Post by Rovergrant on Sept 14, 2018 9:00:25 GMT
In several threads on this message and comments therein there is reference to `Companies House`...what exactly is this.......
`Companies House is the United Kingdom's registrar of companies and is an executive agency and trading fund of Her Majesty's Government. It falls under the remit of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and is also a member of the Public Data Group. All forms of companies (as permitted by the United Kingdom Companies Act) are incorporated and registered with Companies House and file specific details as required by the current Companies Act 2006. All registered limited companies, including subsidiary, small and inactive companies, must file annual financial statements in addition to annual company returns, which are all public records. `
Companies House does not govern the behaviour of Company officers.
All companies are required to appoint one or more directors (the minimum number is dependent upon the company type) and generally it is up to the members to appoint the people they believe will run the company well on their behalf. The only restrictions that prevent anyone becoming a director are they must be at least 16 and:
they must not have been disqualified from acting as a company director(unless the court has given them permission to act for a particular company);
they must not be an undischarged bankrupt (unless they have been given permission by the court to act for a particular company).