Successful Company Secretarial Administration

Course overview

Company secretarial duties continue to grow. The seriousness of the role makes it essential to keep up-to-date with changes and new developments

Across six modules the Successful Company Secretarial Administration flexible distance, online learning programme gives practical, easily accessible advice on the role, responsibilities and legal obligations of the company secretary. The course also provides a detailed analysis of a range of legislation such as the Companies Act 2006 which will allow you to further understand the legal implications which could impact upon current business activities.

Programme objectives

This flexible distance and online training programme will provide answers to the following key questions and concerns:

• What are the legal responsibilities of a Company Secretary?
• Can the Company Secretary ever overrule the directors?
• What are the latest developments I need to know about from the Companies Act 2006
• How do you balance short-term and long-term outcomes taking an impartial and ethical stance?
• Does a company limited by guarantee differ from other companies?
• What must happen if a company director is found to be acting illegally?
• How could a company fall foul of the Bribery Act and what could be the implications for the directors?
• How can a Company Secretary change the Articles and why would they need to?
• What is the Company Secretary’s role at a Board Meeting?
• What is the legal requirement about keeping minutes in meetings?
• How do the new model articles differ from Table A?
• What is the law about the execution of documents?
• What rights do shareholders have?

It will take you through every aspect of the role and responsibilities from start to finish and ensure that you fully understand the full scope of the duties. This programme stands apart from the competition by dealing with a full range of difficult and potentially damaging issues, as well as the essentials of the company secretary’s responsibilities.

Course benefits include:

• 18 CPD hours
• Full details of the role, responsibilities and statutory duties
• Highlighted rules and best practice on governing meetings to ensure that you fulfill your duties professionally and lawfully
• A comprehensive update on the implications of the Companies Act 2006
• Answers to your self-assessment questions at the end of each module
• A jargon-free format, no legalese, just clear explanations of what the law means
• Outline of how your company can fall foul of the Bribery Act and the implications for the directors

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Course contributors

Roger Mason FCCA, FCIS, ACIB is a highly experienced company director and company secretary. His early career was with Midland Bank and the Ford Motor Company before becoming Finance Director of ITC Entertainment Ltd. He was, for 14 years, Company Secretary and Finance Director of a leading British greetings card company. He lectures on finance and business matters and has written a number of well respected books.

David Martin FCIS, FCIPD, FioD was a director and secretary of one of the top 250 listed PLC’s for nearly 10 years. David was responsible for a range of disciplines – including personnel, property and insurance as well as statutory and legal requirements and corporate/internal communications (three of his annual reports won national awards). David is an employer’s representative for the panel of members for the Employment Tribunals and a member of one of the Registrar of Companies committees.

Certificate of excellence

Upon course completion all participants are asked to complete a short questionnaire and then issued with a ‘General Certificate of Course Completion’.

You will also have an option to receive the advanced ‘Certificate of Excellence’. Participants are invited to undertake a final external assessment in the form of an online multiple-choice paper. A pass rate of 80% and above is required to ensure that a high level of competence has been achieved within the subject area and to receive this certificate. The final external assessment can be taken up to three time

Participants are required to achieve a pass rate of 80% and above to ensure that a high level of competence has been achieved within the subject area and to receive the advanced ‘Certificate of Excellence’. The final external assessment can be taken up to three times, thereafter the ‘General Certificate of Course Completion’ will be issued.

NB: The final external assessment is an optional appraisal and those participants not wishing to undertake it will automatically receive the ‘General Certificate of Completion’ for their personal development/training profile.

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Successful Company Secretarial Administration

Successful Company Secretarial Administration

Module 1 - The Role

The Position of Company Secretary

Directors

The statutory registers and execution of documents

Module 2 - Everything you need to know about shares

Dividends and interest payments

Share capital and shareholders

The issue of shares and the reduction of share capital

Debentures and loan stock

Transfer and Transmission of Shares

Module 3 - The Mem and Arts and When a Company Goes Down

Articles and the Company Constitution

Receivership and administration

Winding up and striking off

Module 4 - Rules and best practice for governing meetings

General meetings and members' resolutions

Board meetings and the way that directors make decisions

Module 5 - Dealing with Companies House

The confirmation statement

Dealing with Companies House

Appendix

Module 6 - Understanding Employment Law/HR Issues

Contract

Dismissal

Constructive Dismissal

Redundancy

Termination agreements

Termination checklist

National Minimum/ Living Wage

Wage payment

Loans

Data Protection

Expenses

Preservation of Records