UK Directors' Responsibilities

On becoming a director of a company, directors undertake to comply with various duties and responsibilities. Duties are specified in the Companies Act 2006 (CA 06) and generally encourage directors to act in the best interests of the company. However, there are also more practical, administrative responsibilities which the directors must comply with. In this article, we will explain how you can comply with these more practical responsibilities.

Records and Filings

Directors need to ensure that the company's statutory registers and all Companies House filings are kept up to date and should aim to complete these filings as soon as possible once the relevant change has occurred. In the case of filings at Companies House, filings must be completed within the specified time limits (which can be as short as 14 days following the change). If any details recorded in the company registers change (such as a change in registered office, change in a directors' personal