Register of debenture holders meaning

Company records The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) imposes specific duties on companies to keep particular records. Company records cover any: register index accounting records agreement memorandum minutes other documents required by the CA 2006 (or its predecessors) register of debenture holders A company may hold its registers in paper or electronic form, so long as statutory conditions are satisfied; for instance, if stored electronically they must be capable of being reproduced as a hard copy and safeguards should exist to protect against falsification. This Practice Note focuses on keeping records of shareholders’ and directors’ meetings. For information about a company’s registers, see Practice Notes: Company records—a company’s statutory registers and Company records—a company’s non‑statutory registers. Members' resolutions and meetings Records of resolutions, meetings and decisions of the sole member All companies are required to keep: copies of all members’ resolutions passed other than at general meetings minutes...

The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) requires companies to keep the following statutory registers: the register of members the register of directors the register of people with significant control (the PSC register) the register of directors’ residential addresses the register of secretaries For further detail on these statutory records, see Practice Note: Company records—a company’s statutory registers. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023), which secured Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, will significantly alter the record-keeping framework set by CA 2006. When fully commenced, ECCTA 2023 updates existing legislation so that a company will no longer be required to maintain its own (local) register of directors, register of directors’ residential addresses, register of secretaries, or PSC register. The register of members, however, falls outside this reform and will instead continue to be held locally by the company (see Practice Note: Corporate transparency reform—changes to company registers). For more information, see Practice Notes: Implementation of...

The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) requires companies to keep its own register of members Sections 44, 51 and Schedule 2 of the Economic Crime and Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) amend CA 2006 by removing the duty on a company to maintain its own register of directors, a register of directors’ residential addresses, a register of secretaries, and a register of persons with significant control (PSC). In their place, companies must notify the Registrar with the equivalent particulars, so the details filed and held at Companies House become the single, verified source of record. These reforms came into force on 18 November 2025, subject to limited exceptions and transitional arrangements. See also Practice Notes: Implementation of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023—tracker. A company may additionally choose to keep other, non-statutory registers, such as: a register of applications and allotments a register of transfers a register of debenture holders ...