Change your business name
You can change your business trading name in the business app. Tap on the menu in the top right-hand corner.
Any change of your legal name will only apply to accounts for this business. For other businesses, you’ll need to start again and select the other business.
For a personal name change you'll need to visit a branch. You can find more information about what you’ll need at our changing your details page
Tap ‘My details’.
Tap ‘My business details’.
From the dropdown, select the business you want to change details for. Tap ‘Yes’ to confirm that you have the correct business, then tap ‘Continue’.
Tap on the ‘Business name’.
To change your name, we'll need you to upload a photo of your ID during this process. This will need to be saved to your device before you start the change of name process.
Sole trader
If you tapped on your business name in ‘My business details’, you’ll start the process to change to your new full legal name and/or your trading name (if applicable).
Sole trader
Enter your full legal name in the box. If you don’t use a trading name for your business, you can tap ‘No’ and then tap ‘Continue’.
If you use a trading name for your business, tap ‘Yes’ and a new input box will appear for you to confirm your trading name. Once you’ve entered it, you can then tap ‘Continue’.
Sole trader
As you're changing your name, we need you to upload a photo of your ID as proof of your full legal name.
You can see a list of acceptable documents by tapping on ‘How can I prove my identity?’.
Tap ‘Upload’ and find the file(s) on your device. When you’re happy, tap ‘Continue’.
Sole trader
You'll be able to see a summary of any changes you've requested and details of the file(s) you’ve uploaded.
If these details are all correct, you can tick the box to confirm this before tapping ‘Confirm change’.
Sole trader
We'll then ask you to read and confirm the Declaration and when you're happy, tick the box to confirm this before tapping ‘Confirm’.
The change will take 5 working days to complete.
Limited company
If you tapped on your business name in ‘My business details’, you’ll start the process to change your trading name.
You can change your trading name using this process but not your registered business name. To change your registered business name, you'll first need to update Companies House and then complete our change of details form
Limited company
Enter your trading name in the box and then tap ‘Continue’.
When adding your trading name, please don’t include ‘Limited’ at the end as this could delay the change taking place.
Limited company
You'll be able to see a summary of any changes you've requested and details of the file(s) you've uploaded.
If these details are all correct you can tick the box to confirm this before tapping ‘Confirm change’.
Limited company
We'll then ask you to read and confirm the declaration and when you're happy, tick the box to confirm this before tapping ‘Confirm’.
When adding your business name, please don’t include ‘Limited’ at the end as this could delay the change taking place.