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The articles of association (similar to articles of incorporation) address various aspects, such as the process of appointing directors, the responsibilities and powers of the board, the issuance and transfer of shares, dividend policies, and the conduct of general meetings. Essentially, articles set out the framework within which the company will function and how various stakeholders will interact.



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Although both articles of association and memorandum of association are valuable documents for corporate governance, they serve distinct purposes and have significant differences in nature, scope, and legal implications. Here are the key contrasts between these foundational documents:


Conversely, the articles of association can be amended more easily through an ordinary resolution passed during a general meeting. This allows the company to adapt its internal rules and regulations as required, without the same level of formality as required for changes to the memorandum.


The memorandum of association establishes a contractual relationship between the company and its shareholders. Shareholders invest in the company based on the objectives defined in the memorandum and are entitled to receive dividends and other benefits within its defined scope.


While crucial for internal management, the articles of association may or may not be adopted immediately upon incorporation. They can be altered later through the amendment process, allowing the company to refine its internal procedures and adapt to changing circumstances as it grows.


In short, the memorandum contains the names of all the subscribers (the people who were there at the founding point of the company e.g. initial shareholders) and the Articles of Association are a set of rules that govern how the company is run.






Any person who adds their name to the memorandum during incorporation will become a member of the company, and will continue to be members until they decide to leave. Details of members will be made public on the Companies House website under the company details.


If you want to change these articles in any way, such as issuing different classes of shares or adding or removing shares, then you can. However you will have to notify Companies House when applying to incorporate the company so that they can be reviewed to ensure they are acceptable.


Existing companies will comply with the requirements to have the mandatory articles by virtue of the deeming provision in section 98 of the new CO and there is nothing that they need to do to comply with the provisions. Please note however that -


only an unlimited company incorporated under the new CO need comply with section 83(2) of the new CO, which requires the articles of such a company to state that the liability of its members is unlimited;


section 84(1) of the new CO which requires the articles of a company limited by shares to state that the liability of the members is limited to any amount unpaid on the shares does not apply to the articles of an existing company that is deemed to be a company limited by shares under section 4(3) of the old Ordinance;


there is no requirement for existing companies to comply with section 85 of the new CO which requires the articles of a company with a share capital to state the details of capital and initial shareholdings. This requirement applies only to companies which are required to have such information in their incorporation forms. This will therefore apply only to companies with a share capital incorporated under the new CO.


In corporate governance, a company's articles of association (AoA, called articles of incorporation in some jurisdictions) is a document that, along with the memorandum of association (in cases where it exists) forms the company's constitution. The AoA defines the responsibilities of the directors, the kind of business to be undertaken, and the means by which the shareholders exert control over the board of directors.


Articles of incorporation, also referred to as the certificate of incorporation or the corporate charter, is a document or charter that establishes the existence of a corporation in the United States and Canada. They generally are filed with the Secretary of State in the U.S. State where the company is incorporated, or other company registrar. An equivalent term for limited liability companies (LLCs) in the United States is articles of organization.


The articles of association of a company, or  articles of incorporation, of an American or Canadian company, are often simply referred to as articles (and are often capitalized as an abbreviation for the full term). The Articles are a requirement for the establishment of a company under the law of India, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Pakistan and many other countries. In 1955, Together with the memorandum of association, they are the constitution of a company. The equivalent term for an LLC is articles of organization. Roughly equivalent terms operate in other countries, such as Gesellschaftsvertrag in Germany, statuts in France, statut in Poland,[3] Ukrainian: статут (Romanization: statut) in Ukraine, and Jeong-gwan in South Korea.


In South Africa, from the new Companies Act 2008 which commenced in 2011, articles and memoranda of association have been replaced by a "memorandum of incorporation" or "MoI". The MoI gives considerably more scope to vary how to the company is governed than the previous arrangement.[4][5]


The Companies Act 2006 received Royal Assent on 8 November 2006 and was fully implemented on 1 October 2009. It provides a new form of Model Articles for companies incorporated in the United Kingdom. Under the new legislation, the articles of association will become the single constitutional document for a UK company, and will subsume the majority of the role previously filled by the separate memorandum of association.[13]


The articles of incorporation typically include the name of the corporation, the type of corporate structure (e.g. profit corporation, nonprofit corporation, benefit corporation, professional corporation), the registered agent, the number of authorized shares, the effective date, the duration (perpetual by default), and the names and signatures of the incorporators.[16]


The first step in filing articles of incorporation is for the owners to decide which state to incorporate the business in. Once the state has been chosen, the documents with all the corporation's information have to be filled out, whether physically or virtually. Once completed, these documents will be reviewed by the secretary of state's office, and upon approval from the state government and payment of a filing fee, the company has officially become a legal corporation.[16]


Many corporations file in the state in which they are doing business, although this is not required by law. Corporations doing business in multiple states often file articles in the particular state that is the most lenient on corporations. A majority of public corporations in the United States file in Delaware or Nevada, although Wyoming is a popular choice as well.


If a company was incorporated before the Companies Act 2006 (2006 Act), the company was required to deliver a memorandum of association which set out not only the initial subscriber for shares of the company but also:


(w) To enter into hire, hire purchase and other agreements in respect of goods or articles dealt with and services supplied to or by the Company and to negotiate, assign, mortgage or pledge for cash or otherwise any such agreements or any payments or rights accruing there under.


(z) To enter into hire, hire purchase and other agreements in respect of goods or articles dealt with and services supplied to or by the Company and to negotiate, assign, mortgage or pledge for cash or otherwise any such agreements or any payments or rights accruing thereunder.


(qq) To establish and support or aid in the establishment and support of associations, institutions, funds, trusts and conveniences calculated to benefit and to grant pensions and allowances to directors or ex-directors and any persons who are or have been at any time employed or in the service of the Company or of any subsidiary, allied or associated company or of the predecessors in business of any such company, or the dependants or connections of such persons, and to make payments towards insurance for the purpose aforesaid and to subscribe or guarantee money for any charitable or benevolent object or for any exhibitions or for any public, general or useful object.


Both a memorandum of association and articles of association are required for a company formed in the UK under the Companies Act 2006 and previous Companies Acts. The memorandum of association is the document that sets up the company and the articles of association set out how the company is run, governed and owned. The articles include the responsibilities and powers of the directors and the means by which the members exert control over the board of directors.


The memorandum confirms that the subscribers wish to form a company under the Companies Act and agree to become its first members. In the case of a company that is to have a share capital, they undertake to subscribe for at least one share each.


There is no set form for the articles, although there are certain provisions that need to be included in them. To assist with this there are model articles set out in the Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008, as amended, for the three most common types of company:


The most up-to-date versions of the first two are available on our website. In addition, the Charity Commission has a set of model articles for charitable companies which can be used and the Community Interest Companies Regulator has model articles for community interest companies.


If the model articles are not being adopted then the company can either use amended model articles or its own bespoke articles. In either case the articles need to be sent to Companies House when applying to form the company so that they can be reviewed to ensure that they are acceptable. Where they are amended model articles, only the amending provisions need to be sent to Companies House for review. If there is a perceived problem with the articles they will need to be amended before the company can be formed.

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