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The registration requirements for a company consist of delivering certain documents to the Registrar of Companies including a memorandum of association, an application for registration as well as other documents and a statement of compliance.
The registration requirements include delivering to the registrar: (A) a memorandum of association (B) an application for registration of the company; (C) other documents required for registration as per Companies Act 2006 s 9(1); and (D) a statement of compliance (Companies Act 2006 s 9(1)). According to Companies Act 2006 s 9(2), the application for registration must state: (1) the company's proposed name; (2) whether the company's registered office is to be situated in England and Wales (or in Wales), in Scotland or in Northern Ireland; (3) whether the liability of the members of the company is to be limited, and if so whether it is to be limited by shares or by guarantee; and (4) whether the company is to be a private or a public company. According to Companies Act 2006 s 9(4), the application must contain: (a) where the company is to
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STOP PRESS: The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It is intended to enhance corporate transparency in the UK, principally through Companies House reforms and amendments to provisions of the Companies Act 2006. It also seeks to modernise the regulatory framework for limited partnerships and create stronger powers to tackle economic crime. ECCTA 2023 is to come into force in stages. A number of its provisions came into force on 4 March 2024 and may impact this content. For further information, see Practice Notes: Implementation of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, particularly the legislation and consultation tracker.What is a company?A company is a separate legal entity, distinct from its members. It is owned by its members and it is managed by its directors. It is regulated by the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006).The company is a very commonly used business vehicle; there are over 5 million registered companies in...
When an overseas company opens an establishment which carries on business in the United Kingdom, it may have to register its particulars with Companies House pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) and the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 (OC Regs).This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with Practice Notes: Overseas companies in the UK—alteration of registered particulars, accounts and charges, Overseas companies registered in the UK—trading disclosures and execution and Overseas companies in the UK—winding up, liquidation, insolvency and closure.Register of overseas entities holding property in the UKThe regime for registration of an overseas company doing business in the UK is separate and distinct from the registration of overseas entities with an interest in UK property, which was introduced in August 2022. For further details on the register of overseas entities that own UK property established by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (EC(TE)A 2022), see Practice Notes: Register of overseas entities that hold UK property—fundamentals and The beneficial ownership register of overseas entities...
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Placing letter—Main Market [ON LETTERHEAD OF THE PLACING AGENT] Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) and the London Stock Exchange plc (the LSE) for the Ordinary Shares (as defined below) to be admitted to the Official List of the FCA (the Official List) and to trading on the LSE's main market for listed securities (the Main Market) . It is expected that Admission (as defined below) will become effective and that dealings in the Ordinary Shares on the LSE's main market for listed securities will commence on [insert date]. No liability whatsoever is accepted by [insert name of Placing Agent] for the accuracy of any information or opinions contained in the Prospectus (as defined below), for which [insert name of Placing Agent] is not responsible, or for the omission of any material information from the Prospectus. Persons receiving this document should note that, in connection with the Placing (as...
DDQ—CRC questions [Archived] 1 Please provide full details of the Company’s compliance with the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (the initial phase: 1 April 2014 – 31 March 2019) (CRC Scheme), including: 1.1 whether the Company is a CRC Scheme participant and upon what basis? Is it a single company, part of a group (within the meaning of Art 3 of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013, as amended, SI 2013/1119) or a disaggregated subsidiary? 1.2 where the Company is not required to participate in the CRC Scheme, upon what basis, eg has the qualification criteria not been met, or do they benefit from an exemption? 1.3 where a CRC Scheme participant, evidence of its compliance with the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013, SI 2013/1119 and CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (Allocation of Allowances for Payment) Regulations 2013, as amended, SI 2013/3103, such as: 1.3.1 information submitted for registration requirements, including details on the organisation, energy supplies and use 1.3.2 annual
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In 2006, the deceased’s husband established a nil rate band trust (NRB) in his Will funded with a loan note from his wife in the amount of £285k. The only documentation for this arrangement was a loan note and the trust was not registered with the Trust Registration Service (TRS). The deceased's children wish to have the trustees appoint this to their own children. Do charges under the relevant property regime apply to the trust? Should the trustees retrospectively register the NRB trust with the TRS and report to HMRC? Relevant property trust charges In the case of the ten-year charge, the available nil rate band (NRB) is used as part of a formula to calculate the effective rate (ER), which in turn determines the actual rate of inheritance tax (IHT) to be applied to the particular trust. The actual rate is 30% of the ER. As the maximum ER is 20%, the maximum actual rate is 6%. See Practice Note: Relevant property trusts—the principal (ten-year) charge before 18 November...
Can an industrial and provident society allow proxy voting if it's rules are silent on proxy voting or do its rules have to explicitly allow proxy voting? Before 1 August 2014, all societies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (or its predecessors) were legally referred to as 'industrial and provident societies' (IPSs). Since 1 August they are referred to legally as 'registered societies' under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (CCBSA 2014). Registered societies are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). There are two categories of registered society: • co-operative societies, which operate for the mutual benefit of their members, who are united by a common economic, social or cultural need or interest, and • community benefit societies, the business of which is conducted to provide services for the benefit of a community at large (not just the members of that society) IPSs, in existence as of 1 August 2014, did not automatically convert into a co-operative society or community...
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(1)    The memorandum of association must be delivered to the registrar together with an application for registration of the company, the documents required by this section and a statement of compliance.(2)    The application for registration must state—(a)    the company's proposed name,(b)    whether the company's registered office is to be situated in England and Wales (or in Wales), in Scotland or in Northern Ireland,(c)    whether the liability of the members of the company is to be limited, and if so whether it is to be limited by shares or by guarantee, and(d)    whether the
If the registrar is satisfied that the requirements of this Act as to registration are complied with, he shall register the documents delivered to him.
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