It is easy to terminate the appointment of a Director using Inform Direct.  All the paperwork is prepared and the relevant filings are made immediately to Companies House.

Note: If a Director has died you would record this as a termination using the below process.



1. Go to the Officers tab



2. Click on the pencil opposite their name.


3. Click on the 'Terminate appointment as director option'



4. This will take you to the below screen.



5. Use the calendar function to enter the date they ceased to be a director and click next. 


6. Before submitting the officer removal to Companies House there is an opportunity to produce a summary document, this can be used to get approval before making the submission. Selecting Yes will take you through the process to create the approval document. How do I prepare draft documents to remove an officer?


Selecting No does not create the summary document and proceeds to step 7 below. 



Note: The approval document feature is only available to subscribers to the software. What are the benefits of subscribing to Inform Direct?


7. You will then see a summary of the proposed removal.  If the details are correct click the red "Submit to Companies House" button.




8. When Companies House accept the submission their status will show in grey as 'Former.' Until Companies House accept the resignation it will show in orange as 'pending'.



Companies House will show the TM01 as being filed.