Company, accounts and insolvency
Incorporation, directors' duties, accounts and filings, and what happens when a company cannot pay. These are the Acts that decide who answers for the company and on what record.
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Acts
Companies Act 20062006 c. 46 · The Act governs the formation of companies, the constitution and articles, the general duties of directors, members' rights, accounts and reports, filings at Companies House and the rules on share capital.Insolvency Act 19861986 c. 45 · The Act sets out company voluntary arrangements, administration, receivership, winding up and the personal insolvency regime, together with the liabilities of directors for wrongful and fraudulent trading.Company Directors Disqualification Act 19861986 c. 46 · The Act allows the court or the Secretary of State to disqualify a person from acting as a director, and states the grounds: unfitness, insolvency-related conduct, persistent breaches of filing duties and certain convictions.Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 20232023 c. 56 · The Act reforms the register of companies: it gives the registrar new objectives and powers to query and remove information, introduces identity verification for directors and persons with significant control, and creates the offence of failure to prevent fraud for large organisations..
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