Governance / management

Factsheet 7: Community Interest Companies: Directors’ Legal Responsibilities

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1. Context
Community Interest Companies, although they have their own regulator, are in all other respects companies governed by the Companies Acts. The Board of Directors is the company’s highest authority. However, the company directors do not wield unlimited power.

Their legal duties, and the limits of their powers, are set out: