Tolley's Company Secretary's Handbook

Comprehensive, fully up-to-date and concise, the 20th edition is your time-saving route to accurate information on the legal and procedural aspects of company administration. It covers all the basic reporting duties, including statutory accounts, membership, directors and capital as well as additional responsibilities, such as employment, health and safety, pensions, insurance, car schemes and taxation. Table of Contents: 1. Accounting Reference Dates and Periods; 2. Accounts: Banking Companies; 3. Accounts: General; 4. Accounts: Insurance Companies; 5. Accounts: Large Companies; 6. Accounts: Medium-sized Companies; 6A. Accounts: Limited Liability Partnerships; 7. Accounts: Small Companies; 7A. Accounts: Summary Financial Statements; 8. Acquisition of Own Shares; 9. Allotment of Shares; 10. Annual Returns; 11. Articles of Association; 12. Audit; 13. Bonus Issues; 14. Class Rights; 14A. Community Interest Companies; 15. Companies not Formed under CA 1985; 16. Dealings with Third Parties; 17. Debentures and Other Borrowing; 18. Definitions; 19. Directors; 19A. Directors' Remuneration Reports; 20. Directors' Reports; 21. Disclosure of Interests in Public Company Shares; 22. Dissolution and Striking Off; 23. Distributions; 24. Dormant Companies; 25. European Community Legislation; 26. Fees; 27. Formation; 28. Forms; 29. Guarantee Companies; 30. Insider Dealing and Market Abuse; 31. Investigations; 32. Limited Liability Partnerships; 33. Meetings; 34. Members; 35. Memorandum of Association; 36. Names and Business Names; 37. Open-ended Investment Companies; 38. Overseas Companies; 39. Partnerships; 40. Penalties and Legal Proceedings; 41. Political Donations; 42. Prospectuses; 43. Public and Listed Companies; 44. Reconstructions and Mergers; 45. Records; 46. Registered Office; 47. Registers; 48. Registrar of Companies; 49. Registration and Re-Registration; 50. Registration of Charges; 51. Resolutions and Meetings; 52. Rights Issues; 53. Scotland; 54. Seals; 55. Secretary; 56. Share Premium; 57. Shares: Certification and Transfers; 58. Shares and Share Capital; 59. Takeovers; 60. Unlimited Companies; 61. Unregistered Companies; 62. Wales; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Table of Statutory Instruments; Index