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company secretarial

Running a business comes with the administrative burden of ensuring that all your statutory filing deadlines are met, which can become a consuming task and take you away from being at the forefront of your business.

How can we help

Our in-house company secretarial team can relieve you of that burden by ensuring that all of your statutory filing needs are met, including the filing of accounts, confirmation statements and changes of directors and secretary.

We also deal with the paperwork required for the payment of dividends and dealing with the transfer of shares, including the appropriate minutes.

Our company secretarial services include:

Company formation

This includes the Certificate of Incorporation, statutory records and copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Annual compliance service

To include the updating of statutory records and the timely completion and submission of the annual return and annual accounts to Companies House.

Processing changes

This includes the issue and transfer of shares, changes in directors, secretary and shareholders and the preparation of appropriate documentation and minutes including those arising from the purchase or sale of businesses or company purchase of own shares.

Company searches

To include filed copies of annual accounts, confirmation statements and statutory records. Information is usually available from incorporation where the company has been formed in the last twenty years.

To discuss how we can assist in relieving your business’ administrative burden, please do not hesitate to contact us via the form below.

  • gbac have provided us with financial control, tax advice, company secretarial management and share option scheme advice. They have always acted with complete professionalism. They are pro-active and diligent, providing us with confidence that these areas are well managed and up to date.
    Jonathan Freeman Partner, Anticus Partners Ltd

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Our specialist team are on hand to answer any questions you have about how we can assist you and your team.

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    01226 298 298

    our recent thoughts on changes that affect company secretarial matters

    Company incorporation fees increase from May 2024

    The government agency that maintains the register of all incorporated and registered companies in the UK, Companies House, will soon be increasing their fees.

    Companies House charges statutory filing fees for the registration and incorporation in the UK of companies, limited liability partnerships (LLPs), limited partnerships (LPs), community interest companies (CICs), and overseas companies.

    From 1st May 2024, incorporation and maintenance fees will rise as part of the agency’s cost recovery efforts – the fees cover the cost of their services without profit.

    Here’s how the cost of incorporating a company will be affected from May 2024.

    Changes to Companies House checks in 2024

    Until now, the Companies House registry has passively received the information that UK companies filed – but new reforms will implement a more active role for Companies House as a regulator to better maintain the register’s integrity.

    Since the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) was passed into law in October 2023, the changes in the Act will begin to take effect in 2024.

    There are several new measures that aim to clamp down on financial crime and improve the reliability of corporate data, which should help to make it easier to do business in the UK and support economic growth.

    So, if you have a registered company, limited liability partnership (LLP), or limited partnership (LP) in the UK, these measures will affect you from 4th March 2024.