FAQ Companies Act 2006
A number of documents relating to the Companies Act 2006 are available on the BIS website including the Act itself, supporting secondary legislation and explanatory notes and briefing on latest developments (Companies Act 2006 - Related information)
Any advice given in the questions and answers that follow should not be regarded as legally binding; you may want to seek your own legal advice on particular issues. If you have a query regarding the BIS implementation of the Act which is not answered here, or if you would like to be included on our e-mail alert service when updates are available, please send an e-mail to clgenquiries@bis.gsi.gov.uk We will aim to keep this webpage up to date with answers to questions of general interest; we can't offer advice on individual specific circumstances.
The following subjects have attached questions and answers:
General Issues
Commencement Timetable
Articles of Association (Including Entrenchment)
What is left behind in the 1985, 1989 and 2004 Acts
Areas of Company Law
Addresses (directors' and members' or shareholders')
Annual Returns
Charges/Security Interests
Company Secretary
Derivative Claims
Directors
Distributions
Execution of Documents
E-communications
Expenses of winding up - section 1282 Companies Act 2006
Financial assistance by private companies for acquisition of own shares
Indirect Investors
Names
Overseas Companies
Political donations and expenditure
Registers and Records
Resolutions and meetings
Restoration to the Register
Share Capital
Shareholder Rights
Trading disclosures
