Company secretarial

When setting up your company, advise on structure, compliance and remuneration, Getting the right advice at the start is crucial.

Our service includes advising on the best structure, registering with Companies House, appointing officers and issuing shares and share certificates. We will also write up statutory records and minutes of your first director's meeting. Our tax specialists will register you for VAT and corporation tax, and advise on benefits in kind and tax-efficient income extraction.

You may decide to re-brand your business; we are able to assist you in changing the company name to support this.

This would include: passing a special resolution and completing and filing the necessary forms for registration at Companies House.

When issuing new shares or transferring existing ones, we’ll advise on tax implications, ensure compliance with Articles, and handle all paperwork for Companies House.

To support you with this, we would advise you on the tax implications, ensure compliance with Articles, produce board minutes and complete the necessary paperwork for Companies House. We also prepare board minutes, director’s resolutions, share certificates, and advise on stamp duty to make sure everything is in order from start to finish.

Avoid your personal address being used in a public domain such as Companies House.

We are able to keep your personal details private, forward post onto your preferred address. This will ensure you never miss important mail while keeping your home address off public records.

Our service provides everything required to be legally compliant.

This includes: resignation letter, letter to director confirming cessation of office, minutes of director's meetings, notice of shareholders resolutions, completion and filing of forms with Companies House.

A shareholder's agreement is strongly recommended for privately held companies where there is more than one shareholder.

In addition to the articles of association, this legal document sets out procedures on how the company is run and what is to happen in unpredictable circumstances.

There may be commercial or taxation benefits that accrue from amending the share structure of a company.

We are able to advise on this and also prepare: new articles of association, minutes of director's meetings, notice of resolutions, shareholder's consent to resolutions and completing and filing official forms for registration at Companies House.

A company is legally required to have articles of association, as per the Companies Act 2006. These set out how the company is run, governed and owned.

If an update to your Articles of Association is required, we can: amend the wording of one or more clauses in the existing articles, add in new or remove clauses from the existing articles, adopt an entirely new set of articles.