Selecting the type of accommodation provider

You must select the provider type before you can add your accommodation details. 

There are 6 provider types you can select from. 

You are an individual provider if you’re the only owner of your visitor accommodation business. For example, if you’re a self-employed Airbnb host. 

If you have a company number, you are a company or an LLP. 

You can check if you have a company number. 

You’re a shared responsibility or partnership provider if:

• you share the responsibility for the accommodation with someone else
• your partnership is not registered with Companies House

Example of a married couple as a partnership

Mary and Jordan are married. They are both self-employed. They manage the accommodation together.  Mary and Jordan must register as a partnership.

You can be a charity or a charitable company of any kind.

You do not need to be registered with the Charities Commission.

You can run the accommodation as a sports club, voluntary group, or community organisation. This is also known as an unincorporated body. You do not need to be a company or charity. 

Select ‘other’ for any other provider type, such as:

• trusts
• community benefit societies
• public bodies