Company Secretarial

TRINA HILL FCG, ACIPP, LLB (Hons) (Open)
Company Secretarial Director

Trina is a Chartered Secretary in Public Practice and a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals. She has over 25 years’ experience in the company secretarial field, having previously worked in

FTSE listed companies and the financial services sector. She has been in professional practice since 2006.

Trina joined BCS in June 2012, setting up the company secretarial department and developing the range of services offered since then. She has extensive knowledge and experience of corporate governance and compliance, Board support and minuting, share option schemes administration and working on client fundraising including under the SEIS/EIS tax relief schemes.

PAULA CAREY-SHULMAN Cert CSSP, Cert CII

Company Secretarial Manager

Paula joined the firm in 2016 with over 15 years’ experience in the financial services industry, having previously worked in commercial insurance broking with a specialism of dealing with firms and individuals in the legal sector.

Managing a portfolio of clients across various sectors, Paula maintains statutory records, processes share transactions, officer appointments and resignations and the submission of Companies House filings. Paula undertakes company formations, deals with the preparation and filing of Employment Related Securities (ERS) filings and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) filings with HMRC, deals with SEIS/EIS applications and administration, and provides board support services. Paula also supports the Company Secretarial Director.

Paula attained the CGIUKI Certificate in Company Secretarial Practice and Share Registration Practice (Cert CSSP) in 2020 and in view of her departmental responsibilities was promoted to Company Secretarial Manager.

KAREN NAZER

Company Secretarial Assistant

Karen joined the Company Secretarial Team in May 2022. Previously a Legal Secretary, Karen provides board support services to a number of clients as well as managing a portfolio of clients, preparing/submitting Companies House filings, maintaining company statutory records and processing matters such as changes to Directors, Designated Members/Members, Secretaries, Registered Office Addresses and Strike-off Applications.

What our clients say

When you start a business the first months are crucial and BCS helped us set up a formal structure that gave us a solid base on which to grow. We now use BCS for all the elements of running the business: accounts, payroll and Companies House filings. It frees us up to focus on what we’re good at: developing and delivering advanced technology to our customers.

Guy Newcombe, CEO

ARCHIPELAGO TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD

For the life of my independent company since start up - over many years BCS have provided impeccable service in supporting my financial planning, accounting and management. They have also assisted with a number of start-ups and charitable organisations I have been involved with. Always very responsive, understanding and great for advice as well as solid services. Recommended without reservation.

PROFESSOR ALAN BARRELL

Over the last 12 years as CEO for two early stage biotechnology companies we have truly benefitted from the professional services at BCS, outsourcing our management accounting, payroll and company secretarial requirements to a team that has worked with us seamlessly and always delivered.

Rod Richards, CEO

VHSQUARED LTD