Step 6 - Running Company Forms

One of the main purposes for Company Secretarial is to produce Company Forms that can be printed off and sent to Companies House.

Within Company Secretarial there are options to run the company reports with full details, forms with basic details (for example, the business name and so on) and blank forms.

Company Forms

1. From the Company Secretarial main menu click Reports | Company Forms

2. The Company Secretarial Forms screen will appear. This lists the forms that have been generated form the information that we have entered so far.

3. The first form on this list should be form 288a Director Appointed. Highlight this form and click Print Form.

4. The form will open in MS Word where it can be printed off.

5. Once the form has been printed click Close | File | Exit to close MS Word.

6. On the Company Secretarial Forms screen it will now say that the form was printed by this users log in with the date and time.

7. Highlight the fourth form which should be the change of authorised share capital for Ordinary A. Click View Entry. The details of the form will appear.

8. In the Conditions Attached field type Must not be transferred within the first year.

9. Click OK then Cancel.

10. Back to the Company Secretarial Forms screen click Close to exit this screen.

Forms With Basic Details and Blank Forms

1. From the Company Secretarial main menu go to Reports | Forms with Basic Details / Blank Forms

2. A list of all the forms available in Company Secretary will appear. From the Share Capital heading double click on 88(2)R Return of Allotment of Shares.

3. Click Print Form. This form will open within MS Word or Adobe PDF. To exit from word click Close | File | Exit or from Adobe File | Exit

4. Once a Company Form is open within MS Word or Adobe it cannot be amended..