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• (A third) Inform Direct product update – November 2023
• Companies House maintenance periods
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – November 2023
• Inform Direct product update – November 2023
• Inform Direct product update – September 2023
• Inform Direct product update – August 2023
• (A fourth) Inform Direct product update – May 2023
• (A third) Inform Direct product update – May 2023
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – May 2023
• Inform Direct product update – May 2023
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – April 2023
• Inform Direct product update – April 2023
• Inform Direct product update – March 2023
• (A third) Inform Direct product update – February 2023
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – February 2023
• Inform Direct product update – February 2023
• Inform Direct celebrates Feefo Platinum Award
• Inform Direct product update – January 2023
• Inform Direct – Authorised company secretarial software since 2012
• Inform Direct product update – December 2022
• Inform Direct product update – November 2022
• Inform Direct product update – September 2022
• Inform Direct product update – August 2022
• Inform Direct product update – June 2022
• Inform Direct product update – March 2022
• Inform Direct wins Feefo Platinum Award in 3rd Consecutive Year
• Inform Direct product update – January 2022
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – October 2021
• Inform Direct product update – October 2021
• Inform Direct product update – August 2021
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – July 2021
• Inform Direct product update – July 2021
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – May 2021
• Inform Direct product update – May 2021
• Inform Direct product update – April 2021
• Inform Direct product update – March 2021
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – January 2021
• Inform Direct repeats Feefo Platinum Award win
• Inform Direct product update – January 2021
• Inform Direct product update – December 2020
• Inform Direct product update – July 2020
• Inform Direct product update – June 2020
• Inform Direct product update – April 2020
• Inform Direct product update – March 2020
• Coronavirus accounts filing extension
• Inform Direct product update – February
• Inform Direct wins Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – January 2020
• Inform Direct product update – January 2020
• Inform Direct product update – December 2019
• Inform Direct product update – November 2019
• Inform Direct product update – October 2019
• (Another) Inform Direct Product Update – September 2019
• Inform Direct product update – September 2019
• Inform Direct shortlisted at Accounting Excellence Awards
• Inform Direct product update – August 2019
• Inform Direct wins Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award for Third Consecutive Year
• Inform Direct product update: two-step verification
• Inform Direct product update – April 2019
• Inform Direct product update – March 2019
• Inform Direct product update – February 2019
• Inform Direct product update – November 2018
• 10 Reasons to use Inform Direct instead of just Companies House
• Inform Direct product update – July 2018
• Inform Direct product update – June 2018
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – May 2018
• Inform Direct product update – May 2018
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – April 2018
• Inform Direct product update – April 2018
• Inform Direct product update – March 2018
• Inform Direct & GDPR
• Review of UK company formations in 2017
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – January 2018
• Inform Direct product update – January 2018
• Inform Direct product update – November 2017
• Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award Winners – Inform Direct
• Inform Direct product update – March 2017
• Inform Direct product update – January 2017
• British Accountancy Awards Winners – Inform Direct
• Inform Direct product update – November 2016
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – October 2016
• Inform Direct product update – October 2016
• Inform Direct product update – September 2016
• Inform Direct product update – August 2016
• Inform Direct product update – April 2016
• Business Finance Award winners
• Inform Direct product update – February 2016
• Inform Direct product update – January 2016
• Inform Direct product update – July 2015
• (Another) Inform Direct product update – June 2015
• Inform Direct product update – June 2015
• Inform Direct partners with KPMG
• Inform Direct product update – February 2015
• Product update – November 2014
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Company records

• The income statement (profit & loss account) explained
• What is a Relevant Legal Entity (RLE)?
• What is PROOF at Companies House?
• Special Resolution – What is it?
• What is a balance sheet?
• What investors should check for in a company’s articles of association
• What is a company’s registered office address?
• Memorandum and articles of association explained
• What is a company’s register of members?
• When are my annual accounts due?
• How to change a company’s articles of association
• What the Model Articles of Association don’t include
• What is a company seal?
• Guide to registering a charge at Companies House
• How do I fix a filing mistake at Companies House?
• What is a company’s register of mortgages and charges?
• What is a company registration number (CRN)?
• Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes explained
• Written Resolution – What is it?
• What is Companies House?
• Micro-entity accounts: your questions answered
• What is a PSC register?
• Is your subsidiary company exempt from audit?
• Do my company accounts need to be audited?
• Ordinary Resolution – What is it?
• How to change your company name
• The Inform Direct specimen LLP agreement: a resource for LLPs
• Who can use Inform Direct?
• What is an annual general meeting (AGM)?
• What a Certificate of Good Standing is and how to get one
• Filing company accounts: your questions answered
• Set SAIL for somewhere to keep statutory records
• A Guide to Your Company Authentication Code
• How to calculate company size for year end accounts preparation
• Types of limited company accounts and the details they should include
• What are the filing requirements for a limited company?
• What is a company’s register of directors?
• Companies House PSC changes from 26 June 2017
• What changes are Companies House making from 30 June 2016?
• How does a company apply restrictions to a PSC’s shares?
• What must a company do to create its PSC register?
• Who is a person with significant control?
• How to change the registered office address of a company
• Why company records needn’t be a nightmare
• Five small steps to healthy company records

Company officers

• What is a non-executive director?
• What is a shadow director?
• Hashmi v Lorimer-Wing [2022]: what it means for sole company directors
• Who can and cannot be a company director?
• What to do if a company director dies
• Resignation of a director: what to do
• What is an Alternate Director?
• Does my company need a company secretary?
• What are a company director’s duties?
• How to correct a date of birth at Companies House
• What is a director’s residential address?
• Director changes – what needs to be notified
• Should corporate directors be banned?
• Who can act as a company secretary?
• A guide to the appointment of directors
• What is a director’s service address?
• Who are the members of a limited liability partnership (LLP)?
• How does a director or secretary Consent to Act?
• How to appoint a director in Inform Direct
• Director appointments – checklist of things to remember

Shares and shareholders

• What are treasury shares?
• What is a shareholder?
• What is a shareholders’ agreement?
• What should be included in a shareholders’ agreement?
• Shareholders’ rights: the basics
• How can a company use different share classes?
• Shareholder vs. member: what’s the difference?
• How to reclassify shares
• What is a corporate shareholder?
• Dividend taxation: higher rate and additional rate taxpayers
• How are dividends taxed?
• Dividend waiver: what you need to know
• What types of share can a company have?
• When can a company pay a dividend?
• What is a nominee shareholder?
• How to transfer shares if a shareholder dies
• Can a child own shares?
• Create share option certificates with Inform Direct
• What are unpaid shares?
• What is a shareholder proxy?
• What are Company Share Option Plans (CSOPs)?
• Authorised share capital: is it still relevant?
• What are Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes?
• Share buyback explained
• How to issue shares – step by step
• Redemption of shares explained
• Share consolidation explained
• What are dividend vouchers?
• Share split and subdivision explained
• Share issue: what is it and why issue shares?
• What is a cap table?
• Employee share schemes and options
• What are share options
• How to transfer shares – a step by step guide
• Preparing your private company for the death of a shareholder
• How to replace a lost share certificate
• What are preference shares?
• When should you file form SH01?
• How to complete a stock transfer form in 10 Steps
• Taxation issues on share buybacks
• Share certificates – what you need to know
• A share capital reduction explained
• Using capital for a redemption or purchase of own shares
• What is a statement of capital?
• Taxation of dividends received before 6 April 2016
• How to create a new share class
• How to forfeit shares
• Admitting a new member of a company limited by guarantee
• Should a company limited by guarantee issue a membership certificate?
• What is a company subscriber?
• Things to consider before issuing new shares in a UK limited company
• What are prescribed particulars?
• How to process calls on partly paid shares
• How to handle pension scheme share ownership
• How to fill in form J10 to transfer unpaid shares
• What you need to know about joint shareholdings
• What are shareholder pre-emption rights?
• 5 simple steps to perfect share certificates
• How many shares should a new company issue?
• How to transfer shares the easy way
• How to transfer shares – what a company must do
• How to produce share certificates
• Share certificates – dealing with common scenarios

Confirmation statements

• Why do I have to file a confirmation statement on paper?
• When do I have to file a confirmation statement?
• What is the confirmation statement?

Company formation

• B Corp certification: how to change your articles of association
• What is a right to manage (RTM) company?
• What is a limited company?
• What is an umbrella company?
• What is a holding company?
• Why form companies through Inform Direct?
• 10 advantages of setting up a limited company
• Your company formation checklist
• Your company incorporation documents
• What to include in a company’s first board minutes
• Limited time offer: £10 off all company formation packages
• Setting up a Limited Company – 10 things you must think about
• Company formation in 6 steps in Inform Direct
• Do I need a business bank account?
• Why do a company name check
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Checks
• What checks must be done to set up a company?
• Should I buy a business address service for my UK company?
• How to choose a great business name
• A Guide to Your Company Authentication Code
• Advantages and disadvantages of a community interest company (CIC)
• How do I tell HMRC my new company is dormant?
• What is an unlimited company?
• What is a public limited company?
• Advantages and disadvantages of a public limited company
• What is an LLP agreement?
• Changes to company incorporations from 30 June 2016
• What is a certificate of incorporation?
• How to register a new company in 10 simple steps
• Company formation: addresses you must provide
• Company formation: a guide to officers

News and opinion

• Navigating the ECCT Act: the Registrar’s new powers
• What is an authorised corporate service provider (ACSP)?
• Navigating the ECCT Act: Changes to accounts filing at Companies House
• How will the ECCT Act impact companies?
• Review of 2022 UK company formations
• Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: changes coming to Companies House
• The Register of Overseas Entities (ROE)
• Review of 2021 UK company formations
• 5 million companies in the UK
• Review of UK company formations in 2020
• Changes to Companies House submissions as a result of Brexit
• Corporate transparency and registry reform
• The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act – effect on filing deadlines
• Coronavirus and Company Secretarial Responsibilities
• How to record the furlough of a director
• Review of UK company formations in 2018
• Election 2017 – Company Growth by Constituency
• Review of UK company formations in 2015
• London is now home to over 1 million companies
• Election 2015 – Company growth by constituency
• Companies House statistics highlight UK recovery
• “Shares for rights” – our guide for employers

Business management

• 10 Reasons to be a Sole Trader
• What is a company limited by guarantee?
• What the Inform Direct NDA template covers
• What is a sole trader?
• How to strike off a limited company
• What is a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and do I need one?
• Members’ voluntary liquidation – MVL
• Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation – CVL
• Health and safety at work- a company’s responsibilities
• What is a trademark?
• Company stationery – what must be included
• Closing a limited company
• Advantages and disadvantages of a partnership business
• What is a general partnership?
• What is a limited liability partnership (LLP)?
• What is a limited partnership?
• How to apply for administrative restoration
• Disadvantages of a Sole Trader
• What is professional indemnity insurance?
• What insurance cover does my business need?
• Do I need business interruption insurance?
• What is public liability insurance?
• What is product liability insurance?
• Why buy directors’ and officers liability insurance?
• Do I need employers’ liability insurance?

Business finance

• When do you have to register for VAT?
• What is a convertible loan note?
• Guide to registering a charge at Companies House
• When does a director’s loan need shareholder approval?
• What is an ERN (PAYE Reference Number) and why do I need it?
• What is a dormant company?
• How to make your trading company dormant
• What does a business invoice template need to include?
• Do I need a business bank account?
• How to register for VAT
• What is a company’s UTR (unique taxpayer reference)?
• Why have a dormant company?
• What exemptions exist for dormant subsidiaries?
• How do I get ready for Real Time Information (RTI)?
• A simple guide to RTI – reporting PAYE in real time

Annual Returns

• File your Annual Return the easy way
• Annual Return – Your Questions Answered
• Your Annual Return checklist – what you must provide
• Many Happy Annual Returns!