The ICSA Company Secretary’s Troubleshooter (& Factfinder) provides a means of rapid access to information and ready answers to the many questions that company secretaries may encounter in their day-to-day work. Whether the question relates to shareholder agreements or duties of disclosure, this title will provide clear-cut answers.
Topics covered include: company structures; compliance issues; directors, the role and duties of the company secretary; matters for members; auditors and accounts; regulatory compliance; EU issues; intellectual property and data protection.
Now you can also have at your fingertips a wealth of facts, figures and further resources in the new Factfinder section.

•    Completely up to date to include the Companies Act 2006 provisions coming into force on 1 October 2009; the revised guidelines to the Disclosure and Transparency Regulations the DTRs; and the changes to the overseas companies regime.
•    Additionally, in view new topics on liquidation procedures, group restructuring, mortgages and charges will be included.

Paperback •  ISBN: 9781860724343 •   352 pages • Published March 2010 • £39.95

Contents
Table of contents
Table of statutes
Preface
1 Company basics
1. Procedure of incorporating a private limited company
2. Unlimited companies
3. Re-registration from a public company to private company
4. Procedures to convert a private company to a public company
5. The main differences between a private limited company and a public limited company
6. Dormant company filing requirements
7. Restoration of a company
8. Requirements for Company letterhead and stationery
9. The importance of a partnership agreement in an LLP
10. Dissolution of a LLP
11. The differences between LPs and LLPs
12. The conversion from partnership to a LLP
13. Resident management company and company limited by guarantee
14. Incorporation of European companies (Societas Europaea)
15. Sensitive words for international companies
16. Identical name with an overseas company
17. Registration of a foreign branch and place of business
18. Filing requirements of an overseas company
19. Procedures of setting up a CIC
20. Conversion and benefit of a CIC
2 Compliance issue
1. Companies House – forms and formatting
2. Late filing of documents at Companies House
3. Electronic filing
4. Changes since the last annual return
5. Errors on the annual return
6. Late filing of accounts
7. Registering a transfer of shares
8. Amendments to the register of members
9. Filing errors – directors’ details
10. Changes in registered office address and restrictions
11. Increase in authorised capital
12. Dissolution
13. Voluntary liquidation
14. Change of company name
15. Requirements of the memorandum and articles of association
16. Amendments to the articles of association
17. Ordinary and special resolutions
18. Document filing security
19. Monitoring competitors
20. Notification to Companies House of a one-day appointment
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About the author
Susan Wallace: Susan Wallace is a Chartered Secretary and Partner at David Venus & Company. She gain her initial experience with accountancy and legal practices including Eversheds and KPMG. She has a portfolio of clients predominantly large unlisted private groups and holds a number of company secretarial appointments. She is a specialist at setting up employee share schemes and drafting shareholder agreements.