Can i create a company and be anonymous?

Question

If I was to form a company with a 2nd person can i take payment from companies I produce work for without them knowing my name?
ie with them only seeing the company name and never mine.

Also would this be possible with only 1 person?

Answer 1

Your invoices to your clients would only ever contain your company name, not your personal name. Your company name need bear no relationship to your personal name.

However, assuming you are to be a director of your company, your name and address will be listed at Companies House - and anyone can view this register, so it would be a simple matter for the client to simply look up your company details and discover your name. In fact, most large-ish comapbnies are likely to do this as amatter of routine for credit checking suppliers.

So, although your documentation from your company to your client never contains your personal details, its very simple for your client to find them out.

Answer 2

I would suggest that you really check out your intent before entering into a world that could quite easily become your worst nightmare.

Any person can, on the payment of a prescribed fee, obtain the records of a company and all of it's records.

The company does however exist in it's own entity. As such it is essentially a person. You are simply listed as a director of that company.

Answer 3

Kinda sorta, but not really.

If you create an LLC or a single-member partnership with a name unrelated to your own, and get your tax id numbers and bank accounts, they will not know you own it unless they contact the Secretary of State of the state where it is incorporated, or the state where you do business.

This isn't hard to do, but most people don't know how, and it doesn't even occur to most people. You'll be anonymous to MOST people, but there's no way to keep it totally secret.

Answer 4

hmmmmm

technically if you are employed by company A to do work for company B, then company A would have you listed as an employee with inland revenue. if you were a director then you would be listed at companies house as well. its a tricky situation.

Answer 5

Not Really. When you file for a ficticious business name(DBA-Doing business as) with your city, that information becomes public. 7 days after filing for mine, I started getting calls and letters from other companies that wanted me to buy their services or equipment. THEY WILL KNOW YOU ARE OUT THERE!!!