Our company secretarial services

Our CoSec team structure is simple and collaborative: you will always have easy access to the individuals best placed to respond, with clear lines of accountability and a robust supervision process in place. We guide you from the initial stages of company registration through to ongoing statutory compliance, creating and maintaining statutory books, managing annual filings, and overseeing the governance and compliance aspects of your corporate records as your business develops.

We offer a transparent and cost-effective professional service. Our fixed annual fees encompass a comprehensive suite of services, including the provision of a registered office address (if required), maintenance of statutory registers and minute books, preparation of board minutes for annual approval, and the filing of annual confirmation statements with the Registrar of Companies.

Where we have custody of your statutory registers, we maintain them in electronic format using software developed by the Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland (CGIUKI). This enables us to email registers to directors and auditors on request, and to alert you in advance to key dates in your company's life, including general meetings and filing deadlines, so we can ensure ongoing legal compliance on your behalf.

Our work spans a wide range of clients and structures: private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and management teams; growth-capital-backed businesses; owner-managed companies; and international groups with multi-jurisdictional entity footprints.

Our company secretarial services include:

• Incorporation of public or private limited companies.
• LLP registration and UK establishment of overseas companies.
• Change of company names.
• Share capital restructuring: allotment, transfer, conversion, subdivision and consolidation (with the support of our corporate team).
• Maintenance of statutory registers and minute books.
• Preparation of notices and minutes of board and general meetings.
• Preparation and filing of forms and resolutions with the Registrar of Companies, including annual confirmation statements.
• Support with the adoption of standard or model articles of association.
• Dissolution of companies and restoration of companies to the Companies register.
• Provision of a registered office address and mail forwarding.
• Assistance in identifying Persons with Significant Control (PSCs) and Relevant Legal Entities (RLEs), and setting up the PSC register.
• Audit of company records before and after acquisitions.
• Reconstitution of statutory registers from paper-based or Companies House filing history into our company secretarial software.
• Secure storage of documents (hard or soft copy) on a virtual data room for easy client access.
• Identity verification support under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) for directors, LLP members and PSCs.

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Why choose us?

Our goal is to develop long-term partnerships with our clients – to better understand and anticipate your needs, and to effectively apply our knowledge and expertise for your benefit. Here is what sets our company secretarial service apart:

• Recognised for excellence: Our CoSec team ranks Band 2 in the Chambers UK 2027 Guide, and has been shortlisted for Service Provider of the Year at the Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland (CGIUKI) Awards in 2025 and 2026.
• Breadth and scale across UK and international structures: We administer over 650 companies for UK and international clients. Our team's international profile, including fluency in English, French, Cantonese and Mandarin, benefits clients establishing or maintaining businesses across borders.
• Integrated with a full-service corporate practice: Our CoSec offering sits within a wider corporate practice supporting a broad range of domestic and international clients. For high-volume or programme-led work, we have experience building standardised documentation and bespoke delivery frameworks.
• CGIUKI-accredited technology for register management: We maintain statutory registers using software designed by the Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland, enabling instant, on-demand access to registers for directors and auditors and proactive alerts to filing deadlines.
• Transparent fixed fees and clear accountability: Our fixed annual fee encompasses a comprehensive suite of services, and we are always happy to arrange a call to discuss your requirements in detail and tailor our services accordingly.
• A dedicated team for education institutions: If you are an academy trust, multi-academy trust, or other education organisation, our specialist education company secretarial team provides tailored support that reflects the particular demands of DfE oversight, the Academy Trust Handbook, and charity law. See our education company secretarial services.