New member with question

That certainly would be about your best bet.

See here - similar query:

freddie, post: 1201 a écrit : Hi all

Just thought I would ask you guys for some advice.

I have a permanent graphic design job in-house but would like to eventually go freelance. I feel that the best way to do that is to stay employed but start picking up freelance work here and there until eventually I have enough to go solo.

What would be the best way of going about this – shall I register as self employed to start off with? And will I be able to then become a limited company when the time is right?

Many thanks

Tim

Great, many thanks.

Tim

I'm in a similar position. I'm currently a full time designer for an agency but have deciding that it's time to go freelance. Due to various issues at work, I hope to leave as soon as I am able and plan to work really hard to gain jobs while working through my notice, although I do have some leads already.

Reading the threads I now know that I need to register myself self-employed and that if I want to form a limited company, I can do that further down the line. I'd like to keep things a simple as possible for now.

I'm trying to decide whether to work under my own name or under a general name (i.e. X Graphic Design) that makes me look more professional. If I go with the latter, do I need to register it, etc?

After reading comments here in the forums, I feel much more positive about making the jump in to Freelance Design.

Hi Rach(el?) and Freddie
Welcome to the wonderful world of freelancing! I went freelance just over three years ago and, despite initial pinings for full-time job security, I have not missed the daily grind one bit and, unless a dream job arises, I'll be a freelancer for a long time.

With regards to naming your 'company' I didn't want to register myself as a company and bog myself down with extra paperwork (especially as I was starting out and finding my feet). I basically called my company 'Duncan Macphee Design' (dmd) and stated on my invoices that cheques be made payable to me. If you call your 'company' something completely different then you'll probably have to get a business account, which charges you for the privelige.

I see no problem in calling your company whatever your name is, especially if you want to remain a small business/sole trader. Once you gain confidence and clients you can always reinvent yourself.

Another option is to change your personal name by deed poll to whatever your company is called!