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Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
When you become the director of a limited company, you should be aware of the legal requirements and duties involved.
As a director, there are general duties you are expected to perform.
Appointing a new director to your limited company.
This director information hub is a home for information and guidance to help current and future directors. It only takes a minute to learn the essentials.
As company director, you take on many legal requirements and duties. You must know what they are and when you need to complete them.
Directors must co-operate with any Insolvency Practitioner (IP) or Official Receiver (OR) appointed as 'office-holder' during a formal insolvency event.
Use this online form to appoint an individual as a company director.
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Use this form to change the details of an individual who is a director.
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