Corporate Governance Reviews

Corporate Governance Reviews - Companies with good governance consistently perform better than companies that are not concerned with improving governance.  A number of recent studies have shown this to be the case.

At Bridgehouse Company Secretaries, we are committed to ensuring that your organisation operates to the highest standards of good governance.  We can help improve corporate governance in your organisation with any of the following services: -

• Carry out a comprehensive audit of your organisation’s corporate governance arrangements using our GAAP model.
• Review governance compliance against a particular code of governance or listing rules.
• Draft various governance policies- such as anti- bribery policies, gifts and hospitality policies, Committee Terms of Reference.
• Assist with Director’s induction and development programmes - including compiling Board handbooks and carrying out skills audit.
• Assisting with collective and individual appraisals for Directors.
• Review of governing documents – to introduce best practice governance sections. As this will ensure your organisation operates to the highest standards of corporate governance.
• We can also review Articles of Association to comply with the 2006 and update Rules for Industrial and Provident Societies.

Corporate Meetings Support

Corporate Meetings Support - We know the importance of running meetings effectively and efficiently. Bridgehouse Company Secretaries can help take the stress out of preparing and supporting corporate meetings we can help with the following meetings: -

• Board meetings - We can assist with developing forward plans, drafting meeting agendas, collating board reports and attending meetings to take professional detailed minutes. Draft minutes are provided within 3 working days of the meeting.
• General Meetings- We can also assist with convening general meetings. We can draft notice of meeting, proxy forms and any associated documents; we can also draft the Chairman’s script and take minutes of the meeting.

Project Based Company Secretarial Support

Company Secretarial Support - We can assist in drafting various member and director resolutions for re-organisations, creation of different classes of shares, increase in share capital, company re-registration from private to plc, change of company name and purchase of own shares and filing the necessary paper work at Companies House.

Annual Compliance

Annual Compliance - For Private companies, Plcs and Industrial and Provident Societies and LLPs. We will prepare and file the relevant return, maintain company’s statutory registers, file any statutory changes with the relevant regulatory authority, file accounts and a corporate company secretary can be if required.

Company House Filings & Formations

Company House Filings & Formations - we can help form private limited companies. We can also help and assist with Other Company Formation 
such as companies limited by guarantee, flat management companies and public limited companies.

Data Protection and Trade Mark Services

Data Protection and Trade Mark Services - We can assist with any aspect of compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Including 
annual notification to the Information Commissioner, Data Protection audits and the development of a Data Protection policy.

Trade Mark Services 
We can assist you with all aspects of trademark registration in the UK, EU or US and subsequent administration.