When your company has been incorporated we will send you several important documents which you will need.

288a -
The director of the company must sign one of these documents and fill in their name and address details. The document should then be posted to the appropriate address for Companies House on the bottom of your form. You must do this within 14 days of receiving the document.

288a -
The Company Secretary must sign one of these documents and fill in their name and address details. The document should then be posted to the appropriate address for Companies House on the bottom of your form. You must do this within 14 days of receiving the document.

Certificate of non-trading -
This document should be retained in a safe place by the Company Secretary.

Renunciation of shares certificate -
This document should be retained in a safe place by the Company Secretary.

Stock transfer form -
To transfer the shares to you we have completed and signed the appropriate section of the form. You must now complete your section of the form in the name of the new share holders. The Company Secretary should then ask a director to authorise the change to the members’ register (the list of all share holders) and issue share certificates in the new name. This document should be retained in a safe place by the Company Secretary.

Share certificates -
The share certificates need to be completed by the Company Secretary in line with the stock transfer form and the members register. The completed share certificates must then be sent or given to the share holder(s) named.

Memorandum and Articles of Association -
The bank will ask to see a copy of these important documents and may wish to keep one copy. These documents should be retained in a safe place by the Company Secretary.

Certificate of incorporation -
This is a unique document issued by Companies House and should be displayed in your place of business. Replacements can be obtained, but they have to be paid for. The bank will ask to see a copy of this unique document. This document should be retained in a safe place by the Company Secretary.