Company Formation specialists Rapid Companies look at how you can change the directorship on a UK Limited Company. Since the implementation of the Companies House Online System, U.K. Limited Companies have been able to appoint and remove Directors with ease.

Notwithstanding, it is important to remember that any changes made on the Companies House Online System must reflect the decisions made during the appropriate Board Meetings, as required under the Companies Acts.

Depending on the specific changes to be undertaken, the Directors would usually need to convene a Board meeting to propose and resolve Director changes the particulars of which must be recorded accurately in the Company’s Statutory Registers. In doing so, the Company can mitigate any potential disputes which may subsequently arise by having the appropriate written consents from all parties on file whilst at the same time, ensuring that the changes to the Company have been effected in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company and in accordance with the Companies Act Legislation in force at that time.

It should also be noted that certain changes not only require Director’s meetings, but also Shareholder’s meetings that must be held to very strict timescales. Failure to adhere to timescales laid down under legislation can serve, in effect, to negate any changes made and have potentially damaging effects for Companies and their Officers.

It is highly advisable for Companies to employ experts in this field to assist them with such matters. In doing so, the Directors can focus on the day to day trading activities and simply running the business whilst being assured that the formal processes relating to Company changes are being administered correctly and without risk of later being challenged.g your firm under a limited umbrella can provide an element of protection in financial matters.