
Guide
Company details on the application
If you operate through a company, the application asks for Companies House information the office can check.
What to enter
Add the company number and officer details the form requests. Use the filing that matches the pharmacies you operate.
The office may look up the company record. That lookup does not approve membership on its own.
Sole contractors without a company follow the contractor path on the same application.
Contractors acting on “Company details on the application” should list every pharmacy branch they operate if they apply, enter GPhC details that match the applicant, and add a Companies House number only when the form asks for a company. The office may look those records up. A match is not approval. Accept the agreement version shown on screen; acceptance is recorded with a timestamp.
How the process works
This guide, “Company details on the application”, walks through a published process. It does not change eligibility. Follow the on-screen application if you are applying. Use Contact for press, partnerships or event interest, not to submit an application.
Around “Company details on the application” you can also read About, Why join, Apply, Contact, Blog, Guides, Events and News. Use Contact for press, partnerships or event interest. Do not send a membership application through Contact, and do not expect Contact to move an application that is already in review.
No payment is taken when you submit an application. The IPCN office reviews every application. Approval is not automatic. If you share “Company details on the application”, share the public page rather than a screenshot of an application. Do not put GPhC numbers, company numbers or personal emails on a public hub. Independent contractors remain responsible for their own pharmacies. IPCN membership does not replace professional indemnity, an NHS contract, or the public register.
Who should read this
“Company details on the application” is a public article. You do not need an account to read it. Applying is a separate step at /apply/start. A Contact message does not create a membership.
Membership is £240 per year excluding VAT (£288 including VAT). No payment is taken when you submit an application. The IPCN office reviews every application. Approval is not automatic. Payment invitations follow approval. If you are ready to apply after reading “Company details on the application”, start the five-step form at /apply/start. The public launch event is Friday 10 October 2026; confirm the venue with the office before you travel.
The network does not standardise how you run your pharmacy and does not act as a buying group.
What to do next
Start the five-step form at /apply/start when you are ready. Use Contact for press, partnerships, launch-event interest or Pharmacy Show interest, or email office@ipcn.org.uk. Membership is £240 per year excluding VAT (£288 including VAT). No payment is taken when you submit an application. The IPCN office reviews every application. Approval is not automatic.
Use Contact for press, partnerships, launch-event interest or Pharmacy Show interest, or email office@ipcn.org.uk. If you only needed information, you can stop at Why join.
When you finish “Company details on the application”, either start /apply/start, write to the office, or stop. There is no third form that creates membership. Member sign in is only for people the office has already confirmed. Attending a public event or visiting the website does not confirm membership.
If “Company details on the application” answered your question, you can stop there. If you want to join, start at /apply/start. If you need press, partnership or event help, write to office@ipcn.org.uk. The office will reply from the address it holds on file.
Contractors who act on “Company details on the application” should keep GPhC details consistent with the applicant, list every branch they operate if they apply, and wait for the office review before expecting a payment invitation.
Become a member
£240 per year excluding VAT (£288 including VAT). Applications are reviewed before membership is confirmed.