Director – appoint

This guide explains how to appoint a director to your board using Kudocs.

The action is available via:

  1. Quick action list in Company Dashboard
  2. Quick action list in Officers, PSCs & RLEs
  3. All actions.

You can use either the Perform or Record route.

Keep control of your corporate information: registers, documents, stakeholders, Companies House filings - accurate & available in seconds.

Perform route

Select this route and Kudocs will help you complete all the necessary steps for this action.
Step 1

Set up the director appointment process

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Is the appointee an existing stakeholder or new, provide information about them & whether to file at CoHse.
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Step 2

Ask the proposed director to consent

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Kudocs sends the proposed new director an email requesting additional information and their consent to act as an officer of the company.
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Step 3

Get approval for the appointment

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Once the proposed director has agreed, Kudocs sends out a resolution (board or member) for electronic voting.
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Step 4

Implement the change

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If all necessary votes are cast in favour, the director is appointed: added to the company registers, CoHse updated and information stored in Kudocs for future reference.
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Record route

Select this route if the decision has already been approved by the company & the appointment needs to be recorded (update Kudocs & notify Companies House).
Step 1

Add all required information about the director

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Are they an existing stakeholder or new, provide information about them & their appointment, whether to file at CoHse & attach any relevant documents.
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Step 2

Implement the change

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Director is added to company registers, CoHse updated and information stored in Kudocs for future reference.
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Outputs - all handled automatically by Kudocs

  • Email sent to new director & initiator informing them of the resolution outcome (if selected)
  • New director added to company registers.
  • Stakeholder page for the director is created or updated (if existing stakeholder).
  • Process information stored in Kudocs for future reference & any documents filed in document store.
  • If selected, CoHse updated (as if filing AP01 or AP02).

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