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Keeping Good CompanyOnline Information 2011, #online11
• Exemptions not available to public companies, banking, insurance or shipping companies
• Abbreviated balance sheet, P&L not required, turnover not required,
• Must fulfil at least two of the following conditions to qualify
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Small Medium
Turnover not exceeding £6.5m £25.9m
Assets/balance sheet not exceeding £3.26m £12.9m
Average number of employees 50 250
• UK Companies House - Webcheck– http://www.companies-house.gov.uk/ – free, subscription, and document pay per view options– documents £1 each– Just viewing the list of documents for sale can be very illuminating!
• Switzerland– only banks, insurance companies and companies traded on the
Swiss stock exchange are required to provide financial statements
• Cayman Islands– “The Registrar of Companies can only release the name and
type of company, its date of registration, the address of the registered office and the company’s status. Disclosing any other information is prohibited unless requested by a law enforcement agency.”
• British Virgin Islands– “A company is not required to file its register of directors, register
of members, register of charges or an annual return with the BVI Registrar of Corporate Affairs.”