Services

Allhallows Consulting provides expert support to meet the standard corporate and charitable governance and compliance requirements of small private companies. These include:

• Maintaining the Company Registers
• Filing of annual Confirmation Statement and statutory Annual Accounts to Companies House
• Filing of other company details with Companies House as and when required
• Filing of the Annual Return and Annual Accounts to the Charity Commission
• Updating of charity details with the Charity Commission as and when these arise
• Reporting of serious incidents to the Charity Commission if and when they arise
• Reviewing, updating and filing of Articles of Association
• Preparation of Directors’ Reports and Trustees' Annual Reports for statutory Annual Accounts
• Drafting and issuing of AGM Notices and papers
• Attending Annual General Meetings – in person or online – and recording of minutes
• Preparing and circulating Board meeting agenda and papers
• Attending Board meetings – in person or online – and recording of minutes
• Attending Board committee meetings (e.g. Audit, Nomination, Remuneration) – in person or online – and recording of minutes
• Drafting and reviewing committees’ terms of reference
• Drafting and reviewing key policy documents, e.g. conflicts of interest, data protection
• Circulating and collating declarations of Directors’ interests

In addition, given Justin’s skills and experience, each client has the opportunity to benefit beyond these standard services across a wide range of business administration matters. These include:

• Liaising with company accountants for the preparation of the statutory Annual Accounts and to provide appropriate financial information for Board meetings
• Liaising with independent examiners or auditors on behalf of clients
• Conducting annual reviews of risk registers
• Reviewing governance procedures and protocols to improve internal controls
• Providing advice on the negotiation and management of contracts for services
• Providing advice on the negotiation and management of employment contracts
• Providing a range of grant-administration services for charities to assist them to review, award and monitor grants to third parties
• Consulting and commissioning professional advisers on behalf of clients for support in legal, financial, auditing, insurance, data protection, tax, payroll and employment matters
• Providing advice and support for strategic and operational planning, and business development
• Providing advice and support for budgetary and other financial planning
• Providing internal controls, e.g. secondary bank authorisations, quarterly bank reconciliations
• Investigating incidents of poor governance control and reporting to Boards
• Providing advice and support to Boards on Board composition and performance