share transfers
A stock transfer form (also known as form J30) is the standard document required for the transfer of shares in the UK. It contains details of both the seller and buyer of the shares, the type and number of shares being transferred…
How to handle pension scheme share ownership
The trustees of pension schemes will often directly own a company’s shares as part of the overall investment portfolio they hold for the pension scheme. Accordingly this ownership needs to be reflected in the company’s share…
How to fill in form J10 to transfer unpaid shares
When we looked at unpaid and partly paid shares and why a company might have them, we said that they could be transferred in a similar way to fully paid shares so the general process of how to transfer shares applies equally to…
What you need to know about joint shareholdings
Joint shareholdings and dealing with joint shareholders effectively can challenge a company. However, an increasing number of companies have joint shareholdings within their register of members and, in some companies like many…
How to transfer shares the easy way
In other articles we’ve looked in depth at the procedure for transferring shares, including how to complete a stock transfer form and what a company needs to do to process share transfers effectively.…
How to transfer shares – what a company must do
In our last article we looked at the first half of the share transfer procedure, including how to complete the stock transfer form and the payment of any stamp duty to HMRC. Today we look at the rest of the procedure for share…
2024 Review
of UK Company Formations
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