits, VAT requirements, and how double tax treaties might affect your business.

 

UK tax and audit guides for international companies

We have created two guides that focus on the practical side of UK compliance. They cover the questions we get asked most often by foreign companies, including current rates, recent regulatory changes, and how these requirements actually work in practice.

Tax

Doing business in the UK – A tax perspective

10th June 2025
Gravita has a team of tax experts who can guide overseas companies if you are looking to set-up in the UK, contact the Gravita team here.
link to Find Out More

Doing business in the UK – Audit and accountancy

10th June 2025
Written by: Thomas Adcock
Gravita have a team of experts who can smoothly guide overseas companies, if you are looking to set-up in the UK, please contact us here.
link to Find Out More

How do you open a UK branch?

31st March 2023
Trading with the UK has changed significantly in recent years, so we look at how overseas businesses can open offices in the UK.
link to Find Out More

UK tax considerations in pre-sale company reorganisations

2nd October 2025
Written by: Fiona Cross
Pre-sale company reorganisations involve restructuring a business or group of companies prior to a sale....
link to Find Out More
Tax

Directors must prepare for new HMRC reporting rules and penalties

26th September 2025
Written by: Thomas Adcock
If, like many of our clients, you are a Director of one or more owner-managed businesses (OMBs)...
link to Find Out More

Economic Question Time: co-hosted by Gravita, HSBC and Mills & Reeve

26th September 2025
Katherine Wilkes, Audit Partner at Gravita, opened a dynamic event at Jesus College, Oxford, co-hosted....
link to Find Out More

Sign up to Gravita's latest updates and newsletters

Stay up-to-date with our event invites, latest news and updates, straight from the Gravita experts.