Appointment of Directors

Every limited company must appoint at least one director. Private companies must have a minimum of one director, and at least one director must be a natural person i.e. not a corporation or firm. 

There are two main ways to appoint a director of a company; appointment by the board of directors and appointment by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders. The templates below cover both these scenarios. They provide a range of letters and minutes for appointing different types of directors.

In addition, whether appointing first or subsequent directors, once the mandatory identity verification regime under the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 goes live, companies will need to ensure that all their directors are appropriately ID verified. Our guidance has been updated to consider this new development.

Each document in the Appointment of Directors subfolder is compliant with the Companies Act 2006.

• Guidance Notes: Appointment of Directors
• AP01 – Appointment of Director
• Board Minutes – Appointment Of Directors
• Long Form Board Minutes – Appointment of Directors
• Directors’ Written Resolution – Appointment of Directors
• Shareholders’ Ordinary Resolution – Appointment Of Directors
• General Meeting Minutes – Appointment of Directors
• Shareholders’ Written Resolution – Appointment of Directors
• Letter of recommendation for new directors
• Consent to Act (Director)
• Confirmation of Identity Letter
• Identity Verification Form
• RP06 – Apply to Remove Material About a Director

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