Companies Act 2006 Changes
With effect from 1st October 2009 Companies House are introducing further changes to the Companies Act 2006.
Whereas the changes have an effect in various areas, forProfessional Contractors and Freelancers it really only impacts on thefollowing areas.
Many of the commonly used forms to make changes such as change ofDirector (288a or 288b), Registered Office Address (287), CompanyAnnual Return (363a), Allotment of Shares (88-2), and more havechanged. You can find a table detailing the new forms here.
Each Director will now have to have a 'service address' where documents can be sent and received from Companies House.
This may be the same as your residential address or registered office address and will be available for public viewing.
If you do not want to use your residential as the service address we have introduced a new service which you may use.
If you do change your service address you still have to informCompanies House of your residential address, however this is onlydivulged to the Police and Regulatory Authorities if necessary.
Please contact us by email to service@bfca.eu for further details of our new service.
It is important to be aware of the changes as there are some newcivil penalties applicable for failure to comply in response to anotice from the registrar.
You can find full details of the areas to be changed in the Act.