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Legal forms of organisations in England

The actual types of legal form, which are all mutually exclusive, include:

company (several sub-types, or "descriptions", exist)

registered society (again, several sub-types exist)

unincorporated association

charitable incorporated organisation (a "CIO")

(unincorporated) trust

incorporated trustees

general partnership

limited partnership

limited liability partnership (an "LLP")

corporations sole

miscellaneous bodies corporate set up by statute or charter

UKEIGs (the post-Brexit form of the European Economic Interest Group)

UK Societas (post-Brexit form of a Societas Europaea)

possibly some other exotic things

The list above is fairly comprehensive, but not *yet* exhaustive.

Other statuses that legal bodies may have

Converting between legal forms

legal form / status matrix

Choosing a legal form