Buying and Selling Shares - Company Formation - UK Registration Services
It is well known that trading (buying and selling) in shares is handled via a stockbroker.
Stock broking services are available either through traditional means of a physical offices where clients visit or telephone with their instructions or as is becoming more common, the use of internet
stock broking facilities where customers themselves log in and place their own orders
The purchase and sale of shares in non public companies is normally carried out by private agreement between the seller and the purchaser. There are no
facilities or a recognised exchange to handle such private sales or purchases.
Form 88(2) and stock transfer forms are used to transfer shares in limited companies. The 88(2) form is then sent to Companies House.
The transfer of shares in private companies is generally less commonplace than the transfer of shares in their
publicly listed counterparts. Shares in the latter can be and often are traded daily with numerous buyers and sellers available to make an active market.
