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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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