Limited company secretary requirement

[imleo]

Hello,

A friend of mine is planning to start a Limited company in UK for IT contracting work. One of the requirement for company formation is that it must have a company secretary. I have following questions regarding the qualification of the person for the company secretary:

1. Does the person have to be UK national/ UK resident ?
2. Can anybody in UK (e.g. person on student visa/visitor visa) be company secretary ?

I'd appreciate if you could help. Thank you.

[Waldorf]

A company sectetary is no longer required after April, however I believe anyone can act as secretary untl then.

[Gonzo]

Hello,

A friend of mine is planning to start a Limited company in UK for IT contracting work. One of the requirement for company formation is that it must have a company secretary. I have following questions regarding the qualification of the person for the company secretary:

1. Does the person have to be UK national/ UK resident ?
2. Can anybody in UK (e.g. person on student visa/visitor visa) be company secretary ?

I'd appreciate if you could help. Thank you.

1. I don't think that officers of the company need to be UK resident, from memory, I don't think that the registration forms even asked for the nationality of the company secretary (it did for the directors though).

2. Pretty much but I don't think they like children or bankrupts holding these positions.

As previously stated, Company Secretaries are not required for private companies after April this year.

hth

[electronicfur]

Also worth noting is that with some banks it can delay setting up a company bank account if your company secretary has not lived in the UK in the last year, as they do extra checks.

[imleo]

Thank you all for your comments.