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Company Formations and Secretarial Services

When forming a business, there are plenty of important considerations to be made. The formation stages are critical to success, which is why it’s advisable to seek professional support.

Company formation involves many tasks, including registering the name of the business, submitting the trading details and making a company formation agreement. Rollits’ can provide a cost-effective and highly efficient service, taking away the burden of incorporation of a new company, and assisting with the ongoing management of your company secretarial services.

Whether yours is a new company or a business going through a compliance review, our experts can help.  Equally, if you need help fulfilling your annual statutory requirements, such as confirmation statements and other filings which have to be made at Companies House, our expert team can assist you and help you to ensure that the Directors are abiding by their statutory duties in relation to these.

Rollits Company Secretaries Limited, a company wholly owned and managed by Rollits, provides a cost-effective and highly efficient service for a huge range of companies and charities.

When you work with our team, you can be assured of receiving clear, realistic advice your business can trust. We will help put strong foundations in place to assist with the success of your business while aiming to sidestep any potential problems.

  • “When working in partnership with Rollits, as I do for many projects and campaigns, I trust them to give me an honest response on every occasion. They are genuine in their passion for the city, region and its prosperity, and self-interest is always over-shadowed by their desire to prioritise community, and opportunity for the next generation. I feel that Rollits always strive to make a difference on projects and partnerships of all scales.”

  • “J R Rix & Sons Ltd are a diverse company with business interests that span fuel distribution, manufacturing holiday homes, cars sales and property. Rollits are professional and approachable and we have great confidence in the wide range of legal advice that they have provided us with for many years.”

    Rory Clarke - Managing Director, J. R. Rix & Sons Ltd

Our company formation and secretarial service expertise

Our company formation and secretarial service solicitors have a wealth of expertise in various business matters, including:

  • Acting as company secretary
  • Using our address as your company’s registered office
  • Keeping the registers required by law
  • Guidance on Companies Act compliance
  • Supplying the appropriate resolutions, minutes and Companies House forms
  • Preparing and filing annual returns
  • Providing reminders of filing key dates

Get in touch with our company formations solicitors in Hull and York

To discuss our company formation and secretarial service, please get in touch with our specialist company law solicitors. From our offices in both Hull and York, we support clients in Yorkshire and the surrounding area, as well as nationally and internationally.

Call us in Hull on 01482 323239 or in York on 01904 625790. Alternatively, you can fill in our contact form and one of our lawyers will get back to you.

Our company formation and secretarial services

A company secretary is usually the first point of contact for a company’s directors and shareholders. They are accountable for crucial matters that need addressing, including filing of statutory returns, correspondence regarding dividends, registration of share ownership, transfers and more.

Our solicitors can provide advice for those who are the company secretary or can act in their place.

When you work with the Rollits team for your secretarial matters, we can provide our office as your company’s registered address to ensure that all important statutory communication from Companies House and HMRC is promptly and correctly dealt with.

Ensuring registers are kept up to date is a legal requirement and can also help to reduce delays and costs during the sale of a business.

Our solicitors can provide advice and support on registers, ensuring you are in full legal compliance with Companies House, including:

  • Register of members and shareholders
  • Register of directors
  • Register of directors’ residential addresses
  • Register of secretaries
  • Register of people with significant control (PSC)

Businesses have many laws they are required to follow, these laws are subject to frequent changes and, as such, it can be hard to keep track. To make certain you are complying with the relevant laws, speaking to a solicitor is crucial.

Our company solicitors can provide comprehensive, hands-on advice and support on the Companies Act 2006, including in relation to:

  • Share allotments
  • Statutory registers completion
  • Share certificate issuing
  • Directors’ decisions and meeting minutes
  • Statutory and other returns

Where special, written or ordinary resolutions are actioned, it is a requirement to inform Companies House by sending the relevant forms, including minutes taken from relevant decisions and meetings.

Our solicitors can ensure these forms are appropriately filled in and submitted.

Annual returns, now referred to as a confirmation statement, are required every year by Companies House. A solicitor can assist with making certain that all necessary information is included in the return.

Our solicitors can guide you through the process by arranging the document to include details relating to your registered office, directors, statement of capital, shareholder information, SIC code and register of ‘people with significant control’ (PSC).

Filing important and required documents past the deadline can result in your business facing a penalty.

Our secretarial service solicitors can ensure you have a clear record of the key dates and provide frequent reminders to avoid financial penalties.

Why choose our company lawyers?

When you instruct the business team at Rollits, you can be certain to receive a bespoke service from practical and approachable solicitors. We will carefully review your business’s situation and needs to make certain our approach entirely aligns. Our solicitors will deliver personalised advice and guidance in clear, plain English.

It’s important for us to create long-lasting professional relationships from the formation of a company onwards. We offer a wide range of services for businesses, so can assist your company with the full range of matters you face, acting as your trusted legal partners.

Using specialist software, we offer an extensive service, tailored specifically to meet your individual requirements, ranging from bespoke incorporations and reviews of statutory books to drafting or revising Articles of Association and appointment and removal of directors.

As a firm, we have worked in the legal sector for more than 180 years. We are proud of our reputation, which has been built on the high quality of service Rollits has consistently delivered to a wide range of clients over the years.

Our business formation and company secretarial fees

Our pricing is based on the outstanding quality of service we provide, tailored to your personal circumstances and the assistance you require. We offer a clear price estimate at the outset, so you will have a fair understanding of the costs of working with our company formation solicitors and using our company secretarial services.

To discuss our fees today, please get in touch using the contact details below. We can offer an accurate estimate of your legal fees based on your circumstances.

Get in touch with our company formations solicitors in Hull and York

To discuss our company formation and secretarial service, please get in touch with our specialist company law solicitors. From our offices in both Hull and York, we support clients in Yorkshire and the surrounding area, as well as nationally and internationally.

Call us in Hull on 01482 323239 or in York on 01904 625790. Alternatively, you can fill in our contact form and one of our lawyers will get back to you.