Companies House Form SH19
When a private limited company seeks to reduce its share capital by way of an insolvency statement (rather than by a court order) it must follow a strict legal process which includes using Companies House Form SH19 to notify Companies House under section 644 of the Companies Act.
Please download and read Share Premium Guidance Notes in advance of commencing this process.
The form must be filed with Companies House within 15 days of passing the relevant special resolution filed with:
- that special resolution
- the insolvency statement
- and a compliance statement confirming the special resolution was passed within 15 days of the date on which the insolvency statement was made.
A fee of £10.00 is payable for standard filing and £50.00 for same day service.
Download Form SH19 from Gov.uk at Statement of Capital when reducing capital in a company.
What Information is required on Form SH19?
Company name and registration number
Details of the Issued Share Capital
Details of the person authenticating SH19
The form does not include provision for details of the reduction to the share premium reserve as this should be apparent from the accompanying special resolution.
Note that Companies House may require certain documents to be uploaded digitally. It is advisable to check with Companies House before sending any paper documents.
What are the benefits of a subscription to Corporate when using Companies House From SH19?
In addition to the Guidance Notes template in respect of share capital reduction are all the other documents required to complete the process of a share premium account reduction, including the templates for the Special Resolution, the Insolvency Statement and the Compliance Statement are available to download.
However, the subscription also allows you to have unlimited access to download every document in Corporate for one year providing hundreds of documents ranging from articles and memorandums of association, partnership agreements, board minutes and resolutions to company and asset sale agreements.
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