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Preparing your private company for the death of a shareholder

Published in Shares and shareholders on November 8, 2019 by Jayne Challinor

No one likes to think about death, but for private companies – often family owned and managed – the death of a shareholder can be overwhelming. A small investment of time today, to prepare a coherent set of company…

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Tags: death, share transfers, articles of association, shareholders, shareholders agreement

How to replace a lost share certificate

Published in Shares and shareholders on July 12, 2019 by Henry Catchpole

Everyone loses things, and shareholders will sometimes lose their share certificates. By lose, we mean anything ranging from damaging or misplacing share certificates right through to having them stolen.…

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Tags: share certificates, shares, share transfers, shareholders

What types of share can a company have?

Published in Shares and shareholders on May 9, 2019 by Henry Catchpole

Most companies only ever have one type of share (or class of share). The shares are commonly called ordinary shares and will be the ones the company was incorporated with. The typical rights that go with ordinary shares (and…

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What are preference shares?

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 18, 2019 by Johnathan Korchak

Most shares issued by companies are ordinary shares, but they are just one of the different types of shares available. Preference shares, sometimes also called ‘preferred shares’ or just ‘prefs’, can also be useful both to…

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When should you file form SH01?

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 17, 2019 by Henry Catchpole

When shares are allotted the directors must remember to file form SH01 (otherwise known as a return of allotment of shares) at Companies House.…

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Tags: shares, share issue, Companies House

How are dividends taxed?

Published in Shares and shareholders on February 28, 2019 by Philip Newman

Dividends are the return paid to shareholders from the profits made by a company. Partly because of potential tax advantages, the owners of small companies will often choose to pay themselves a combination of dividends and salary…

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Tags: shareholders, dividends, taxation