Company secretarial
Charles Fowler, principal director of Competex, acts as company secretary for all our clients. We prepare minutes of all statutory meetings and file all relevant documents at Companies House, as part of our fixed-fee package. We also deal with any secretarial changes, such as change of director, registered office, shareholding and company cessations.
Your registered office is co-located at our office, where your statutory books are kept on computer. This means that all correspondence from Companies House and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is sent to our office and is dealt with routinely by us.
The Company Secretary will usually have to countersign your bank mandate, but does not ever become a signatory to the account. Neither the Company Secretary nor Competex gets involved in the operation of the company bank account or the day-to-day running of your company.
Why does Competex act as Company Secretary?
Upon incorporation the company must register for PAYE, corporation tax and VAT, and during each year certain routine documents have to be signed and delivered to deadlines. This is achieved most efficiently by the Company Secretary corresponding from the registered office. The location of your registered office also determines which HMRC office handles your Corporation Tax affairs, and this arrangement enables us to deal with the same tax office for all our clients.