Date	1 Nov 2010, 6 weeks
Price	EUR 1049.00 / GBP 849.00 Members of our Training Partnership scheme pay EUR 525.00 / GBP 425.00
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Length	6 Modules - immediate download available (when paying online)
Price	EUR 800.00 / GBP 640.00 (+VAT @ 17.50)% Members of our Training Partnership scheme pay EUR 525.00 / GBP 425.00 (+VAT @ 17.50%)
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Course overview

Why you should choose the ‘Successful Company Secretarial Administration’ Distance Learning course?

It’s true that the Company Secretary’s role is becoming more complex each year. There are now over 200 offences under company law, which can lead to company directors being fined along with the company secretary; in serious cases a custodial sentence can result.

The seriousness of the role makes it essential to stay up-to-date with new developments and to understand their implications across a wide range of business activities. A company’s reputation is one of its most prized possessions in pursuit of sustained growth. It is essential that this asset is not undermined by breaches of the law or failure to follow best practice.

Being able to access this information without sustaining long periods of study away from the office is difficult. However there is a sensible way to tackle the learning curve. Falconbury have designed this course that gives you expert, practical guidance on the complex duties, rights and responsibilities of this crucial role – all in just six modules.

This distance learning course will:

DETAIL in full the role, responsibilities, and statutory duties of the company secretary
EXPLAIN everything you need to know about shares
HIGHLIGHT the rules and best practice on governing meetings to ensure that you fulfil your duties professionally and lawfully
DELIVER a comprehensive update on the implications of the new Companies Act to company secretaries
ANSWER your questions in a list of FAQs at the end of each module
PROVIDE all the information you require in a jargon-free format, no legalese, just clear explanations of what the law means in practice

This written course will benefit

• Company Secretary and Director in every sort of organisation
• Lawyer
• Accountant
• Senior legal, accounting and administration support

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Course modules

MODULE 1: The role

• The position of the Company Secretary
• The Company Secretary as an officer of the company
• The statutory duties of the Company Secretary
• The role of the Directors
• What makes a person a Director?
• Restrictions and qualifications relating to appointment
• Appointment, retirement and removal of Directors
• Rights and responsibilities of Directors
• The statutory registers
• The company seal
• Frequently asked questions

MODULE 2: Everything you need to know about shares

• Dividends and interest payments
• The significance of different classes of share
• Procedure for declaration and payment of dividends
• Share capital and shareholders
• Authorised and issued share capital
• Different classes of share
• The issue of shares and the reduction of share capital
• Procedures for the issue of shares for cash and for non-cash consideration
• The issue of shares at a premium and at a discount
• Debentures and loan stock
• Transfer and transmission of shares
• CREST
• Share certificates
• Stamp duty
• Form J30: stock transfer
• Frequently asked questions

MODULE 3: The MEM and ARTS and when a company goes down

• The Memorandum of Association
• The name and registered office of the company
• The objects of the company
• Disclosure of company information
• Articles of Association
• Model sets of articles
• Registration procedure and required format of articles
• Receivership and administration
• The appointment of an administrator
• The stages of administration and the conclusions
• Winding up and striking off
• Members’ voluntary winding up
• Creditors’ voluntary winding up
• Winding up by the court
• Order of priority in the distribution of funds
• Restoration to the register
• Frequently asked questions

MODULE 4: Rules and best practice in governing meetings

• General meetings and the ways that members make decisions
• The annual general meeting
• The general meeting
• Elective regime
• Electronic communication and website communication
• Board meetings
• The calling of Board meetings
• Quorum
• Minutes
• Committees and other meetings
• Frequently asked questions

MODULE 5: Dealing with companies house and the Companies Act 2006

• The annual return
• Time limits for filing the annual return
• Companies House forms
• Penalties and prosecutions in connection with late and non-filing
• Obtaining information from Companies House
• Methods of filing including electronic filing
• FAQs

MODULE 6: Understanding employment law/HR issues

• Constructive dismissal
• Contract
• Dismissal
• Data protection
• Loans
• National minimum wage
• Redundancy
• Termination
• Wage payment
• Expenses
• Preservation of records

PLUS – ADDITIONAL VALUABLE REFERENCE MATERIAL
Table A to the Companies Act 1985 Regulations for management of a company limited by shares.
Table C to the Companies Act 1985 Regulations for management of a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital.

Course contributors

Roger Mason has a wealth of experience as a lecturer, author and Company Secretary. He acts as a consultant to a wide range of companies in many different sectors; he is a frequent seminar presenter and author of several books.

David Martin, FCIS, FCIPD, FioD as a Director & 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.

He is a regular seminar/conference speaker and is author of around 40 books including two international best sellers Tough Talking and Manipulating Meetings. He is a series editor for the institute of Chartered Secretaries one Stop (OS) series.

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Client portfolio

Our client portfolio for this course includes the following companies:

Admiralty Holdings Ltd	Everyday Loans Ltd	Man Group plc
Alexandra plc	Express Gifts Ltd	Mathys & Squire
Alliance & Leicester	Four Pillars Hotels Ltd	Metronet Rail
Alpha group Plc	GE Commercial Finance	Miller Hughes Associates
Amadeus IT Group, SA	Gateway to London	N Brown Group Plc
Andrew Martin Consulting	Group Lotus Plc	Northern Gas Networks Ltd
Atos Origin IT Services UK Ltd	HMV Group	Omron Electronics Ltd
Cable & Wireless	Halfords	Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
Carrington Business Park Ltd	Hannover Services (UK) Ltd	Paladone Products Ltd
Cartus Ltd	Hogg Robinson Group plc	Prospects Services Ltd
Chemviron Carbon Ltd	Honda Racing F1 Team	Scottish Widows plc
Cleveland Potash Ltd	Inchcape Plc	THQ (UK) LTD
Clico (Trinidad) Ltd	Institute of Chartered Accountants	Topps Tiles
DMB Law	Just Retirement	Transocean UK Offshore
Datong PLC	Linden Foods Ltd	Travis Perkins Plc
Dubai International Capital LLC	Low & Bonar plc	UK Payments Administration Ltd
Durham County Cricket Club Holdings Ltd	Macrovision Europe Ltd	WC Rowe (Falmouth) Ltd

Continuing professional development

Solicitors Regulation Authority

This course is accredited for 18.00 CPD hours (CPD reference CSC/FALI).

General Council of the Bar

This course is accredited for 18.00 CPD hours.

More information

The following documents are available for this course:

• Sample module [142kb]

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Falconbury’s distance learning programmes have been certified by the Academy of Distance Learning (ADLiB). ADLiB supplies an unbiased authentication of, and quality assurance for, distance learning programme providers.

Upon course completion, distance learning participants are invited to undertake a final external assessment in the form of an online multiple-choice paper.

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.

Find out more about ADLIB here.

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