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Life of a Company - Part 2 Event Driven Filings

A company in UK that has been created under the Companies Act of 2006 has to notify the Companies house in case of any changes that might occur within its systems. Whether it be the appointment of a new Director, a change of the registered office, or a change in its share value the companies house have to be notified, so that the public record of the company can be altered. Below is a quick guide about ‘event driven’ filings that have to be made.

• Directors of companies have special responsibilities to deliver regular information to the Companies House. The documents that have to be delivered include, the annual return, the annual accounts, changes to company’s registered office, etc.
  
• The companies must maintain a register that contain the detail of its employees and keep it at its registered office for regular inspection. This is particularly instrumental in cases like the change in a Director or Secretary of the company. The records that have to be kept are register of members, register of directors, directors’ indemnities, etc. These records have to be kept at the registered office of the company. The company may choose an alternative location for keeping these records, but the Companies House have to be notified about it and the location has to be in the same region of UK.
  
• A company must notify and keep records of all resolutions made by its members for inspection.
  
• In case of resolutions regarding change of name, the Companies House must be intimated with a notice of change of name along with the resolution deciding the change of name. Usually, the time required for a change of name is five working days.
  
• A company registered under the Companies Act 2006 can go through a change of constitution due to an Act of the Parliament or an order by the court. Any such change in the constitution has to be notified to the Companies House.
  
• A company must inform the Companies House regarding any change in its Share capital; be it in the allotment of shares or a re-denomination of their shares, or anything else.
  
• A private company with a share capital may re-register as a public company or there are ways for a public company to re-register as a private company. The Companies House has to be informed about any such application or resolution.
  
• Charges or mortgages are the security a company must give against a loan. All these charges have to be registered at the Companies House with original documents relating to the origination of the charge.
  

The filings made to the Companies House are stored as an electronic database. Paper submission are scanned and converted to soft copies before they are stored. For most documents sent to the Companies House there are no fees involved, however a few of them do have small fees attached to them. The personal details of your employees you furnish at the time of submitting the information are not made public.