Companies Act 2006
The Companies Act 2006, which received Royal Assent on 8 November 2006, is available from :
Evaluation of the Companies Act 2006
BIS has now commenced post-implementation evaluation of the Companies Act 2006, and during February and March 2010 will be surveying a random sample of companies to determine the impact that the Act has had on business. This survey work will be carried out by ORC International on behalf of the Department.
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the main outcomes of the Act and the consequences of the regulatory changes for companies, shareholders and other stakeholders.
Due to the scale of the Act, provisions for evaluation have been selected on the basis of three principles:
a) provisions that were estimated in the Regulatory Impact Assessment to bring the biggest costs or savings;
b) provisions that proved most contentious at the time of Parliamentary passage; and
c) provisions that have been highlighted by business as being of particular interest/importance.
The provisions to be evaluated include the business review, electronic communications, directors’ duties, annual general meetings, and directors’ addresses.
Implementation of Companies Act 2006
Implementation of the Companies Act 2006 was completed on 1 October 2009. Details of statutory instruments (SIs) made as part of implementation of the Act, including links to the SIs and Explanatory Memoranda on the OPSI website, are available on the Regulations and Commencement Orders – made or laid in draft page.
Please also see the FAQ Companies Act 2006 page
The final implementation timetable can be found at :
Companies Act 2006: table of commencement dates (PDF, 75KB)
Memorandum & Articles of Association
Guidance on the memorandum and articles of association under the Companies Act 2006 can be found here
Companies Act 2006 final implementation - changes to constitutional documents, including model articles: a summary of what the new approach means (PDF, 178KB)
The prescribed form of the new memorandum can be found in the Statutory Instrument which is on the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) site below
Statutory Instrument 2008 No 3014 - The Companies (Registration) Regulations 2008
It can also be viewed as a PDF
Statutory Instrument 2008 no 3014 - The Companies (Registration) Regulations 2008 PDF
Further guidance on incorporating a company can be found on the Companies House Website below
Chapter 1 of Companies House's guidance on Incorporation and Names
