Successful Company Secretarial Administration

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

Receive a 30% discount on ….....

Enhance your management and personal effectiveness skills by attending one of our management development programmes. Enrol on Successful Company Secretarial Administration and receive a 30% discount off one of the programmes below:
Falconbury’s Mini ‘Executive-MBA’ – February, June and October 2009 (fully residential)
Strategic Leadership – February, June and October 2009
For more information call Customer Services on +44 (0)20 7729 6677 or e-mail info@falconbury.co.uk

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.

Past delegates’ comments

Past Delegate Quotes

‘I found it extremely useful. It has reinforced aspects with which I
was already familiar and filled in gaps in my knowledge’

Amanda Beane, PA to Company Secretary, John Doyle Group Plc

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Client portfolio

Our client portfolio for this course includes the following companies:

Continuing professional development

The Law Society

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 [136kb]

Academy of Distance Learning in Business

ADLiB

The Academy for Distance Learning in Business (ADLiB1) has developed out of Falconbury’s pioneering work on short-course management and professional development.

As with the face-to-face training we do in our public and in-house programmes, our focus is on the practical and application-rich skills and techniques, which will enable individuals to develop their full potential as managers and professionals.

Our approach to distance learning is to use the self-study method at its best to make sure that you can flexibly acquire the knowledge and understanding of each chosen area in a way that suits you and your current work commitments.

ADLiB was set up to give a consistent approach across different subject areas, so that its users would know that our rigorous standards of excellence would be met in each course.

Every programme and each of the component modules is a combination of the training and learning expertise of Falconbury and input from its wide range of practically skilled writers and trainers. Where a course bears the ADLiB logo, you can be sure that our (and your) exacting standards will be met.

To learn more about how ADLiB and the courses can help you and/or your business call +44 (0)20 7729 6677

¹ ADLiB is the Academy for Distance Learning in Business and offers ‘best in class’, flexible self-study in key business, management and leadership via distance learning modules delivered directly to you, to work through at your convenience.

Ad lib is from the Latin ad libitum meaning ‘at one’s pleasure’ – we aim to make management and professional development enjoyable as well as worthwhile.

Ad lib could also be a loose latin short-form of ‘to the library’ – but in our case, we save you that trouble by using the best material available to us on each topic and assembled to give you maximum benefit.