Promoting excellence in governance. Discover more about our in-house specialist company secretarial and corporate governance advisory practice.
Providing corporate governance best-practice and company secretarial services to quoted and unquoted companies seeking to operate UK governance standards. Our team of Chartered Secretaries has in-house experience at senior levels in FTSE listed companies, focussing on good board governance, meeting management and procedures, and annual reporting.
- MAIN MARKET, AIM AND PRIVATE COMPANIES
- ENTITY MANAGEMENT
- LISTING AND POST-LISTING ACTIVITY
- SUPPORT, INTERIM COVER AND SECONDMENTS
Full support across all markets, public and private.
We help both UK and international companies establish and maintain best practice corporate governance policies and systems.
- Regulatory and Market Compliance
- Full board and committee support
- Annual Report management and drafting
- AGM project management
- Corporate restructuring
- Company formation services
No matter the size or structure of your company, we're here to support.
Fully or partially outsourced Cosec services, including:
- Statutory maintenance and updates
- AGM support - preparation of notices, meeting attendance, subsequent minutes and actions
- Acting as named Company Secretary and/or registered office
- Statutory health checks
- Full subsidiary management and governance
Supporting you through every step of your IPO
We help you prepare for listing and assist in the new responsibilities as a public company, including:
- Establishing and maintaining board procedures
- Ensuring compliance with legal requirements including the Companies Act and Listing Rules
- Drafting Terms of Reference and Schedule of Matters Reserved for the Board
- Design and management of procedures for dealing with directors’ conflict of interest, including MAR compliance
- Reviewing and providing actions for your corporate governance strategy
- Annual Report support
Your team of dedicated Chartered Secretaries
Whether providing additional (in-house) resource to the existing company secretarial team, temporary cover or specialist expertise on projects, we have the right team to support you and your business.
- Regulatory and legal compliance advice and assistance
- Director induction and training
- Board and committee evaluations
- Company Secretary mentoring and department reviews
- Secondments and temporary cover
Connect With The Experts
A qualified team of over 20 Company Secretaries, with over 400 years' in-house experience at FTSE listed companies
Sally Chandler
Client Director
Sally has over 25 years’ experience as a Chartered Secretary maintaining a portfolio of FTSE, Main Market and AIM listed clients. Sally works with a portfolio of FTSE main market and AIM listed clients, providing a range of company secretarial services including board and meeting support, corporate governance audits and advice, and assistance with the production of annual reports and other shareholder documents.
Madeleine Cordes
Client Director
Madeleine has more than 30 years’ experience as a company secretary and corporate governance expert, both in house and in professional practice providing outsourced support. She acted as Company Secretary of FTSE 250 retailer, Carpetright, for nearly 10 years and has worked on multiple flotations on AIM and the Main Market, getting companies ready for life as a listed company and supporting them post flotation.
Matthew Jones
Client Director
Matthew has over 30 years’ experience in the company secretarial profession across real estate, fast-moving consumer goods, industrial, private equity, and retail. Matthew has experience of providing full support to a company’s board and its committees, including board timetable, agendas, board papers, board meeting attendance and liaising with the Chairman and board directors.
Delivering Top-Tier Company Secretarial Support
Companies we work with put their trust in us to provide an array of company secretarial services seamlessly. We can do the same for you.
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