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Directors, Company Secretaries and Persons of Significant Control

What is a company director?

  • Company directors are the people responsible for the day to day running of a Limited company
  • A company director does not own the company. The shareholders own the company (could be the same person)
  • Anybody over the age of 16 may be a company director
  • Company directors cannot be anyone who has previouslybeen made bankrupt
  • Any person who has previously been disqualified by the court under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 cannot be a company director

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