signing accounts - director appointed after year end

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I am finishing off the accounts for a client whose main accounts signatory is off in Australia at the minute.  He has given me the name of another director to sign in his absence. However, I have noticed on company search that the other director was appointed in April  (it is a March year end). Can he sign given that he wasn't a director at year end, but is a director at date of signing the accounts? Thanks

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By User deleted
23rd Dec 2014 13:30

Yes.

He may not be best placed to answer questions on the year. But if it's just signing, if he is a member of the board, present at the meeting when they are signed then, yes, he can sign them.

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By Euan MacLennan
23rd Dec 2014 13:30

Yes

He must be a director on the date that the accounts are approved.

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By lionofludesch
23rd Dec 2014 14:01

Yes

Just checking though - when and how was the meeting held ?

It can be electronic or telephone or whatever.  I take it that the director who was acting during the year under review has seen a copy of the accounts and can give his approval to them ?

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By Brendonohoe
27th Dec 2014 11:46

Something similar

Hi,

I will call Companies House on monday but I'm hoping somebody might be able to answer over the weekend:

I need to file company accounts for 31/03/14. The company's name changed on 07/07/14. Should the accounts titles show the new name, the old one, or both?

Thanks in advance

And Happy New Year

 

BD

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By lionofludesch
27th Dec 2014 12:10

New Name

Show the new name throughout.

No requirement to show the previous name but, personally, I include it as a voluntary disclosure in the Directors' Report.

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