How To Properly Keep A Company Minute Books

By Harriett Crosby


Minute books are a permanent record or document that contains the resolutions passed by a company at its meeting and the deliberations that followed such resolutions. Every company is by law required to keep a record of all business of the corporation. One important feature that characterizes such documents is that they have to be maintained in an up-to-date fashion.

Documents of this nature produced by and for use by the corporate body are usually accessible to all stakeholders of each firm. The law requires that such records be kept at the main office or headquarters of an institution for use by recognized persons. No official of any body would be right to prevent any stakeholder from accessing such records for any reason at all.

Some of the items that usually comprise the volumes discussed here include the articles of association, memorandum of association of any organization, details pertaining to the shareholders and so forth. All these are usually kept in an orderly and clear manner to ease access. Apart from these, all the assets of a firm would also be indicated here.

Although the law requires that all corporate associations maintain such company records, this is not the only reason why these should be maintained. The maintenance of such documents greatly eases the management of each organization. This is because any time the company needs to make references; such documents would be easily accessible and available.

The content that usually entails such volumes could come in handy in cases where the business in question is undergoing a merger. Transactions of this nature usually involve process that may involve deep analysis of documents and papers that form the entire corporation. In this regard, it would be prudent to have everything in order.

Apart from the above scenario, the history of each and every institution would also need to be analyzed in cases where the corporation is undergoing a sale. These records would normally be inquired upon by the legal team of the group that is purchasing the corporation. These are the documents that would be used to assess the value and worth of the entire association.

The period of time that a particular officer of a corporation would spend in combining and keeping safely the documents of all the organizations would usually depend on the size of every firm. Under normal circumstances, larger organizations would require more time to assemble and maintain such important document. In some cases, large firms have had to employ staff to handle such matters.

Staff members of a particular organization are never allowed to go home or any other place for that matter with the minute books of each institution. Such a move would be completely inappropriate and unprofessional. This is because the confidential information contained in such volumes could fall into the wrong hands and this could be a huge blow to the institution. It must therefore be well stored.




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