Steps to Terminate the Appointment of a Director of a UK Company through Athennian and file with Companies House:
- Review Entity Details and Compliance information:
- Navigate to General > Details
- Ensure the company is registered in the UK. Select Jurisdiction: Country as the United Kingdom
- Add the UK region under Jurisdiction: Region (if applicable)
- Navigate to General > Compliance
- Input the correct Entity Registration Number
- Input the 8-digit Company Registry ID
- Input the Company Authentication Code (mandatory 6 to 8-digit code)
- Ensure that any other key information is added (if applicable)
- Navigate to General > Details
- Review the Director with "Confirmed" status:
- Navigate to Principals and ensure there is a Director with a "Confirmed" status
- Click on the principal and review the details:
- Addresses
- Ensure the outgoing director has a mailing and residential address on file
- Click + Add Address and select both a Mailing Address and Residential Address. If the address doesn't exist yet, click + Add address.
- Roles
- Ensure the Role is set as Director
- Set an Effective Date and End Date (if applicable)
- Documents
- Click + Add documents to add documents (if applicable)
- Ensure that the Status dropdown is set to Pending
- Click Create
- Addresses
- Review the New Director's Person Profile:
- Navigate to People to open up the director's person profile
- Open the Contact tab
- Input the Date of Birth (must be over 16 years of age)
- Fill in the Occupation
- Add the Citizenship (must be the United Kingdom)
- Open the Addresses tab
- Confirm that the Mailing and Residential addresses match those in the Principals section
- Create a "Change of Principals" Task:
- Navigate back to the entity and go to Tasks and click + New
- 1. Details tab
- Select Change of Principals as the Task Type
- Fill in the Title in the Memo description text field
- Add the Due Date
- Click Save
- 2. Change of Principals tab
- Under Outgoing - click + Add to select the outgoing director and click Confirm
- Input the Effective Date and Resolution Date
- Mark the task as Pending using the Status dropdown
- Click Save to save the task
- Generate a Preview of the Filing Document:
- 3. Supporting Documents tab
- Click + Supporting documents
- Search for the appropriate template called TM01 - Termination of Appointment of Director and click Add
- Click Generate documents
- Once complete, a green message will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen confirming "Documents successfully generated"
- 4. Generated Documents tab
- Click on the generated document to preview a copy of the filing form for accuracy
- Note: the document will be saved in the Documents section of the entity
- 3. Supporting Documents tab
- File with Companies House:
- Open the 2. Change of Principals tab of the pending task
- Click the TM01 - Termination of Appointment of Director blue button to file with Companies House
- Review the filing overview and ensure all information is correct
- Click File
- Once filed, a green message will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen confirming "Filing with Companies House successful"
- Check Filing Status:
- Click on the profile icon at the top right corner of the screen and select Settings
- Under Efile - click on the Orders section to view the e-file order status
- The Status will update live as Companies House processes the filing
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