Enter your company name exactly as it appears on the Companies House register — punctuation, ampersands, "Limited" or "Ltd", and all. The one thing that matters is that it matches the official record, so verification is clean and there is no mismatch to slow things down.
Match the register
We check your company against Companies House, so a name typed differently from the register — "and" instead of "&", "Ltd" where the record says "Limited", a missing apostrophe — can cause a brief mismatch. Copying it exactly from your Companies House page avoids that. The reasoning is in why we check Companies House.
Use the registered name here, even if you trade under a different one day to day — what if my company trades under a different name explains how a trading name is handled.
If something still will not match
A stubborn mismatch is usually a formatting difference or a very recent change not yet on the register — what if my companys details have recently changed. If you are stuck, it is easily corrected and a person can help.
Apply with the exact registered name.
We lend only to UK limited companies and LLPs, the loan is to the company with no director personal guarantee, and this is business finance outside the consumer-credit regime — as an exempt lender under Article 60B of the Regulated Activities Order we sit outside FCA consumer-credit regulation, so the Financial Ombudsman Service and FSCS do not apply.
See also: What if my company trades under a different name, What if my companys details have recently changed, Why we check Companies House?.