Can anyone be a director?
Generally it is up to the members to appoint the people they believe will run the company well on their behalf.
The only restrictions that prevent anyone becoming a director are:
the person must not have been disqualified by a court from acting as a company director (unless he or she has been given leave (permission) to act by a court for a particular company);
the person must not be an undischarged bankrupt (except with leave of the court);
in Scotland, anybody under the age of 16; and
for a PLC or their subsidiaries, anybody over the age of 70 unless specifically approved by a general meeting of the company.
What responsibilities does a director have towards Companies House?
Every company director has a personal responsibility to ensure that statutory documents are delivered to the Registrar as and when required by the Act. In particular:
accounts (only for limited companies);
annual returns (Form 363);
notice of change of directors or secretaries or in their particulars (Forms 288a/b/c); and
notice of change of registered office (Form 287).
BACK TO COMPANY REGISTRATION GUIDANCE
Source:
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/gbhtml/gba1.shtml#two
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