A company must notify Companies House within 14 days of a person becoming, or ceasing to be, a director.
ECCTA will prohibit an appointed director from continuing to act as such beyond those 14 days. This is unless the individual ‘reasonably believed’ that Companies House had been informed of the appointment. The breach will not affect the validity of the appointment nor that person’s acts as a director, but it may give rise to fines.
The notification to Companies House of a director’s appointment must include confirmation that the director’s identity has been verified.
Any changes to the directors’ details, name, date of birth and nationality, service address, usual residential address and country of residence must be filed with Companies House within 14 days of the change. It will be an offence not to do so, which may give rise to a fine.
