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What is a corporate director?

Published in Company officers on October 27, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

A UK company can appoint another company as a director. This appointee is known a corporate director: a company, or another body corporate with its own legal personality, appointed to sit on the board of a UK company and act as a…

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Tags: appointment, company officers, corporate directors, directors

Corporate director reforms under ECCTA

Published in Company officers on October 27, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

The advent of identity verification for directors and persons with significant control (PSCs) has dominated the Companies House reform agenda in the last year. That does not, however, mean the end of implementation of the Economic…

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Tags: ECCT Act, company officers, corporate directors, directors

First convictions for identity verification offences

Published in Company records on October 26, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

We’re only one month away from the anniversary of mandatory identity verification for company directors and persons with significant control (PSCs), which constitutes the largest reform to company law in a generation. As we pass…

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Tags: enforcement, identity verification, ECCTA, Companies House

What is a dormant company?

Published in Business finance on October 2, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

Your company may be considered dormant if it is not currently carrying out any business and it does not have any other sources of income, including investment income. This article explains what to do and what to avoid doing to…

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Tags: accounting, accounts, company types, dormant companies

No Spreadsheet Could Do This: How Inform Direct Keeps Short & Sons’ Clients Compliant

Published in Inform Direct news on September 16, 2026 by Eleanor Vaughey

Jason Short started Short & Sons Accountants in 2017 with a background most people would not expect: he spent seven years driving a London Black Cab before deciding to retrain. He studied AAT, found his feet preparing tax…

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Shareholder transparency reforms under ECCTA

Published in Company records on September 15, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

While the introduction of identity verification has occupied companies and their professional advisers, it does not mark the end of implementation of the new requirements of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act…

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Tags: shareholders of members, ECCTA, company records, register of members

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