It is a record evidencing an existing decision made by the body or person authorised under the applicable statutory, constitutional or delegated framework. It may be minutes, a resolution, a written decision, consent or a supported extract.

Minutes record proceedings and decisions of a meeting. A resolution is the decision itself and may appear within minutes or in a separate written document, depending on the procedure used.

Not necessarily. Board minutes may record discussion and several decisions; a board resolution is a specific decision, which may be recorded in the minutes or through another permitted directors’ decision procedure.

It is a directors’ decision made through a written procedure permitted by the company’s operative articles and applicable framework. The required process and record cannot be assumed from the label alone.

They are decisions of different corporate bodies. The directors exercise board powers; members decide matters reserved or submitted to them under legislation and the constitution.

They are distinct statutory forms of members’ resolution with different approval requirements. The subject matter, company type, constitution and actual procedure must be checked.

No. The Companies Act written-resolution procedure is a private-company procedure and is unavailable for certain decisions. The company type and proposed decision must be checked.

It is a decision made by a company’s sole member in that capacity. Statutory recording requirements can apply, and the document must be distinguished from a director’s decision by the same individual.

Not automatically. The legal structure and the capacity in which individuals acted must be identified. Charity trustees and company directors may be the same people but have distinct legal and regulatory responsibilities.

The operative articles may regulate meeting, written-decision, quorum, voting, conflict and delegation matters. Use Articles, Objects and Constitutional Documents for Evidential Use where the operative constitution has not yet been established.

Where model articles apply, the relevant statutory version and any company-specific modification must be identified. The latest published model is not assumed to apply to every company.

There is no single rule for every document or recipient. The legislation, operative constitution, company records, authentication method and recipient instructions must be considered.

No universal rule is stated here. The applicable statutory evidential provisions, articles, record-keeping practice and recipient requirement must be checked rather than assuming every director’s signature is necessary.

No. A filing may evidence that a document was delivered, but it does not resolve every question about notice, voting entitlement, quorum, authority, conflicts or legal effect.

No. Some resolutions and agreements must be delivered under the statutory framework, while many internal decisions are not represented by a complete public filing. The particular decision and any consequential filing must be checked.

It is an extract reproducing the relevant part of a source record with certification by a person acting in an identified capacity. It is not the complete minutes and does not validate the underlying decision.

Not necessarily. A supported extract may suffice if the recipient accepts it and no material condition or qualification is omitted.

An extract or redacted copy may sometimes be appropriate, but omission must not make the evidence misleading. The recipient’s requirement and the significance of the omitted material must be assessed.

Not merely because it is certified. A private company-certified or professionally certified extract remains distinct from a Companies House-certified copy of a document held on the register.

Companies House currently offers certified copies of documents held on its register. Availability and the correct form should be confirmed for the identified filing and intended later use.

It may be sufficient if the recipient accepts it. Free public access does not turn the image into an official certified copy, so certification should be obtained only where justified.

Yes, where it is complete, legible, correctly identified and accepted in that form. Paper is not automatically required and an electronic record is not automatically unsuitable.

If they are incorporated into or material to the decision, the record may not be ready. Missing material must be located or the limitation addressed; it must not be invented.

The later decision and its effect must be identified. This service does not present an earlier decision as continuing unchanged where the records show amendment, revocation or supersession.

No. Officeholding or participation in a decision does not automatically establish authority for every transaction. Use Powers of Attorney, Authorised Signatory and Corporate Authority Evidence for the transaction-specific authority question.

No. This service does not invent, backdate, recreate, approve or ratify a decision that is missing or was not made. Any lawful present-day governance response requires separate assessment.

No. Certification does not repair the underlying procedure. A potential defect must be identified and directed to appropriate governance or legal advice.

No. It identifies and prepares existing evidence. A disputed question of validity, authority or legal effect belongs to an appropriately qualified adviser.

The conflict is a readiness issue. The sources and chronology must be reviewed, and correction, governance or legal work may be required before the evidence is presented.

No. The receiving authority’s instructions, destination, document source and signature or certification determine whether either stage is justified.

Only where the recipient or competent authority requires it. The required language, translator qualification, source document and order of stages should be confirmed first.

No. It is a separate diplomatic stage used only where the destination and receiving authority require it.

Historic decision evidence requires date-specific analysis. Authentication does not restore a company, and restoration does not automatically validate every historic decision. Use Documents of Dissolved, Restored and Former Companies where status history affects the route.

The receiving authority or recipient decides acceptance. Companies House and each later professional or authority control only their own products and acts.

The company, recipient, purpose, decision, date, decision-maker, governing source, available records, documentary status, supporting chain, required form, deadline and any later-treatment instruction. “Not known” is acceptable.

The number, age and condition of records; complexity of the decision chain; required checking, copy or extract; official and professional stages; preliminary correction or advice; delivery; and any genuinely available expedited route.