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Alternative record-keeping definition

What does Alternative record-keeping mean? In practice, alternative record-keeping describes a private company or LLP opting to keep specified statutory register information on the Companies House central register instead of maintaining its own internal registers. The mechanism is the statutory “election to keep information on the central register” introduced into Part 8 of the Companies Act 2006 by the Small Business, enterprise and Employment Act 2015. It has covered, for private companies, the registers of members, directors, directors’ usual residential addresses, secretaries and people with significant control (PSC); analogous provisions apply to LLPs. The option reduces on‑site administrative burdens and increases public...

UK company incorporation glossary: key terms under the Companies Act 2006

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Practice notes

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alternative record-keeping

Provisions in Part 8 of the Companies Act 2006, added by Schedule 5 to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, permit private companies and LLPs to hold specified information on the central register maintained by the registrar of companies rather than on their own registers. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 is changing information and record-keeping obligations, so some registers will be abolished and the option to keep certain details on the central register will be removed. For more, see Practice Note: Alternative record-keeping—electing to maintain information on the central register and Implementation of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023...

Articles of association

Commonly shortened to the articles. This is the key constitutional document of a company (see also memorandum of association), addressing management and administrative matters, in particular directors’ powers, the transfer and issue of shares, and procedures for board and member meetings. The articles...

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