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  • Company Law Basics

    Company Law Basics

    Nature of companies

    • What is a limited company?
    • Limited liability

    Company types

    • Types of companies
    • Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
    • Companies limited by guarantee
    • Community Interest Companies (CIC)
    • Dormant companies
    • Converting a company from one type to another
    • Can a company be moved from one part of the United Kingdom to another?
    • Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
    • Property management companies

    Company registration

    • Registering a company
    • Does a business have to be a limited company?
    • Advantages and disadvantages of running a business as a company?
    • When must a company be registered for VAT?
    • What does it cost to set up a company?
    • Registered office
    • Changing the registered office
    • Finding a company's registered office
    • Can a company do everything?
    • What are a company's objects?
    • What is a general commercial company?
    • Company seals
    • Information required on company notepaper
    • Information required on websites, emails and faxes

    Company registration cont.

    • Annual return
    • Company accounts
    • Incorporating an existing business
    • Ready made companies
    • Voluntary dissolution

    Company and business names

    • Company names
    • Passing off
    • Changing a company's name
    • Protecting a company's name
    • Trade marks
    • Trade mark registration
    • What does it cost to register a trade mark?
    • Trade mark categories of goods and services
  • Documents & registration

    Documents and registration

    Articles of association

    • Introduction to articles
    • Table A
    • Updating articles
    • Table A (full text)
    • Model Articles

    Shareholders agreements

    • Shareholders' agreements

    Statutory registers

    • Statutory registers

    Companies House

    • What information must a company send to Companies House?
    • Companies House
  • Directors & shareholders

    Directors and shareholders

    Directors

    • What is the difference between shareholders and directors?
    • Directors
    • Number of Directors
    • Appointment of Directors
    • Resignation of directors
    • Removal of a director from office
    • Who can be a director?
    • Abolition of corporate directors
    • Directors' service addresses
    • Are directors entitled to be paid?
    • Directors as employees

    Directors cont.

    • Directors' powers
    • Directors' duties
    • Legal position of a managing director
    • Loans to directors
    • Conflicts of Interest
    • Company secretary
    • Board meetings

    Shareholders

    • What rights does a shareholder have?

    General meetings

    • General meetings
    • Must a company hold general meetings?
    • Calling general meetings
    • Who is entitled to attend general meetings?
    • What is the difference between board meetings and general meetings?
    • Proxies
    • Minutes of members' and directors' decisions
    • Types of resolutions
    • Written resolutions
    • Appointing a chairman
    • Quorum at board meetings
    • Quorum at general meetings
  • Shares & debentures

    Shares and debentures

    Nature of shares

    • Shares an introduction
    • How many shares should a company have?
    • Share certificates
    • Dividends
    • What voting rights do shares have?
    • How do people get shares in a company?
    • Can a child own shares?
    • Abolition of bearer shares

    Issuing shares

    • What is a statement of capital?
    • Authorised capital
    • Issuing shares
    • Preemptive rights
    • How much must a company charge for its shares?
    • Issuing shares for consideration other than cash

    Share classes

    • Classes of shares
    • Alphabet shares

    Share transfers

    • Transferring shares
    • What happens if a shareholder dies?
    • Can a company buy its own shares?
    • Share Buybacks
    • Reduction of capital

    Borrowing and debentures

    • Company borrowing
    • Debentures
    • Fixed and floating charges
    • Registering charges
  • Legislation

    Legislation

    Companies Act 2006

    • Companies Legislation Overview
    • Companies Act 2006 Introduction
    • Companies Act 2006 Contents
    • Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
    • Partnership Act 1890

    Statutory instruments

    • Accounts, audit and annual returns SIs
    • Articles of Association SIs
    • Company charges SIs
    • Companies House SIs
    • Community Interest Companies SIs
    • Directors SIs

    Statutory Instruments cont.

    • Company forms SIs
    • General meeting shareholders' rights SIs
    • Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) SIs
    • Minority protection SIs
    • Company and business names SIs
    • Overseas companies SIs
    • Partnerships SIs
    • Political donations SIs
    • Share capital SIs
    • Statutory registers and other records SIs
    • Striking off SIs
    • Trading disclosures SIs

    Old legislation

    • Companies Legislation before the Companies Act
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Community Interest Companies SIs

The Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 is the main legislation for Community Interest Companies.

This page contains the Statutory Instruments relating to CICs.

The Community Interest Company Regulations 2005/1788

The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007/1093

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