Insight Associates

Company Secretarial Services

Complementing our financial management services, Insight Associates operates a company secretarial service for the majority of its clients. This comprehensive service ensures that all day to day compliance and reporting obligations are dealt with.
Our service includes (depending on subscription level):

  • the provision of a Registered Office facility
  • Insight Nominees Limited, our nominee company, acting as the Company Secretary
  • holding and maintaining the statutory books
  • dealing with the Annual Return
  • Prompting you about key compliance dates (filing of Annual Accounts etc.)
  • Performing various routine changes of officers and members
  • Preparing and filing “Elective Resolutions”, if required
  • Other more complex company structural changes
  • Incorporation of new companies, if required
  • A quarterly check with the register maintained at Companies House of any companies incorporated with similar names and advising you of this. Thus enabling an objection to the name to be filed if appropriate.
  • Annual Report of the details held on the company's register.

The obligations placed on the officers of a company to maintain various statutory records and fulfill various compliance and reporting duties are often not fully understood or given priority and are therefore neglected. These obligations are prescribed by The Companies Act 1985 and imposed upon the officers of a company who are principally the directors and secretary.

Failure to comply with these can result in fines both for the company and the officers concerned. Persistent failure could ultimately lead to an individual being banned from being a company director. Compliance with these obligations is also taken into account by a Liquidator in the event of a company's failure and would weigh in any recommendation to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

If you would like to learn more please complete our enquiry form.

Services

Our services are listed below – detailed information on each can be obtained by clicking the links or selecting the service from the main menu.

Kitty - The Outsourced Finance DepartmentThe Outsourced Finance Department - a fully outsourced accounts department taking care of everything for you.
Railway Tracks - Finance DirectorFinance Directors – responsibility for high end added value strategic input – working with your existing accounts staff to achieve management goals. 
Sandcastle - Corporate Turnaround and RenewalCorporate Turnaround – providing intense management and rescue to stabilise and turnaround distressed and struggling businesses. 
Checklist - Business and Financial Management AuditBusiness and Financial Management Audit – an audit and reporting session designed to highlight ways to strengthen your business, increase profit and improve cashflow.
Wood Trees - Business Planning and Development

Business Planning & Development – an intense one day strategic development session for the directors of your business.

 

Company Secretarial

Company Secretarial – ensuring all day to day compliance and reporting obligations are met. 

 

Thomas International - Better Teams

Better Teams – personality and behavioural analysis system to understand, develop and motivate your team. 

 

 

 

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