Just checked my Experian report and was shocked to see I've been down as a Company Secretary since 7th Jan this year! I NEVER agreed to this - his financial track record is so, so shit I would not, in a million years, or for a million pounds, agree to take this on. He's also used my address as the registered address of the company, even though he has not lived here for a long time...
It's just the sort of nasty thing he'd do... make me liable for his failure of a business to "get me back" for divorcing him... even though he was violent, abusive, thieving etc etc... The day my decree Absolute came through was one of the happiest ever, and yet it seems I am still not free... 
What worries me is that I found the below about the liabilities of a Company Secretary -
"What are the potential liabilities?
You could incur fines or even criminal charges for failure to file the Annual Return. You could, potentially, be disqualified , prosecuted or made liable for company debts if the law is broken. You could be subject to criminal proceedings, if the company trades fraudulently, or if company funds are misappropriated. If you are also a director, you could be held personally liable for the company's debts, if there has been wrongful trading. Failure to ensure that the directors are acting properly in the conduct of the business could leave you with personal responsibility for its debts."
This is EXACTLY what he has done - taken the investor's 80k and spent it on new cars for himself, Macbook Airs, etc and its all gone with nothing to show for it... 
So what do I do? I've completed the "termination of Company Secretary" form from the companieshouse.gov.uk site, and included a letter explaining the situation and asking them what to do... If the investor comes looking for his money he's going to come to MY house with MY details and it's so wrong! Please, anyone with legal advice, help me...
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Help! XH has me down as his Company Secretary and I had NO idea... how do I fix this?
Celibacyisnotforme · 31/07/2011 15:27
Hi, I'm a corporate solicitor so this sort of thing is my bread and butter. It sounds likely to me that he has used the online system to file your appointment, otherwise he'd have had to have forged the signature 
. It's possible if that's the case that he has signed up for the PROOF system, which means that you will not normally be able to file a paper form changing the registered office etc. However, I would have thought that Companies House would be sympathetic if you explained - the whole reason that online filing and the PROOF system were brought in was to prevent this sort of thing.
You need to also file AD01 - change of registered office. I would send this in at the same time as your termination of secretary form along with your covering letter. At least the registered office is at your house, so you will know if the forms are rejected. If he has signed up for PROOF, the forms will be rejected and returned to you.
Good luc with it - PM me if you get stuck.
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