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How to avoid the governance pitfalls that
can trip up new federations
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company at Companies House. For example
failing to notify changes to your articles or the
share structure could subject you to fines and
at the worst end of the spectrum failing to keep
adequate accounting records is a criminal offence.
So keeping good records might be boring but it is
essential, especially those that the accountants
will need.
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Fraud and misconduct are the biggies that can
land you in prison
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In setting up a company you need to understand
who the owners are, what their interests are
(i.e. the GP practices) and whether and to what
extent you have got to refer back to them to
make decisions. Quite commonly in federations
restrictions are imposed, for example that
directors can’t enter into a contract worth over
a certain amount of money – otherwise they will
be acting outside their powers. Those things are
decided when companies set up but can be quickly
forgotten so it is important to play by the rules
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Right at the beginning
set up the sort of
company you need
and make sure
you can do what
you want with it.
Sometimes directors
may fi nd the articles
Justin Cumberlege,
of the company
will be speaking
are restrictive –
at Best Practice
for example you
might have a social
enterprise which is asset locked and this will mean
that profits can’t be shared out.
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Pay attention to the ownership of the company and
to what extent the owners can control the company
and what restrictions are placed on the board.
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Make sure your board has got the right people
on it with the right skills and the time to run the
company properly.
Mr Cumberlege says: ‘The main point of my talk is not to
scare potential company directors but to take them through
how to run a company properly, what sort of records to keep
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the updates, tools
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need to succeed
in delivering high
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in a challenging
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Dr Nav Chana,
Chair, NAPC, will be
speaking at Best Practice
Education
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toegther and share learning. See more about our
lighting talks and exciting surprises on page 8.
We look forward to seeing you there!
and how to have clear guidelines so that you have a point of
reference as to who is doing what and when without gaps as
people have their own areas of responsibility. Setting up a
federation is not scary if it is done properly.
‘The thing with federations is that they are receiving
public money so they are likely to come under much
more scrutiny than the average small company. Before
CCGs hand out multi million pound contracts, as well
as assuring themselves a federation is capable of
delivering the contract, they will want to check that it
has got some proper governance structures in place.’
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