Certificate of Incorporation Translation Services UK: Certified, Companies House-Ready, from £30 per Page

What does a certificate of incorporation translation service in the UK deliver?

A UK certificate of incorporation translation service delivers a certified, ISO 17100 translation of the statutory registration document — from or into 150+ languages, from £30 per page, with a signed statement of accuracy accepted by Companies House, UK courts, UK banks and overseas registries.

How much does a certificate of incorporation translation cost in the UK?

A certified certificate of incorporation translation in the UK starts at £30 per page under ISO 17100, with legal and corporate specialisation adding 15–40% to the base per-word rate.

Who can certify a translation of a certificate of incorporation in the UK?

In the UK, any registered translation company or qualified translator can certify a translation by signing a statement confirming the translation is true and accurate and providing their name and contact details — there is no single mandatory governing body.

What is the difference between certified, notarised, sworn and apostilled translation?

A certified translation carries the translator's signed statement of accuracy; a notarised translation adds a notary public witnessing that signature; a sworn translation is produced by a translator sworn before a court in a civil-law jurisdiction; an apostille is FCDO legalisation of the signature for Hague Convention states.

What is included in a certified certificate of incorporation translation?

A certified certificate of incorporation translation includes the fully translated document, a signed statement confirming the translation is a true and accurate translation of the original, the translator's name and contact details, date, source and target languages, the reproduced company name, company registration number and date of incorporation, delivered as a PDF with optional hard copy.

How fast can I get a certified certificate of incorporation translation?

A certified certificate of incorporation translation is delivered same-day for documents under 1,000 words placed in London before 11:00 GMT, 24–48 hours for standard corporate packs, and on milestone dates for multi-entity portfolios above 10,000 words.

A UK certificate of incorporation translation service delivers a certified, ISO 17100 translation of the statutory registration document — from or into 150+ languages, from £30 per page, with a signed statement of accuracy accepted by Companies House, UK courts, UK banks and overseas registries.

A certified certificate of incorporation translation in the UK starts at £30 per page under ISO 17100, with legal and corporate specialisation adding 15–40% to the base per-word rate.

Certified translation of a certificate of incorporation is the statutory document workflow that carries a registered company's name, number and date of incorporation across a language border for a bank, registry, notary, court or tax authority. Our Translation Services deliver this under ISO 17100 controls, from £30 per page, with a signed statement of accuracy accepted by Companies House, UK courts, HMRC and overseas registries paired with an FCDO apostille where required.

In the UK, any registered translation company or qualified translator can certify a translation by signing a statement confirming the translation is true and accurate and providing name and contact details. There is no single mandatory governing body. UK Government guidance, Institute of Translation and Interpreting membership, Chartered Institute of Linguists membership and ISO 17100 accreditation are the quality signals foreign authorities check.

Does the translator need to be a member of ITI or CIOL?

Membership of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting or the Chartered Institute of Linguists is not a legal requirement for a UK certified translation. It is, however, the accreditation foreign registries and embassies most often check when a translator's credentials are challenged. Every certified translation we release is produced by a qualified translator whose credentials can be verified on request.

Can a bilingual director or in-house counsel certify the translation?

A bilingual director, employee or in-house counsel cannot certify the translation of the company's own documents for Companies House or UK court use. Independence is required. The translator must be a professional acting at arm's length from the company being registered. This is the single most common cause of rejected certified translation of company documents at UK filings.

Notarised translation services in the UK are delivered by ISO 17100 translation agencies working with a notary public who witnesses the translator's signature after the certified translation is signed. The certified translation is prepared first — completing the four-stage TEP workflow of translate, revise, QA and signed statement of accuracy — and only then is the document presented to the notary, because the notary's role is to witness the signature rather than to verify the linguistic content. We coordinate the notary appointment in London, deliver the notarised bundle to the client, and — where the destination is a Hague Convention state — arrange the FCDO apostille on the notary's signature.

It is important to understand how notarised translation differs from related formats. A certified translation carries only a translator's signed statement confirming the translation is true and accurate; a notarised translation adds a notary public's witnessed signature; a sworn translation requires the translator to be sworn before a court, which is the standard in many civil-law systems; and an apostille is the FCDO's legalisation of the underlying signature for Hague Convention states. Knowing which format the receiving authority actually requires before commissioning avoids delays and unnecessary cost.

• Certified translation released on headed paper with full translator credentials, name, contact details, date, source and target languages.
• Notary appointment booked with a City of London notary public, typically completed within 1–2 working days of translation delivery.
• Notary's signature apostilled by the FCDO where the destination country requires legalisation — standard FCDO service runs 2–3 working days; same-day premium in-person service is available.
• Complete notarised and apostilled bundle returned by Royal Mail signed-for or held for collection at our London office.

Our information-security controls, certified to ISO 27001, govern every stage of document intake, storage, translator NDAs and secure delivery, making us a dependable partner for confidential notarised incorporation bundles destined for M&A or regulatory submissions.

A certified certificate of incorporation translation includes the full translated document, a signed statement confirming the translation is a true and accurate translation of the original, translator name and contact details, date, source and target languages, and the reproduced company name, company registration number and date of incorporation. Delivery is a certified PDF with optional hard copy.

Which mandatory data fields must appear on the translation?

Six mandatory data fields must appear on the translation:

1. Company name — transcribed verbatim.
2. Company registration number.
3. Date of incorporation.
4. Company type — Ltd, PLC, or company limited by guarantee.
5. Registered office address.
6. Issuing registry — Companies House or the foreign registry name.

Every field is cross-checked against the original document before release.

What does the signed statement of accuracy contain?

The signed statement contains a declaration that the translation is true and accurate, the translator's full name and professional contact details, the date of certification, the source and target languages, a description of the original document, and — where applicable — the translator's ITI or CIOL membership number and the ISO 17100 project reference. It is signed and dated on company letterhead.

PDF, certified hard copy or both — how is the translation delivered?

Delivery formats are a certified PDF with digital signature and, on request, a Royal Mail signed-for hard copy on letterhead with wet-ink signature and company stamp. Foreign registries and notaries typically require the hard copy. Companies House filings and UK bank submissions usually accept the PDF alone.

A certified translation carrying a signed statement of accuracy, translator name and contact details is accepted by Companies House for statutory filings, HMRC, UK courts, UK banks, UK Visas and Immigration, and — paired with an FCDO apostille or consular legalisation where required — by foreign commercial registries, embassies and overseas notaries. Acceptance depends on the receiving authority's own rulebook, so confirm before commissioning.

Which UK authorities accept certified translations of company documents?

Five UK authorities routinely accept certified translations of company documents:

Which foreign registries accept a UK certified translation?

The German Handelsregister, the French Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce, the Spanish Registro Mercantil, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and US Secretary of State offices accept UK certified translations when paired with an FCDO apostille or consular legalisation appropriate to the destination country. Every certification requirement is checked against the destination registry before scoping the job.

What happens if a translation is rejected — and how do you avoid it?

Rejections happen for four reasons:

Confirm the receiving authority's specific requirements in writing before commissioning to avoid rework and legal disputes.

Certificate of incorporation translation is available in more than 150 language pairs, each handled by a native-target-language qualified translator working under the ISO 17100 four-stage TEP workflow of translate, revise, QA and signed statement of accuracy. Coverage spans the major European business languages, the principal MENA languages, and the high-volume East Asian languages that drive cross-border corporate activity into and out of the UK.

Which language pairs are most requested for company registration documents?

The most requested language pairs for company registration and formation documents are English↔German, English↔French, English↔Spanish, English↔Italian, English↔Polish, English↔Arabic and English↔Simplified Chinese. Demand for these pairs is driven by cross-border M&A transactions, EU-UK trade filings, Gulf inbound investment and Far East corporate structuring. Also frequently commissioned are English↔Portuguese, English↔Dutch, English↔Romanian, English↔Japanese, English↔Korean, English↔Russian, English↔Turkish and English↔Ukrainian, reflecting the breadth of international business that requires UK company documents in a local language. Each language pair is assigned to a translator whose native language is the target, ensuring that the legal terminology reads accurately for the receiving authority, court or regulator in the destination country.

Legal and corporate content — including certificates of incorporation, articles of association and certificates of good standing — requires translators with verifiable domain credentials. This specialist requirement is reflected in pricing: legal and corporate content carries a premium of 15–40% above the base per-word rate due to the domain expertise required and the mandatory four-eyes TEP review that every certified corporate translation must pass before the signed statement of accuracy is issued.