Property management company formation · Northern Ireland

Property Management Company Formation

Set up a company for your building or development, with a structure suited to its ownership and management arrangements.

  • Established 1994
  • 22,000+ companies formed
  • Belfast-based support

Is this structure right for you?

For shared property interests and developments

A property management company can provide the legal structure used to hold or manage communal interests in a building or estate.

  • Apartment blocks and shared buildings
  • Residents or owners managing communal areas
  • Developments with shared freehold interests
  • Structures where membership needs to follow property ownership

What’s included

  • Company formation application
  • Company structure suited to your property arrangements
  • Director and member information
  • Formation documents
  • Share certificates for the initial shareholders
  • Support and guidance throughout your company setup

How it works

Set up the company around the property

1

Check your name and apply

Check your name, then provide the property details and intended ownership or membership arrangements.

2

We review and file

We review the property and company structure, complete the required checks and submit the formation.

3

Receive your documents

After incorporation, you receive your company documents and confirmation of registration.

Check your company name

What we’ll need

Information to have ready

  • Proposed company name
  • Directors and intended members
  • Property or development details
  • How membership should relate to ownership
  • Registered office and registered email details

Company or managing agent?

The company holds the owners’ rights and responsibilities. A managing agent may separately handle maintenance and day-to-day administration.

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Property management company FAQs

Which property arrangements should the company reflect?

Depending on the property arrangements, the company may have responsibility for communal areas, shared facilities or other obligations set out in the leases, transfers or title documents.

Northern Ireland: statutory Right to Manage companies and commonhold associations referred to in some UK guidance do not apply in Northern Ireland, so the company should reflect the actual leases, transfers, title and development documentation.

Who normally owns or controls the company?

That depends on the development. It may be owned or controlled by property owners or residents under the agreed structure.

Is this the same as a managing agent?

No. The company is the legal entity used for the property arrangements; a managing agent may separately carry out the day-to-day management.

Why does the structure need to be tailored?

The company’s membership and governance should reflect the property arrangements so that control can work properly as ownership changes.

Does the management company automatically own the communal areas?

No. Incorporating the company does not transfer property to it. Ownership depends on the relevant title and property documents, and any transfer must be completed separately.

What happens when an apartment or property is sold?

The company structure should provide a mechanism for the outgoing owner’s membership or share to pass appropriately to the incoming owner where control is intended to follow property ownership.

Do we need special articles of association?

For a property management company, the articles should reflect how the development is intended to operate, including the membership and control arrangements, rather than relying only on generic company provisions.

Is this a Right to Manage company?

Not in Northern Ireland. The statutory Right to Manage company regime referred to in some English leasehold guidance does not apply in Northern Ireland.

Ready to set up the property company?

Check your proposed name, then continue straight into the online order.

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