Statutory Registers

Companies must maintain specified registers containing details of their officers, owners and other information

Must be kept up to date and details of changes to certain of these registers notified to Companies House

These registers must be kept available for inspection or for copies to be taken or supplied to any members and in some cases by members of the public

Companies Act requires companies to keep the following registers, documents and books

Register of members

Other legislation also requires companies to keep documents and records

Register of directors

Register of director residential addresses

Directors services contracts

Directors indemntiies

Books containing minutes of directors meetings, resolutions in writing of directors and decisions of a sole director

Register of secretaries

Books containing minutes of company meetings, resolutions in writing of members and resolutions of a sole members

Accounting records

Contracts for purchase of own shares

Documents for purchase of own shares out of capital

Register of debenture holders

Register of people with significant control

Report to members of investigation by public company into interests in its shares

Register of interests in voting shares disclosed to a public company

Register of charges

Certificates of employers liability insurnace

Accidents in the workplace

PAYE, VAT and Corporation Tax Records

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