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Companies Limited by Guarantee provides a complete guide to the formation, administration and winding up of companies limited by guarantee and their suitability for a diverse range of purposes. It includes full coverage of:
- The nature and purposes, the advantages and disadvantages and consideration of the circumstances in which they are used
- The company's constitution, including company names, its objects, the guarantee and the content and effect of the articles
- Methods of financing a company limited by guarantee
- Membership of the company, including admission and expulsion of members
- The directors of the company, their appointment, removal and duties
- The calling, requisition and conduct of company meetings
- Reorganisation, takeovers and winding-up of companies limited by guarantee
- Precedent clauses for the company’s constitution are also included, along with useful checklists for lawyers and company secretaries.
This new edition updates the text to take into account the provisions that have been introduced under the Charities Act 2011 including:
- The new charitable form of Charitable Incorporated Organisations under the Charities Act 2011 and the related provisions contained in CIO (General Regulations 2012) along with explanation of where existing charities can adapt the new charitable form
- Update on annual filing requirements (Charitable Companies)
- Amendments to legislation relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Update of model articles of a company with additional clauses for use by a property company and a procedure for expulsion of a member.
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- Nature and purposes of a company limited by guarantee
- A company’s formation and constitution
- Finance
- Membership
- Directors
- Company meetings
- Reorganisations, takeovers and winding up
- Appendices: Memorandum of association; Alternative clauses for a property management company; Expulsion of a member; Miscellaneous clauses; Checklist for formation of a company limited by guarantee; Application for membership; Notice of general meeting; Checklist of requirements – company stationery and premises; Checklist for converting an unincorporated charity into a charitable company; Checklist of annual filing requirements (charitable companies)
Appendices are included on the accompanying CD-ROM.
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Mark Mullen, Barrister
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Josh Lewison, Barrister
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"exceptionally well written and very comprehensive ... for those practitioners who deal each day in the law relating to charities, housing associations, property management or trade associations, this book will prove an invaluable reference point ... an excellent guide"
Solicitors Journal
"a detailed and practical book ... clear and well laid out"
PLC
"Company law practitioners have complete access to the law governing these companies in a slim volume"
New Law Journal
"Contains a wealth of new material...practiculary useful are the ten appendices with their range of useful forms and checklists...a real time saver, which very handily presents, in one lucidly written and concise volume, virtually everything you need to know concerning this area of company law"
Phillip Taylor MBE
"Those looking for a text exclusively dedicated to companies limited by guarantee for whatever reasons will find this text handy. In particular, the book will be of particular interest to those working in the public sector, charities, the social enterprise sector, or even to businesses aiming to engage in social-oriented activities."
"The strength of the book lies in its employment of simple but effective language. It also goes beyond the cursory treatment of an increasingly important area and is very up-to-date"
Peter Yeoh
Business Law Review