"Thanks so much for this John. Question for you: in your experience how long does it take for Company House to confirm CIC status once a strong application is submitted?"

"Reasonably easy, here's a link to a relative previous thread https://cicassoc.ning.com/group/settingupacic/forum/topics/changing-articles-of-association-and-number-of-directors John"

"Hi James, and thank you very much for your reply and feedback. We aren't particularly interested in having a physical branch round the corner and we look more for a efficient and reliable online banking service, so that should be fine. I will…"