Amendments to company law have been made by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, including:

• Increased accountability of shadow directors (our corporate clients have received an e-shot on this)
• The abolition of bearer shares
• Changes to the process by which directors give consent to their appointment
• New rules on directors’ disqualification, including the introduction of new grounds for disqualification
• The partial suppression of dates of birth on the Companies House register.

There are also a number of legislative changes coming up in 2016, including:

• The introduction of a new requirement for companies to hold registers of people with significant control (the PSC register)
• The abolition of corporate directors
• Reduced filing requirements for companies, with the removal of the requirement for an annual return
• A simplified system of maintaining company registers

Companies House offer detailed guidance on the changes  and upcoming changes at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-small-business-enterprise-and-employment-bill-is-coming