This document sets out:

1. the company’s name,
2. where the registered office of the company is situated (in England, Wales or Scotland); and
3. what it will do (its objects). The object of a company may simply be to carry on business as a general commercial company.

Other clauses to be included in the memorandum depend on the type of company being incorporated. The form of memorandum for each type of company is set out in a set of tables called The Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations, 1985. (In this booklet we have called them “the Tables”.) These tables do not apply to RTM companies or commonhold associations. The memorandum and articles for these types of companies are set out in:

1. For RTM companies: “The RTM Companies (Memorandum and Articles of Association (England) Regulations 2003″ or “The RTM Companies (Memorandum and Articles of Association (Wales) Regulations 2004″
2. For commonhold associations: “The Commonhold Regulations 2004″.

The company’s memorandum delivered to the Registrar must be signed by each subscriber in front of a witness who must attest the signature.

Tables The Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985, SI 1985/805, (ISBN 0110568052), and the Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 1985, SI 1985/1052 (ISBN 0110570529) are available to buy from “The Stationery Office Limited” at www.tso.co.uk/bookshop . Table A was further amended by the Companies Act 1985 (Electronic Communication) Order 2000, SI 2000/3373. This is available, free of charge, at www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2000/20003373.html . Likewise, “The RTM Companies (Memorandum and Articles of Association (England) Regulations 2003″ SI 2003/2120, “The RTM Companies (Memorandum and Articles of Association (Wales) Regulations 2004″ and “The Commonhold Regulations 2004″, SI 2004/1829 are also available from www.hmso.gov.uk .

As you see in the previous paragraph, special rules apply for companies created online by the responsible agents. FID Trust will create for you a Memorandum of Association by the rules of Table A and this document will be accepted internationally.

In this section we publish ALL SAMPLES of the memorandum of association for the types of companies which we serve and which can be incorporated online.