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…
What are shareholder pre-emption rights?
Shareholders in a company will often benefit from ‘pre-emption rights’. These give existing shareholders first refusal when a company is issuing new shares. If pre-emption rights exist, new shares in a company cannot be…
How many shares should a new company issue?
How many shares should a new company issue? It’s a frequently asked and, on the face of it, a simple question. Although there are several common models of share ownership in newly formed companies, there’s no simple or right…
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
Read our comprehensive review of UK company formations in 2023, year-on-year growth rates and breakdown by county. This detailed insight is provided in the form of easy to understand infographics available for sharing through social media and on your own website