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Every journey is a lesson already written.

Free, with nothing to sign up for. Each journey comes with its words, a test drawn from its own lines and a kit that prints cleanly — every fact sourced to the government page it came from, and dated.

ReadThe journey for your island or nation: the steps in order, what each costs, who you deal with.
PlanGive the class a business — a café, a carpenter, an app — and let them answer Plan my start.
TestTest yourself: every answer is a line of the journey, with its source.
CompareLay two places side by side — Jersey and Guernsey, say — and every difference is lit.

14 lessons

The lessons

Start something 5

01Start a companyForm a limited company: who it needs, its office, its rules, the application — and everything that follows, in order.20 steps · Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, United KingdomRead Test Kit
02Sole trader or company?What each costs you in tax, what each costs to run, and the one question that usually decides it: will you keep money in the business?5 steps · Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, United KingdomRead Test Kit
03Work for yourselfTrade as yourself, without a company: what you register, and what you are exempt from.9 steps · Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, United KingdomRead Test Kit
04Choose a registered officeThe official address every company must have: where it can be, whose permission it needs, and where it must be shown.4 steps · Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, United KingdomRead Test Kit
05Get a business licenceWho needs one in Jersey, who is exempt, how long it takes — and the three things it sets going.4 steps · JerseyRead Test Kit

Run it properly 6

06Your company’s yearEvery date that falls due once the company exists — and the changes that must be reported when they happen.7 steps · Jersey, Guernsey, United KingdomRead Test Kit
07Keep the company’s recordsThe registers, minutes and paperwork a company must keep — and what goes on every invoice.3 steps · JerseyRead Test Kit
08Social Security, as an ownerWhy owners pay Class 2, why it follows your income from two years ago, the bill you get by doing nothing — and the ways to pay less while you start.7 steps · JerseyRead Test Kit
09Register for data protectionIf you hold customers’ names or emails, you register with your regulator — and you have duties after.5 steps · Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, United KingdomRead Test Kit
10GST and VATWhen a sales tax applies to you, and when it does not apply at all.1 step · Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, United KingdomReadTest soonKit
11Take card paymentsA payment account in your business’s name, with a provider that takes businesses where you are.4 steps · Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, United KingdomRead Test Kit

People and roles 2

12Appoint a company secretaryWhat a company secretary is, who can be one, whether you need one at all — and what the role is not.8 steps · Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, United KingdomRead Test Kit
13Shares, plainlyWhat a share is, what to decide before you apply, the certificates and the register — and what happens when shares change hands.6 steps · JerseyRead Test Kit

Get online 1

14Build it yourself, firstThe order for founders who build their own product: the address, email, hosting and credits — before the company, before the first sale.5 steps · anywhereReadTest soonKit

For the classroom wall

25 words explained, 19 forms with what each is for, 16 kinds of business with what each needs, and a year of deadlines — Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

Print a kit for the class Set the class a test Using it in your own materials? Ask the desk

Explanation, not legal or tax advice — the official pages each line cites are the rules.