Article 372 Contents of annual return: generalF1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Every annual return shall state the date to which it is made up and shall contain the following information—

(a)

the address of the company's registered office;

(b)

the type of company it is and its principal business activities;

(c)

the name and address of the company secretary F2(if any);

(d)

the name and address of every director of the company;

(e)

in the case of each individual director—

(i)

his nationality, date of birth and business occupation, F3. . .

(ii)

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(f)

F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)

if the register of members is not kept at the company's registered office, the address of the place where it is kept;

(h)

if any register of debenture holders (or a duplicate of any such register or a part of it) is not kept at the company's registered office, the address of the place where it is kept;

(i)

F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6(j)

whether the company was a traded company at any time during the return period.

(2)

The information as to the company's type shall be given by reference to the classification scheme prescribed for the purposes of this Article.

(3)

The information as to the company's principal business activities may be given by reference to one or more categories of any prescribed system of classifying business activities.

(4)

A person's “name” and “address” mean, respectively—

(a)

in the case of an individual, his Christian name (or other forename) and surname and his usual residential address;

(b)

in the case of a corporation or Scottish firm, its corporate or firm name and its registered or principal office.

(5)

In the case of a peer, or an individual usually known by a title, the title may be stated instead of his Christian name (or other forename) and surname or in addition to either or both of them.

(6)

Where all the partners in a firm are joint secretaries, the name and principal office of the firm may be stated instead of the names and addresses of the partners.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: mod. by SR 2004/307
F2: Words in art. 372(1)(c) inserted (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 139 (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
F3: Art. 372(1)(e)(ii) and preceding word repealed (1.10.2008) by Companies (1986 Order) (Annual Return) and Companies (Principal Business Activities) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/379), reg. 2(1)(a) (with reg. 1(2))
F4: Art. 372(1)(f) repealed (1.10.2008) by Companies (1986 Order) (Annual Return) and Companies (Principal Business Activities) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/379), reg. 2(1)(b) (with reg. 1(2))
F5: Art. 372(1)(i) repealed (1.10.2008) by Companies (1986 Order) (Annual Return) and Companies (Principal Business Activities) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/379), reg. 2(1)(c) (with reg. 1(2))
F6: Art. 372(1)(j) inserted (1.10.2008) by Companies (1986 Order) (Annual Return) and Companies (Principal Business Activities) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/379), reg. 2(2) (with reg. 1(2))

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: Order revoked (1.1.2007 for the revocation of arts. 39(4), 52, 656A(1), 658, 660, 20.1.2007 for the revocation of arts. 206-228, 246(4A)-(4E), 247(2A)(2B), 259(2A)-(2E), 261(2A), 270 and 270A (for specified purposes), 374A(3A)(6), 377(5)-(11), 380(2A)(2B)(6A), 387A(2B)-(2F)(6), 6.4.2007 for the revocation of arts. 51, 301, 302, 319, 331-337, 351, 352, 432(2)(8) (for specified purposes), 432(3)(7), 446(2)(b), 669, 677, Sch. 13 Pts. 2-4, Sch. 22, 6.4.2007 for the revocation of arts. 2 (for specified purposes), 421-423F, Sch. 7 paras. 2, 2A, 2B, 1.10.2007 for the revocation of arts. 9, 135(6), 242(1) (for specified purposes), 242ZZB, 249 (for specified purposes), 254(4)(a) (for specified purposes), 254A(2A), 260, 261, 290, 293, 300, 311, 312, 317, 318 (for specified purposes), 320-324, 326-330, 330B, 338-355, 364, 365 (for specified purposes), 374-387, 387A91)(b)-(e), 388(1)(4)(a)(c)-(m), 389-391, 392 and 393 (for specified purposes), 393A, 394, 395-396A (for specified purposes), 401, 451-454, Sch. 13 Pt. 1, Sch. 15A, Sch. 23 (for specified purposes), 6.4.2008 for the revocation of art. 2 (for specified purposes), 10A-10C, 46A(2)(4)-(6), 46A93) (for specified purposes), 68, 91, 127, 128, 192(1)(b), 193-205, 229-242ZZA, 242ZA-259, 262-289, 291, 292, 294, 318, 360(6)(7), 388(4)(b), 392, 393, 395-396A, 397A-400A, 401A, 401B, 418-420A, 680-680B, Schs. 4-11, 15B, 23 (for specified purposes), 1.10.2008 for the revocation of arts. 161-163 and 165-168 (for specified purposes), 313, 325, 356, 357, 359, 675, Sch. 23 (for specified purposes) and 1.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1284(2), 1300(2), Sch. 16; S.I. 2006/3428, art. 2(2)(h), 3(2)(e), 4(2), 7(a)(b)(c), Sch. 1 Pt. 2, Sch. 3 Pt. 2, Sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with arts. 6, 8(2), Sch. 1 paras. 7, 8, 15, Sch. 5 Pt. 2 (which transitional provisions in Sch. 1 are revoked (1.10.2009) by S.I. 2008/2860, arts. 1(2), 6(1)(a) (with arts. 5, 8, Sch. 2)); S.I. 2007/1093, art. 5, Sch. 2 Pt. 2 (with arts. 4, 11(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 5); S.I. 2007/2194, arts. 2(4), 8, Sch. 2 Pt. 2 (with arts. 7, 12(2), Sch. 3) (as amended: (30.9.2007) by S.I. 2007/2607, arts. 1, 4(2)(3); (31.12.2007) by S.I. 2007/3495, arts. 2(6)(a), 11, Sch. 5 para. 2(6); and (14.1.2008) by S.I. 2007/3495, arts. 2(6)(b), 11, Sch. 5 para. 2(2)(7) (as itself amended (6.4.2008) by S.I. 2008/674, arts. 2(3), 5, Sch. 3 para. 7)); S.I. 2007/3495, art. 5(2), 8(a)(b), Sch. 2 Pt. 2, Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with arts. 7, 9, 12, Sch. 4) (as amended (6.4.2008) by S.I. 2008/674, arts. 2(3), 5, Sch. 3 para. 6); S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(z), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 2 (with arts. 7, 8, 63(5), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 114 (which transitional provisions in Sch. 2 are amended (1.10.2009) by S.I. 2009/2476, arts. 1(3), 2(3)(4) and by S.I. 2009/1802, arts. 1, 18, Sch.)) (as amended (1.10.2009) by S.I. 2009/1941, arts. 1(2), 13); and with further savings and transitional provisions (1.10.2009) in S.I. 2009/1801, reg. 1(2), Sch. 8 and S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 2(3), Schs. 1, 2