DOCUMENTS AND FEE REQUIRED WHEN CONVERTING A PLC TO A COMMUNITY INTEREST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY IN NORTHERN IRELAND
You are required to deliver to Registrar of Companies for Northern Ireland the following completed documents, with a fee.
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- Form CIC37 application to convert a company to a Community Interest Company, inclusive of declarations.
- Special resolutions:
- to alter the company’s memorandum to state that the company is to be a community interest company;
- to make such alterations of the memorandum and articles of association as it considers necessary to comply with the requirements imposed by and by virtue of section 32 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 or otherwise appropriate in connection with becoming a community interest company ;
- to change the company’s name to include one of the following designates community interest company / c.i.c. / community interest public limited company / community interest p.l.c.
- to make any required alterations to the articles of association of the company
- A copy of the memorandum and articles of association of the company altered in accordance with the resolution above. If you are not using one of the Model Memoranda and Articles of Association please click on the following: Important information
- A cheque for £55 should be made payable to the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment (DETI).
- Continuation Sheets for Form CIC37 (use only if needed)
- Models of Memoranda and Articles of Association with explanatory notes
Companies Registry Address:
Companies Registry
Department of Enterprise,
Trade and Investment
Waterfront Plaza
8 Laganbank Road
Belfast
BT1 3BS