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Before you begin

Before starting a company formation project, you will need to set up the prospective company as a client, then add a company formation project to it.

The company formation project wizard has six sections. Section 3 is about the Proposed Officers.

Proposed Officers

1. If the list of officers is prepopulated, select Edit next to each officer's name to check that their details are correct. 
2. To change an officer's details, select Setup next to their name to open their contact record in Onvio Centre. 
3. If the officer has used a previous name for business purposes in the last 20 years (this includes maiden or married names), select Add a Former Name to add a Forename, Surname and Effective Date.
4. If the officer's Service Address is not the same as the Registered Address, select No and either choose an address from the drop-down list or select Edit Address List to add/edit the address details.
5. If the officer's Residential Address is not the same as the Service Address, select No and either choose an address from the drop-down list or select Edit Address List to add/edit the address details.

   Note: If the Service Address is the same as the Registered Address, then the option to make the Residential Address the same as the Service Address is disabled because this is not permitted by Companies House. 

6. If the officer is in the process of applying for, or has been granted, a section 243 exemption, select Yes.
7. If any officers are missing from the prepopulated list, select Add to enter the following details.

   Read more about adding an officer's details

   Directors

   1. Directors who are individuals will need to supply the following.
      • Title.
      • Forename(s) and surname.
      • Former name(s) used in business during the past 20 years.
      • Country of nationality.
      • Date of birth.
      • Job title.
      • Service address for company correpondence.
      • Usual residential address (including country of residence).
      • Disclosure of whether they are applying for, or have been granted, a section 243 exemption.
      • Their consent to act in this capacity. 
   2. Directors who not individuals will need to supply the following.
      • Entity type (Limited Liability Partnership, private company limited by guarantee, private company limited by shares, private unlimited company without share capital, private unlimited company with share capital, or Public Limited Company).
      • Name.
      • Address.
      • If the corporate officer is registered in the UK, the entity's registration number.
      • If the corporate officer is not registered in the UK, the entity's legal form, governing law, country of registration, and registration number.
      • Their consent to act in this capacity. 

   Company secretary

   1. A company secretary who is an individual will need to supply the following.
      • Name.
      • Former name(s).
      • Service address for correspondence.
      • Usual residential address.
      • Disclosure of whether they are applying for or have been granted a section 243 exemption.
      • Consent to act in this capacity.
   2. A company secretary who is not an individual will need to supply the following.
      • Entity type.
      • Name.
      • Address.
      • If the corporate officer is registered in the UK: registration number.
      • If the corporate officer is not registered in the UK: legal form, governing law, country of registration, and registration number. 
      • Their consent to act in this capacity.
8. At the top, select Yes to confirm that all the directors and the company secretary (if any) have consented to acting in those roles. 
9. Select Next.

Next step

Complete a company formation project: Section 4 Subscribers.

Company Formations overview

Complete a company formation project

Formation project section 1 Corporate Name

Formation project section 2 Corporate details

Formation project section 4 Subscribers

Formation project section 4 PSCs 

Formation project section 5 Review

Formation project section 6 Submission