Our services

Oakwood’s company secretarial compliance service provides an ideal solution for a broad range of organisations, providing clients with proactive, expert support on a range of annual compliance and transactional matters.

We work closely with clients and their other professional advisors to deliver the highest standards of technical excellence, with a focus on delivering value and minimising the risk of costly and time-consuming issues to which deficient corporate housekeeping can give rise.

We aim to be leaders in our field, at the forefront of company secretarial practice.

Our service is based on:

  • an approach which remains totally focused on our clients' needs
  • continuous improvement in service delivery
  • advice which reflects both technical excellence and a commercial understanding of the issues our clients face

Outsourced services

We provide a comprehensive outsourced company secretarial compliance service which reduces administrative burden and minimises risk for our clients.

The service includes:
  • maintenance of statutory registers and records in electronic form
  • secure access to statutory records through specialist software and a dedicated client portal
  • electronic filing of statutory forms at Companies House
  • assisting with the annual accounts approval and filing process
  • monitoring Companies House filings to help combat corporate identity fraud
  • provision of a registered office facility, where required

Electronic statutory registers are held in Diligent Entities company secretarial software, through which clients have secure, password-protected access to their records 24 hours a day.

Transactional support

Oakwood is ideally placed to provide company secretarial support to clients on a wide range of transactional matters.

We have extensive experience and expertise in all matters of company secretarial / Companies House practice and procedure and can provide support around:
  • company name changes and re-registrations
  • changes to a company’s directors, secretary, persons with significant control and share capital structure
  • statutory register reviews, due diligence and reconstitutions
  • streamlining groups of companies to eliminate redundant subsidiaries
  • administration of loan note registers, share option schemes and cap tables
  • company secretarial matters related to investments, divestments, fundraisings, mergers and acquisitions, share buybacks, reductions of share capital, dividend payments, re-registrations and constitutional changes

Company formations

Oakwood provides a comprehensive company formation service, which is responsive and efficient, covering all types of legal entity.

We deliver a cost-effective, “City law firm quality” service, which includes:
  • electronic incorporation with the desired name, officers and members in place
  • preparation of post-incorporation paperwork, including first board minutes and share certificates
  • filing all relevant statutory forms
  • writing up the statutory registers
  • providing a set of statutory books with all completed documentation

Working with law firms

We work closely with a range of national and international law firm partners, supporting them and their clients on company secretarial and company formation matters.

We have a unique blend of legal and company secretarial experience and expertise. With our law firm background and our understanding of the context and pressures of corporate transactions, we can work collaboratively to support both law firms and their clients.

Our services support our clients’ mainstream, transactional legal advisors through:
  • sharing clients’ statutory registers and records
  • providing information for due diligence and data room
  • dealing with ancillary documentation and post-completion registrations and filings in a cost-effective manner
  • responsive and efficient company incorporation services, with in-depth training for trainees and junior lawyers
  • personal service and flexible approach, to maximise benefits to clients and their legal advisors.

We also act as agent for service of process in respect of a range of commercial agreements governed by UK law.