I was asked to be sole company secretary of a company. There was already one director and one company secretary. I terminated the present company secretary's appointment and appointed myself as the company secretary. I received an email confirming my new appointment as company secretary which was accepted on 19 June 2008. I requested a company information report today and was shocked to see that it said there was no company secretary and I was a director! Maybe this WebFiling is some kind of joke and in fact they don't use computers to keep the records. It looks like they use moonlighting HMRC staff instead.
On 24 Jun, 07:44, PeterSaxton wrote: > I was asked to be sole company secretary of a company. There was > already one director and one company secretary. I terminated the > present company secretary's appointment and appointed myself as the > company secretary. I received an email confirming my new appointment > as company secretary which was accepted on 19 June 2008. I requested a > company information report today and was shocked to see that it said > there was no company secretary and I was a director! > > Maybe this WebFiling is some kind of joke and in fact they don't use > computers to keep the records. It looks like they use moonlighting > HMRC staff instead. In the old days the Shareholders owned the company and appointed the Directors who ran the company. Nowadays whoever has access to the password owns and controls the comany. I am Company Secretary to a dormant company which...oops...doesn't have any shareholders except the original incorporating agent. That might be a problem if I ever had to defer to the shareholders for the Special Resolution to get new shareholders appointed, but I don't because I have the password :)
On 24 Jun, 07:44, PeterSaxton wrote: > I was asked to be sole company secretary of a company. There was > already one director and one company secretary. I terminated the > present company secretary's appointment and appointed myself as the > company secretary. I received an email confirming my new appointment > as company secretary which was accepted on 19 June 2008. I requested a > company information report today and was shocked to see that it said > there was no company secretary and I was a director! > > Maybe this WebFiling is some kind of joke and in fact they don't use > computers to keep the records. It looks like they use moonlighting > HMRC staff instead. Companies House admitted that in a few cases there is manual intervention. Who likes the new screen where you have to pick between single lines of alternating English and Welsh options? I'd prefer English on one side and Welsh on the other.
