{"id":230,"date":"2023-04-19T13:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T13:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/companyformationgibraltar.com\/?p=230"},"modified":"2024-03-18T09:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:34:38","slug":"shelf-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/companyformationgibraltar.com\/shelf-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelf Company in Gibraltar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Foreign investors are attracted to Gibraltar<\/strong>&nbsp;due to its special status within the European Union, its affiliation to the United Kingdom and its fiscal legislation. Foreign businessmen have two possibilities of&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/open-a-limited-liability-company-in-gibraltar\">establishing a company in Gibraltar<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;at the moment. The first option is to set up a new company and the second one to&nbsp;<strong>purchase a shelf company<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>Shelf companies are already registered in Gibraltar<\/strong>&nbsp;and the new owner may start operating immediately after the purchase. Depending on the customer\u2019s needs, our&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/about-us\">&nbsp;company formation agents in Gibraltar<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;may provide a private limited liability company or public limited liability company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationgibraltar.com\/shelf-companies\/#why-buy-a-shelf-company-in-gibraltar\" title=\"Why buy a shelf company in Gibraltar?\">Why buy a shelf company in Gibraltar?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationgibraltar.com\/shelf-companies\/#how-to-purchase-a-shelf-company-in-gibraltar\" title=\"How to purchase a shelf company in Gibraltar\">How to purchase a shelf company in Gibraltar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"why-buy-a-shelf-company-in-gibraltar\"><\/span><strong>Why buy a shelf company in Gibraltar?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first obvious reason for a foreign enterpriser to select a shelf company is the time that can be saved with the incorporation procedure. Considering that it takes about a week or more to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/company-incorporation-gibraltar\">register a company in Gibraltar<\/a><\/strong>, a client may use that time to start operating their business. Clients may also choose to buy an&nbsp;<strong>aged company in Gibraltar<\/strong>&nbsp;which will allow them to incorporate the history of their company, thus obtaining more credibility with clients and partners. Clients may consult with our experts in Gibraltar and select from the array of available&nbsp;<strong>shelf companies<\/strong>&nbsp;the one that suits them best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also when selecting to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/company-types-gibraltar\">purchase a shelf company in Gibraltar<\/a><\/strong>, client may request our specialists\u2019 services in order to verify the company\u2019s legal and financial records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how-to-purchase-a-shelf-company-in-gibraltar\"><\/span><strong>How to purchase a shelf company in Gibraltar<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Purchasing a Gibraltar shelf company<\/strong>\u00a0is simpler than incorporating one from scratch because all the documents are already drafted. The only document for the transaction to be completed is the purchase-sale contract. Once the transfer is completed, the new owner will be allowed to bring any modifications to the company\u2019s Articles of Association. The most frecquent changes are related to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>the company name,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the business objective,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the legal address,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the management board composition,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the share capital of the company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is very important to know that the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/register-a-company-in-gibraltar\">Gibraltar Companies Registry<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;must be notified about all the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also find out from the video below how you can&nbsp;<strong>purchase a ready-made company in Gibraltar:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shelf Company in Gibraltar\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-z4fzqWRj1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our<strong>&nbsp;Gibraltar company registration agents&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;will guide you through all the purchase steps and will also provide&nbsp;<strong>accounting services for tax registration<\/strong>. You may also&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/contact\">contact us<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;for details about hiring personnel.&nbsp;If you are interested in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/companyformationchina.com\/\">opening a company in China<\/a>&nbsp;we can put you in touch with our local partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign investors are attracted to Gibraltar&nbsp;due to its special status within the European Union, its affiliation to the United Kingdom and its fiscal legislation. Foreign businessmen have two possibilities of&nbsp;establishing a company in Gibraltar&nbsp;at the moment. The first option is to set up a new company and the second one to&nbsp;purchase a shelf company.&nbsp;Shelf companies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,40,39,42,41,44],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shelf Companies in Gibraltar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find here how the advantages of buying a shelf company in Gibraltar.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationgibraltar.com\/shelf-companies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shelf 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