13. Signature
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a non-prescribed form document submitted to the Registrar must be signed in a prominent position by a director, secretary or other person authorised by the company (in which case evidence of such authorisation should be presented to the Registrar with the document submitted), save where the Companies Regulations specify a particular signatory.
(2) A document which is specified in the following table must be signed by a person or persons specified for that document in the table. The signature must be applied to the document in a prominent position unless otherwise specified in the last column of the table.
Description of document | Section of the Companies Regulations under which the document is delivered to the Registrar | Person or persons who must sign | Location of signature |
Accounts and related documents | |||
Copy of balance sheet | Section 80(2)(c) | Director | At end of balance sheet |
Copy of balance sheet, abbreviated accounts or annual accounts | Section 417(1) | Director | At end of balance sheet |
Copy of annual accounts | Section 444(2) | Director | At end of balance sheet |
Interim accounts | Section 767(6) | Director | At end of balance sheet |
Initial accounts | Section 768(7) | Director | At end of balance sheet |
Documents relating to disclosure of addresses | |||
Notification that a person wishes a decision under section 229 to cease to apply | Regulation [•] of the Address Regulations | The section 229 beneficiary (as defined in the Address Regulations) or their personal representative | In a prominent position on the document |
Representations from a person who is not a company as to why a revocation decision should not be made | Regulation [•] of the Address Regulations | The section 229 beneficiary (as defined for the purposes of Regulation [•] of the Address Regulations) or the section 964 beneficiary (as defined in the Address Regulations) | In a prominent position on the document |
Statements by directors | |||
Statement by the directors about the solvency statement | Section 587(5) | All directors or a majority of the directors | In a prominent position on the document |
Rectification of register | |||
Objection made by a company | Regulation [•] of the Registrar Regulations | Director, secretary, person authorised, administrator, administrative receiver, receiver manager, receiver, liquidator | In a prominent position on the document |
Objection made by a person who is not a company | Regulation [•] of the Registrar Regulations | The person making the objection | In a prominent position on the document |
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing the following documents are required by the Companies Regulations to be authenticated by particular persons as specified by the Companies Regulations and the Registrar requires that authentication to be by way of signature —
(a) Articles of association (delivered to the Registrar under section 6(4)(b) of the Companies Regulations); and
(b) Form of resolution (delivered to the Registrar under section 80(2)(a) or section 86(2)(a) of the Companies Regulations).