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The company number and full business name should appear at the top of the form, beneath this the date that the details changed should be entered along with the original details of the director or secretary.
Underneath this the new details of the director/secretary should be entered. The form should be signed and dated by a director/secretary, and the details of a contact for Companies House should be entered at the bottom of the form.
To activate a completed form go to Client
| View, select the Related
tab. Highlight the relevant person and click View
Client. The following screen gives the particulars for that individual.
Any changes made here will activate a 288c form as long as the persons’
relationship to the business is director or secretary. Once the changes
are made click save, the following screen will ask for the effective date
of change, once complete, click Log.
This will activate the completed form.
What fields, if changed, specifically activate the 288c form?
Under Client | View | Related tab | View Client
Basic tab:
Surname
Forename
Title
Initials
Address tab:
Select Address used as main address, on any address where it wasn’t previously selected, whether it is a new address or an address that was already associated with the person.
On the Main address if the following fields are changed it prompts to log the change.
Details
Town
County
Country
Postcode
Under Client | View | Related tab | Involvements | View
Directors / Secretary:
Occupation
To display a form with basic details go to Reports | Forms with Basic Details | Form 288c - Change of Particulars for a Director or Secretary. The form will open in Word showing the basic details which are the company name, the registered number and the Companies House contact details.
To display a blank form go to Reports | Blank Forms | Form 288c - Change of Particulars for a Director or Secretary. This will open the completely blank form into Word.
Click on any area of the form for additional information: