Company Secretarial

Our facilities can undoubtedly influence businesses for the better

Our team has the knowledge and technical ability to ensure all your compliance and corporate governance needs are taken care of affording you additional precious time to focus on your business.

There is an ever-increasing burden being placed on companies and their directors, whether you are running a small or large, public listed or private company or a not-for-profit business. There are many obligations to comply with, whether under the Companies Act 2006 and associated legislation or other relevant laws and regulations.

Despite the often routine nature of some aspects of your company secretarial duties, get it right and they have the ability to shape, influence and make lasting, positive change to business practices.

  • We have developed a niche service that allows you to outsource your company secretarial requirements giving you more time to focus on running your organisation. Our team uses specific and in-depth know-how to truly understand your obligations and help you meet these with a high standard of company administration
  • As well as our outsourced company secretarial offering, we provide corporate governance advisory services as more and more emphasis is placed on organisations being able to show they are managed in an ethical way and that a culture of integrity begins with the “tone at the top”. These services may take the form of a general evaluation of corporate governance or a specific board effectiveness review
  • Our expertise and experience has been gained through many years of working with Board Chairs, Executive and Non-Executive Directors and their advisers, both in the UK and overseas. Clients include main market and AIM listed companies across a variety of sectors as well as not for profit organisations. We have contacts in senior teams within banks, professional services firms and share registrars

Our approach
We offer the full breadth of services relating to company secretarial, corporate governance and accountancy services. Whether you are looking for basic compliance or the complete company secretarial and corporate governance package we will work with you to create the right solution for your organisation.

We will give you peace of mind that your company secretarial affairs are going to be handled with care. We’re serious about keeping your business compliant, your finances sharp and you prepared for any scenario that the regulators, auditors or shareholders throw your way.

By striving to get under the skin of your business, we can become your long-term partner and you can be assured that your business is in safe hands. We’re here to be relied upon.

How we work with you
We promise to live up to our strong reputation. We know how important professional and accurate advice is, and we go to great lengths to ensure that you receive the very best.

Business requirements vary depending on a number of different factors – size, industry, business structure and corporate governance codes to name a few. But we ensure that our team provides flexible and scalable solutions to your company secretarial needs, ensuring that the service delivered is value for money and tailored to your requirements.

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