Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

This is our most popular package with UK residents, and includes: -

The registration of your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;

The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);

The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;

The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;

The following documents, which need to be printed and signed, will be emailed to you upon formation of your company: -

A certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);

The memorandum & articles of association (requires MS-Word file reader);

The first meeting of the board of directors (requires MS-Word file reader);

Share certificates and a company register (requires MS-Word file reader).

E-Quick Package

£ 32.00

No Annual Charges

The Deluxe limited company package is a fast and easy option, it is ideal for the UK, EU, and international small to medium businesses who wish to appoint a nominee director and a nominee secretary in order to maintain anonymity, and it includes: -

Incorporation of your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses in London, our nominee director and nominee secretary. We can appoint your own candidate(s) to the role of shareholder(s), or you can appoint a nominee sharholder provided by Coddan;

The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);

The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;

The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;

The provision of a registered office address for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our registered office address service is charged annually);

The provision of a nominee secretary for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our nominee secretary service is charged annually);

The provision of a nominee director for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our nominee director service is charged annually);

The following two hard bound copies of corporate documents, will be posted to you upon formation of your company: -

A laminated copy of the certificate of incorporation of your company;

A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;

A hard bound copy of the minutes of the first meeting of directors;

Share certificates, and your company register;

The general power of attorney signed by a nominee director;

Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from a nominee director;

The agreement for the provision of nominee service and indemnification of nominee.

Deluxe Package

£ 557.00

Annual Maintenance Fee £525.00

A private company limited by shares in England and Wales must have at least one director, one shareholder, and may have a secretary.

You need at least one person to form this type of company. If there is only one director, and that director is a natural person in your company, that director can also act as the secretary.

A company must have at least one director who is a natural person. This requirement is met if the office of director is held by a natural person as a corporation sole or otherwise by virtue of an office.

You can register a sole director' company, if you are familiar with the secretaries duties and responsibilities, because all of them belongs to a sole director.

The directors and secretary of your company can also be shareholders.

The Companies Act imposes no restriction on the minimum age of company directors. However Companies House will actively discourage the appointment of anyone under the age of 16 from taking up a company directorship on the grounds that the individuals concerned may not fully understand the legal liabilities that go with the position and for the most part will not have the experience necessary to perform the duties of a company director.

Under the Companies Act 2006, there is no restriction on any or all of the members/shareholders being from an overseas country (i.e. outside the United Kingdom in terms of residency, domicile, citizenship, place of incorporation or all or any of those concepts).

There is no requirement for the officers of your company to be UK citizens or residents, nor for them to hold valid work permits.

Owning, or being an officer of a UK company does not, however, grant you any right to live or work in the UK if you are a foreign national.

Your company must have a registered office address within England or Wales; this is the official address of your company and will be on the public record as such.

Your company must hold its official company documents at its registered office address: its register of shareholders, and its constitutional documents.

So long as you maintain a registered office address in England or Wales, you can conduct your business from any place in the world: you do not have to run your business from your registered office address.

Legal Requirements to Register an LTD

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Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

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SCHEDULE 2

Section 87

COMMISSION FOR ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Status

(1) The Commission is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.

(2) The property of the Commission is not to be regarded as the property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.

(3) Service as a member of the Commission is not service in the civil service of the Crown.

Membership

(1) The Secretary of State must-

(a) appoint the members of the Commission;

(b) appoint one of the members as chairman.

(2) Subject to the other provisions of this Schedule, a person holds and vacates office as a member of the Commission or as chairman in accordance with the terms of his appointment.

(3) The Commission is to have a minimum of eight and a maximum of sixteen members.

(4) The Secretary of State may by order vary either or both of the numbers specified in sub-paragraph (3).

(5) The validity of proceedings of the Commission is not affected by-

(a) the number of members being less than the minimum as specified for the time being in sub-paragraph (3);

(b) a defect in the appointment of a person as a member of the Commission or as chairman.

Tenure

(1) The Secretary of State may not appoint a person to hold office as a member of the Commission or as chairman for a term of more than four years.

(2) A person may at any time resign as a member of the Commission or as chairman by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of State.

(3) The Secretary of State may remove a person from office as a member of the Commission or as chairman on the grounds that-

(a) a bankruptcy order has been made against the person, his estate has been sequestrated or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors, or

(b) he is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, unable, unwilling or unfit to discharge the functions of his office.

(4) A person who ceases to be a member of the Commission or chairman may be re-appointed.

Staff etc

(1) The Commission may appoint staff, agents and advisers.

(2) Service as a member of staff of the Commission is not service in the civil service of the Crown.

Committees

(1) The Commission may establish one or more committees.

(2) A committee-

(a) must include at least one member of the Commission, and

(b) may also include other persons (who may include members of staff of the Commission).

Remuneration etc

(1) The Commission may pay to or in respect of a member of the Commission or the chairman such sums as the Secretary of State may determine by way of, or in respect of-

(a) remuneration;

(b) pensions.

(2) The Commission may also pay to or in respect of a member of the Commission or the chairman sums by way of, or in respect of-

(a) allowances;

(b) expenses.

(3) If the Secretary of State thinks that there are special circumstances that make it right for a person ceasing to hold office as a member of the Commission or as chairman to receive compensation, the Commission may pay to the person such compensation as the Secretary of State may determine.

(4) The Commission may pay to or in respect of a member of staff sums by way of or in respect of remuneration, subject to any conditions imposed by the Secretary of State.

(5) The Commission may also pay to or in respect of a member or former member of staff sums by way of, or in respect of-

(a) allowances;

(b) expenses;

(d) gratuities;

(e) compensation for loss of employment.

(6) The Commission may pay to or in respect of a person who is a member of a committee established under paragraph 5 (but who is not a member of the Commission or a member of staff) sums by way of, or in respect of-

(a) allowances;

(b) expenses.

Delegation

The Commission may delegate any of its functions to-

(a) a member of the Commission,

(b) a member of its staff,

(d) any other person.

Proceedings

(1) The Commission may, subject to the other provisions of this Schedule, regulate its own proceedings and those of its committees.

(2) In particular, the Commission may specify a quorum for meetings.

Accounts

(1) The Commission must-

(a) keep proper accounting records, and

(b) prepare a statement of accounts in respect of each financial year in accordance with directions given, with the consent of the Treasury, by the Secretary of State.

(2) The statement must comply with any directions given by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, as to-

(a) the information to be contained in the statement;

(b) the form which the statement is to take;

(d) the methods and principles according to which the statement is to be prepared.

(3) The Commission must send a copy of a statement under sub-paragraph (1)(b) to-

(a) the Secretary of State, and

(b) the Comptroller and Auditor General.

(4) A copy of a statement must be sent under sub-paragraph (3) within such period, beginning with the end of the financial year to which the statement relates, as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, direct.

(5) The Comptroller and Auditor General must-

(a) examine, certify and report on a statement received under this paragraph, and

(b) lay a copy of the statement and his report before Parliament.

(6) Directions given by the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (2) may, with the consent of the Treasury, be amended or revoked by him.

Annual report

(1) The Commission must send to the Secretary of State a report on the discharge of its functions during each financial year.

(2) A report must be sent under sub-paragraph (1) within such period, beginning with the end of the financial year to which the report relates, as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, direct.

(3) The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a copy of each report received by him under this paragraph.

Instruments and authentication

(1) The fixing of the seal of the Commission must be authenticated by the signature of the chairman or of another person authorised by the Commission to act for that purpose.

(2) A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Commission, or to be signed on the Commission's behalf, is to be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, is to be treated as having been so executed or signed.

Records

In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51) (definition of public records), at the appropriate place in Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3 insert-

"Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment."

Disqualification

In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (bodies of which all members are disqualified), at the appropriate place insert-

"Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment."

Transitional provisions

(1) A person who immediately before the appointed day was a member of the old Commission is to be treated-

(a) as having been appointed as a member of the Commission under paragraph 2;

(b) for the purposes of paragraph 3(1), as having been so appointed on the date on which he was appointed as a member of the old Commission.

(2) A person who immediately before the appointed day was the chairman of the old Commission is to be treated-

(a) as having been appointed as chairman of the Commission under paragraph 2;

(b) for the purposes of paragraph 3(1), as having been so appointed on the date on which he was appointed chairman of the old Commission.

(3) A committee of the old Commission which was in existence immediately before the appointed day is to be treated as having been established as a committee of the Commission under paragraph 5.

Interpretation

(1) The appointed day is the day on which section 92 comes into force.

(2) The financial year of the Commission is the period of 12 months ending on 31 March.

(3) But the first financial year of the Commission is the period-

(a) starting on the appointed day, and

(b) ending on the following 31 March.

Prepared 14 April 2005


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