How to issue (allot) new shares
Allotting shares brings new money or new members into a company. Here is the process and what you must file.
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How to transfer shares
Transferring shares moves ownership between people. No new money reaches the company, and nothing is filed at Companies House at the time.
Read guide →What is a share certificate?
A share certificate is a company’s formal evidence that someone owns a stated number of its shares.
Read guide →Share capital: classes, allotment, currency, and how to change things
Why a share class and the shares in issue are two different things, how to add capital, holding shares in more than one currency, and what is actually involved in changing a nominal value or a currency.
Read guide →Share numbers and certificates: how it all fits together
The two kinds of share number, when the law requires them, what a certificate must show, and how allotments, transfers and sub-divisions keep the register, the numbers and the certificates in balance.
Read guide →What is a statement of capital?
A statement of capital is a snapshot of a company’s shares — how many, of what class, and their nominal value.
Read guide →Paid, unpaid and share premium explained
What “issue price”, “share premium” and “amount unpaid” mean — and why Companies House asks for the paid and unpaid figures on every allotment.
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