Corporate Services Group
We incorporate every type of company electronically, with a bespoke set of memoranda and articles of association. We can incorporate a company with the chosen name in place, which eliminates effort and expense in changing the name later.
We will then prepare all the necessary documentation to tailor the company to meet specific needs with regard to company officers, the make up of the share capital and the shareholders, the situation of the registered office, the accounting reference date, etc.
LP, LLP, registration of an overseas company opening a UK establishment
We have extensive experience of incorporating Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships and advising on the annual statutory compliance going forward. We can also assist with the registration of an overseas company opening a UK establishment. We will prepare all the necessary documents and ensure that they are lodged with the Registrar of Companies.
Maintaining and updating Statutory Records
Where we retain custody of the statutory registers of a company, we maintain those registers in electronic format using our specially tailored software and also in hard copy to facilitate inspection as required. Maintaining the registers in electronic format enables us to act immediately upon instructions should anything in the company change, for example, the appointment or resignation of a director, transfer or allotment of shares, etc.
The software employs a "warning" system that advises us in advance when an annual return or the accounts are due for filing. This means we can keep on top of statutory obligations at all times. We can generate reports in Word format and email them to anywhere in the world if this information is required for, say, an urgent meeting.
Provision of Registered Office and mail forwarding facilities
The use of our office as the registered office of a company means that we receive all statutory mail. This will ensure that annual returns and other Companies House correspondence can be dealt with by us immediately. All other mail received by us will be recorded and forwarded to the chosen contacts on a timely basis.
Provision of Company Secretary and/or Nominee Directors
By appointing Taylor Wessing Secretaries Limited as company secretary we will be able to sign Companies House documents, agreements and bank mandate forms on behalf of the company. This service can be of great help to sole directors as it removes the need to find somebody to be your company secretary. It also ensures that there is always a second signatory on hand to sign documents that require two signatures.
Where we are appointed as nominee director, we will be able to sign documents on behalf of the company, but we will only act as directed.
Business Investigative Reports and Searches
We are able to undertake searches on companies around the world. Whether searches are needed for money laundering procedures, to check the viability of investing in a company or to check the details of the officers and shareholders, we will be able to assist.
Preparation of AGM packages general meeting minutes, board meeting minutes and drafting resolutions
Where required, we can prepare the documentation relating to the annual general meeting (including notices, agenda and minutes). We can also prepare board minutes relating to the approval of annual accounts, changes to the officers, accounting reference date, registered office, share transfers and / or issues, etc.
We will ensure that the documents are filed with Companies House within the required time. We will also prepare any forms that are required in relation to any of the changes.
Any resolutions, whether they be written, special or ordinary, that are required following general meetings will also be prepared. We will also arrange for these resolutions to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.
Share Restructuring and Reorganisations
We are able to assist with any reorganisations whether they are through a merger, a take over or a buy out. We will, in conjunction with our corporate lawyers, prepare the required documentation, ensure that the documents are filed with the relevant bodies and guide the company through what can be a tricky process.
Redrafting Memoranda and / or Articles of Association and / or By laws
The Companies Act 2006 has abolished the concept of a memorandum setting out objects of a company. All objects are now included in the articles. All current articles / by laws should be updated to cater for the changes to the constitutions of companies.
If you have a public limited company that you wish to make private or a private limited company that you wish to take public, we can assist in preparing and filing the relevant documents to re-register.
If the situation arises and a company is no longer required, we can advise on the most convenient way to have it dissolved.
We will carry out all due diligence in respect of the statutory books and records of a target company as part of a takeover or sale.
The Companies Act 2006 allows directors and company secretaries to provide a service address for every office they hold instead of their residential address. The service address will be on the public record, making residential addresses protected information. We offer the use of 5 New Street Square as a service address for directors and company secretaries, and will deal with all the required filings at Companies House.
We can provide an electronic filing service at Companies House, thereby speeding up the process by which documents appear on the public register.
Counterparties who are not present in the UK and enter into agreements subject to English jurisdiction often require the appointment of a process agent to receive notices and proceedings served under that agreement. We can provide this service and receive such notices and proceedings and arrange for them to be forwarded expeditiously to the relevant contact.
We can manage and coordinate an escrow account where funds may need to be held in escrow pending certain conditions.
Each of our services is offered on a stand-alone basis. However, for an annual fee the services of maintaining and updating company statutory records, preparing the annual general meeting documentation and the provision of a company secretary can be combined. As part of this service we will also prepare board minutes to authorise and approve the annual accounts. Where required, we will prepare dormant company accounts. This service removes the onerous responsibility and the administration that can be a burden to companies and frees them to concentrate their energies on the future development of the business.