Company Secretarial – Master Checklist and Document Index

Start here. One checklist that takes you through the Company Secretarial pack in the right order – what to do, when, who owns it – with a clickable link to every template, a legal and regulatory map and a full document index.

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Company secretarial

Company Secretarial – Master Checklist and Document Index

About this document

What it’s for

The front sheet for the Company Secretarial pack. It takes a company through its statutory records, Companies House duties, board and shareholder decisions, dividends, share transfers and director appointments – and the agreements between owners. Each step names the template to use and links straight to the file, and Part 5 maps the main legal requirements to the templates that help you meet them.

When to use it

  • When you form a company or take over its records
  • Whenever the board or shareholders make a decision, pay a dividend or change directors or shares
  • Before each confirmation statement

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • Part 1 – Statutory records and Companies House
  • Part 2 – Owners and directors
  • Part 3 – Decisions, dividends and shares
  • Part 4 – The annual review cycle
  • Part 5 – Legal and regulatory map
  • Part 6 – Full document index with a link to every file

How to complete it

  • Unzip the pack and keep all the files in one folder – the links open the other files from that folder
  • Work through the parts in order, then use the annual cycle each year
  • Tick and date each step, name the owner and keep the completed checklist with your records

Key points to check

  • The links only work when this file and the other templates are saved in the same folder – if you move or rename files, use the numbers in the document index
  • Laws change – check the current position before relying on the legal map

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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Company secretarial

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Editable Microsoft Word files

Guidance notes in every document

Written for UK businesses

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