DOES A UK LIMITED COMPANY SECRETARY HAVE ANY POWERS?
The Act does not give the secretary any specific powers, but they do allow him/her to sign the following re-registration applications: the re-registration of a limited company as unlimited: section 49(4) of the Act; the re-registration of an unlimited company as limited: section 51(4); the re-registration of a public company as a private company: section 53(1)(b); the re-registration of a private company as a public company: section 43(3); The secretary is also allowed to sign most of the forms prescribed under the Companies Act.
