Company secretarial services are the statutory, governance and administrative tasks that keep a UK company compliant with the Companies Act 2006 and in good standing at Companies House. In practice that means maintaining the statutory registers, filing changes and the annual confirmation statement, managing people with significant control (PSCs), running board and committee meetings, recording minutes and resolutions, and keeping the registered office and service addresses current.
Traditionally these tasks are handled in-house by a company secretary or board administrator, or outsourced to an accountancy or law firm. Either way the work is high-stakes — miss a confirmation statement deadline and Companies House can strike the company off the register — but most of it is repeatable, deadline-driven admin. That is exactly the kind of work software handles better than spreadsheets and email. CoSec App brings every company secretarial task onto one platform, whether you run compliance for a single company, a group of entities, or a portfolio of clients.
Each area below is a service your team is responsible for. CoSec App turns each one into an automated, auditable workflow — and every link goes to a deeper guide.
Maintain the register of members, register of directors, register of PSCs and register of charges from a single source of truth. Any officer or shareholder change updates the relevant statutory register automatically and writes an audit-trail entry — no parallel spreadsheets, no version drift.
Generate and submit the confirmation statement (CS01), appointments and resignations (AP01, TM01), PSC notifications (PSC01–09), share allotments (SH01) and change-of-name (NM01) without leaving the app, pre-populated from your central entity data and filed through the official Companies House software gateway via in-app e-filing.
Handle share capital end to end: allot shares, transfer shares, issue share certificates and keep the shareholder record accurate as ownership changes — every transaction reflected in the registers instantly.
Manage officers and people with significant control, capture the new Companies House identity-verification fields, and keep director and PSC records in the exact format Companies House expects.
Schedule meetings, build agendas, distribute board packs securely, capture minutes with AI-assisted drafting, and track resolutions in board and committee meetings — directors get one login for every committee they sit on.
Generate workflow documents from dynamic templates, route them for secure electronic signature, and automate the repetitive document admin that eats hours each week.
Form new UK companies with company formation, change a company name, update the registered office, and handle apostilled documents for overseas use — all from the same platform.
Generic global governance tools were not built for the specifics of UK statute. CoSec App is. Every form, register and workflow is mapped to the Companies Act 2006, and the platform is updated continuously as Companies House guidance and UK legislation change — so your team does not have to chase the updates.
Identity verification became mandatory on 18 November 2025 under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. Existing directors and PSCs have a transition window to 18 November 2026 and must be verified before filing their next confirmation statement; new directors and PSCs must verify before appointment. CoSec App captures and stores verification status and surfaces it on the entity dashboard, so you can see at a glance who still needs to verify.
Companies House is moving towards software-only filing of company accounts, closing the web and paper routes for accounts. The original April 2027 date is currently under review, and Companies House has confirmed at least 21 months' notice before any mandate takes effect. CoSec App is already integrated with the Companies House software-filing gateway, so whenever the change lands your team is already on compliant rails.
CoSec App powers company secretarial work for in-house teams, accounting firms and corporate law practices alike:
Most UK companies handle company secretarial services one of three ways: in-house on spreadsheets, outsourced to a firm, or on dedicated software. Spreadsheets drift and miss deadlines; outsourcing is reliable but charged per task and puts your data outside your control. Software gives you the reliability of a managed process while keeping ownership, visibility and cost in-house — and lets firms deliver the service profitably at scale.
| CoSec App | Spreadsheets / email | Outsourced firm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory registers kept in real time | Yes | Manual, error-prone | Yes (you don't control it) |
| Confirmation statement + filings in-app | Yes | No | Yes (per-task fee) |
| Deadline alerts | Automated | Manual | Depends on provider |
| You keep ownership of the data | Yes | Yes | No |
| Cost model | Flat subscription | "Free" but high risk | Per-filing / retainer |
| Scales to 50+ entities | Yes | No | Expensive |
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The statutory, governance and administrative tasks that keep a UK company compliant — maintaining statutory registers, filing the confirmation statement and other Companies House forms, managing PSCs, running board meetings, administering shares, and keeping registered-office details current.
Both work. Outsourcing to a firm is reliable but charged per task and moves your data off-site. Software like CoSec App gives you the same managed reliability while keeping ownership, visibility and cost in-house — and lets accountancy and law firms deliver the service to clients profitably.
Yes. CoSec App is integrated with the official Companies House software-filing gateway and submits confirmation statements (CS01), appointments and resignations (AP01/TM01), PSC notifications and share allotments (SH01) directly.
Identity verification has been mandatory since 18 November 2025 under the ECCT Act 2023. CoSec App captures the required director and PSC verification fields and shows verification status on the entity dashboard, so you know who still needs to verify before the next confirmation statement.
Yes. Manage a single company, a group of entities, or a full client portfolio from one login, with role-based access for your team.
CoSec App is a flat subscription rather than per-filing fees — see the pricing page for current plans. A free trial is available.
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