Unincorporated or limited

pete0020

Hi, my friends and I want to set up our own association, approx 30 of us. We have written a constitution and agreed a membership fee to cover public liability insurance cost and club merchandise. Is it better to run as an unincorporated association or to run as a limited company. One member who has his own business wants to go limited, in case we get sued for something? but the bank account costs and accounts filing etc will exceed our income. So over to you for help in making this decision,  unincorporated or limited. 
Regards P.

Jeremy535897

See: https://www.gov.uk/unincorporated-associations
https://www.charityexcellence.co.uk/Home/BlogDetail?Link=Unincorporated_Association_Toolkit
https://valonline.org.uk/unincorporated-v-s-incorporated-legal-structures/

pete0020

Thank you for the links, I have read through them. But still undecided. Is there anyone who is involved with there own club,  do you run as unincorporated how does it work for you. Do you have public liability insurance or not, similarly does anyone run a club as Ltd, is it expensive or is it better than being unincorporated. Still undecided. 

Jeremy535897

It depends on what your association will do. There is plenty of advice on the internet, but the correct structure will depend on the specific circumstances.