Accounting reference dates and periods -- Accounts: banking companies; general; insurance companies; large companies; medium-sized companies; limited liability partnerships; small companies; summary financial statements -- Acquisition of own shares -- Allotment of shares -- Annual returns -- Articles of association -- Audit -- Bonus rights -- Class rights -- Community interest companies -- Companies not formed under CA 1985 -- Dealings with third parties -- Debentures and other borrowing -- Definitions -- Directors -- Directors' remuneration reports -- Directors' reports -- Disclosure of interests in public company shares -- Dissolution and striking off -- Distributions -- Dormant companies -- European community legislation

Fees -- Formation -- Forms -- Guarantee companies -- Insider dealing and market abuse -- Investigations -- Limited liability partnerships -- Meetings -- Members -- Memorandum of association -- names and business names -- Open-ended investment companies -- Overseas companies -- Partnerships -- Penalties and legal proceedings -- Political donations -- Prospectuses -- Public and listed companies -- Reconstructions and mergers -- Records -- Registered office -- Registers -- Registrar of companies -- Registration and re-registration -- Registration of charges -- Resolutions and meetings -- Rights issues -- Scotland -- Seals -- Secretary -- Share premium -- Shares: certification and transfers -- Shares and share capital -- Takeovers -- Unlimited companies -- Unregistered companies -- Wales -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Table of statutory instruments

Provides details of the requirements for annual accounts and all day to day company administration matters, plus coverage of areas such as accounts and reports, debentures, certification and transfer of share, prohibition of public offers by private companies, company arrangements and reconstructions and mergers and divisions of public companies. Includes the provisions of the companies act 2006 implemented up to 1 October 2008.