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Written resolutions can remove the need for a meeting, but they do not remove the need for evidence. This guide sets out how UK private companies can record board and shareholder decisions, who must sign, what to retain and what to file, with a short template and a five-point audit.
A director’s sudden absence can stall payments, approvals and board decisions long before the business itself is in difficulty. This practical review sets out the authority, banking, quorum and record-keeping decisions an owner can settle in an afternoon so that one missing signature does not become a full operational stoppage.
Hiring a first employee is usually described as a recruitment task. It is more accurately a change of legal status, and most of the cost and exposure is fixed before the contract is signed. This is a pre-hire checklist for directors who would rather settle nine questions in one sitting than discover them at the first payroll run.
Personal guarantees are often signed in the margins of a facility letter, lease or supplier account, then forgotten until a demand arrives. This article sets out a practical one-afternoon audit for UK directors, with the questions to ask on scope, caps and joint liability, and how to record a negotiating position with the board in 2026.
A shareholders’ agreement is usually read when relations are already strained. That is the wrong moment to discover that the deadlock clause is vague, the valuation method is disputed or the drag-along right does not work. This health check helps UK directors review the agreement while there is still room for a sensible conversation.