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Business Legal Services
Company Secretarial Services
Our company secretarial team can ensure your business stays compliant, taking the stress off you to focus on what really matters, running your business.
Keeping your statutory registers and Companies House filings up to date can be a tedious process, and if you make any mistakes, your business could suffer ownership issues and extra costs in the future.
All companies incorporated in the UK are required to keep statutory registers and to provide specific specific information to Companies House and HMRC. This includes financial records such as income, expenditure, assets, and liabilities, as well as essential details about the company and its controlling parties.
We provide company secretarial services to founders, C-suite individuals and directors of limited companies who require assistance with their ongoing Companies House requirements.
What we do
Experts in company secretarial services
Our corporate law experts have a solid grasp of company law. We cover everything from basic compliance to complex corporate legal issues. As part of our corporate team, our experienced company secretarial team can provide full support to you as your business scales.
By reviewing statutory registers and filings at Companies House, we have helped to ensure a smooth due diligence process in preparation for investment, sale and exit from companies by directors and shareholders.
We offer a full range of company secretarial services for businesses, including:
Formation of private limited companies, including changing of company names.
Reconstitution of statutory registers from paper-based or Companies House filing history into our electronic platform.
Restructuring of share capital, including allotment, transfer, conversion, subdivision, and consolidation.
Preparation of notices and minutes for board and general meetings.
Maintenance of statutory registers and minute books using an electronic platform, which automatically updates Companies House with any changes.
Filing forms and resolutions with the Registrar of Companies, including annual confirmation statements.
Assistance with the adoption of standard or model articles of association, and creation of bespoke/custom articles of association.
Dissolution and restoration of companies to the Company register, led by our Corporate team.
Support in identifying Persons with Significant Control (PSCs) / Relevant Legal Entities (RLEs) and establishment of the PSC register.
Document storage (soft copies) on secure electronic platforms for easy client access.
Who we help
Supporting founders, C-suite individuals and directors
Our company secretarial team support founders, C-suite individuals and directors of limited companies in high-growth companies and start-ups looking to offload their company administrative duties. We also work with investors, entrepreneurs and medium-sized enterprises with a full-range of corporate law requirements.
Where you don’t formally appoint a company secretary, we can help you bridge the gap. Where you do formally appoint a company secretary, we can provide the structure and systems they will need to support their role.
Meet our team
Why choose our company secretarial support services?
Our corporate lawyers have extensive experience from some of the top UK law firms and serving as in-house counsel for large international firms. We also have experience working as Company Secretarial and Compliance Managers at large international firms.
We use leading cloud based software, fully integrated with Companies House to manage statutory registers and Companies House filings, removing possibilities of errors and inconsistencies between the two. We can easily produce simple and understandable copies of your registers at any time.
Our innovative remote operating model means that you can access expert City-grade legal advice from partner-level solicitors at a fraction of the cost of traditional law firms. Our senior solicitors have all been recruited from top 100 UK law firms or large international businesses.
Testimonials
What our clients say
In my experience, solicitors speak a completely different language than anybody else, which can be confusing – especially if the matter at hand is a stressful topic. Simon and the team’s advice has been invaluable. They are solution-driven and didn’t quote the law at us but took the time to deliver advice clearly and concisely, making the legal position easy to understand.
Petra Felgen
UK & Ireland’s Managing Director,
CEWE
For any small business looking for the right law firm to guide you through an acquisition I would highly recommend Harper James. My personal experience was with Matt Shakesheff who looked after my sale and passed me over to their team who looked over my new contract of employment as I was staying with my buyer for a 2 year handover. They delivered on budget and on time.
Richard William Turbutt
Director,
CorroGuard
First class every step of the way. You did exactly what I expected and met my deadline.
Richard William Turbutt
Director,
CorroGuard
I find Harper James to be responsive, with relevant experts to help us on the topics we are dealing with, enabling us to receive effective legal advice.
Simon Bloomfield
Head of imarket,
Polaris U.K. Limited
Harper James is always very efficient and responsive and has helped us complete projects in a timely manner. Their advice and support are always commercially astute and rooted in the practical.
Ben Furlong
Director,
EstateSure Limited
As always, the Harper James team is responsive and thorough. Always a joy to work with. In addition to your diverse and high-quality expertise, we appreciate the quality of the communication and management around dates and deliverables. It helps us manage expectations and plan accordingly. You seamlessly operate as a natural extension of our team.
Larisa Sheckler
Head of Global Operations,
Whisk at Foodient Ltd
In my experience, solicitors speak a completely different language than anybody else, which can be confusing – especially if the matter at hand is a stressful topic. Simon and the team’s advice has been invaluable. They are solution-driven and didn’t quote the law at us but took the time to deliver advice clearly and concisely, making the legal position easy to understand.
Petra Felgen
UK & Ireland’s Managing Director,
CEWE
For any small business looking for the right law firm to guide you through an acquisition I would highly recommend Harper James. My personal experience was with Matt Shakesheff who looked after my sale and passed me over to their team who looked over my new contract of employment as I was staying with my buyer for a 2 year handover. They delivered on budget and on time.
Richard William Turbutt
Director,
CorroGuard
First class every step of the way. You did exactly what I expected and met my deadline.
Richard William Turbutt
Director,
CorroGuard
I find Harper James to be responsive, with relevant experts to help us on the topics we are dealing with, enabling us to receive effective legal advice.
Simon Bloomfield
Head of imarket,
Polaris U.K. Limited
Harper James is always very efficient and responsive and has helped us complete projects in a timely manner. Their advice and support are always commercially astute and rooted in the practical.
Ben Furlong
Director,
EstateSure Limited
As always, the Harper James team is responsive and thorough. Always a joy to work with. In addition to your diverse and high-quality expertise, we appreciate the quality of the communication and management around dates and deliverables. It helps us manage expectations and plan accordingly. You seamlessly operate as a natural extension of our team.
Larisa Sheckler
Head of Global Operations,
Whisk at Foodient Ltd
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Monthly subscription plan for £215 per month, with £145 monthly credit and access to all legal services at 50% discount on our Standard Rates.
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Fully account managed and scalable annual subscription plan with support from a curated team of partners and senior solicitors, with up to 34% discount on our Standard Rates.