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Company secretarial services
In today’s regulatory landscape, many companies are choosing to outsource their company secretarial services to specialised providers, freeing themselves from the complexities of compliance paperwork and enabling a focus on core business activities.
Complying with regulatory, legal and entity governance requirements is becoming more and more important and time consuming. Compliance is a top priority for all organisations. However, it can take a toll on your organisation’s resources.
Our company secretarial services division caters to UK companies and LLPs of all sizes, including those that are owner managed or part of a larger group. We provide a comprehensive range of services, from day-to-day compliance to corporate restructures in conjunction with our tax professionals.
What are the advantages of using outsourced company secretarial services?
Company secretarial is a professional service that requires a high level of expertise within a field that is becoming more complex as new regulations come into effect. Businesses are finding it increasingly difficult and time-consuming to keep up with their commitments in a world where many companies are having to adjust to increasingly complex business models and working methods.
By using our specialist company secretarial service, you can:
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Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations
Expert providers ensure accurate record-keeping and compliance with ever-changing legislation, relieving you from the burden of staying updated.
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Achieve efficiencies and cost savings
Unless your company is very small and simple, you are likely to find outsourced company secretarial services more cost-effective, eliminating the need for dedicated in-house personnel. Providers will have advanced software for efficient service delivery.
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Benefit from expert advice and guidance
Your company secretarial services provider will be an expert in their field and can help you to understand your obligations and make informed decisions.
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Enhance risk management
Expert providers assist in managing risks associated with changing directors, shareholders and potential exposures, ensuring business continuity.
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Strengthen corporate governance
Company secretarial services support boards with tasks such as preparing board packs, attending board meetings, taking minutes, and providing advice to help create and maintain strong corporate governance practices.
Enable S&W to fulfil your company secretarial needs
Our dedicated Company Secretarial division has extensive experience in commercial and corporate matters and can provide you with a professional and streamlined service. We can help you with a variety of services, from day-to-day compliance, to corporate restructures, in collaboration with our tax colleagues.
We provide company formation services for incorporating private limited companies (limited by shares or by guarantee), public limited companies, LLPs (Limited Liability Partnerships) and unlimited companies.
What can I expect when working with S&W’s company secretarial advisers?
We can offer assistance with the following:
- Assisting with event driven compliance such as changes to the company officers, accounting reference date, registered office address
- Maintaining statutory registers
- Advising on people with significant control
- Preparing and filing the confirmation statement and other Companies House forms
- Preparing and filing accounts for dormant companies
- Preparing various meeting minutes and company resolutions
What other company secretarial support does S&W offer?
As your business grows and evolves, we also offer assistance with more complex company changes such as:
- Share allotments and transfers to include shares issues under EIS and SEIS schemes
- Other changes in share capital including purchase of own shares, redemption of shares and capital reductions
- Re-registration from private to public and vice versa
- Drafting bespoke articles of association and updating existing articles of association to comply with the Companies Act
- Change of company name
- Group re-organisations
- Company dissolution
- Administrative restoration
- Charge satisfaction
- Debt/loan waiver and loan conversion documentation
- Dividend declaration
- Administration of board meetings to include preparing and circulating board packs
- Attendance at board and general meetings
- Taking meeting minutes
- Advising on company secretarial matters accordingly
- Providing a UK registered office address for your company
- Mail forwarding service
- Providing a UK service address for the directors to prevent their residential address from being placed on the public register
- Registration of UK establishments for overseas companies
- Simultaneous re-registration and change of name
- Certificate of good standing
- Company searches
Get in touch
Let our company secretarial experts navigate complexities and create opportunities in your business. Get in touch today with Maria Fandrakis, Partner and Head of Clients & Markets in Business Outsourcing services, for more information on how we can support your business.
What are company secretarial services?
They are the delivery of legal and compliance services to support companies and their Board of directors.
Company secretarial services, also referred to as corporate secretarial services, cover a range of compliance, administration and advisory tasks essential for ensuring firms comply to regulatory and governance obligations. These services can include company formations and dissolutions, annual filings of Confirmation Statements and event-driven tasks in relation to company officers and shareholders.
Is company secretarial a legal requirement in the UK?
By law, most UK-incorporated companies must fulfil certain statutory obligations contained in the Companies Acts 2006 and other applicable legislation.
How can a company secretarial services provider help with statutory filings?
A company secretarial services provider ensures accurate and timely preparation and filing of statutory documents, keeping your company compliant with its legal obligations.