Section 59 | Private limited companies

(1)The name of a limited company that is a private company must end with “limited” or “ltd.”.

(2)In the case of a Welsh company, its name may instead end with “cyfyngedig” or “cyf.”.

(3)Certain companies are exempt from this requirement (see section 60).

(4)This section does not apply to community interest companies (but see section 33(1) and (2) of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004).