1862 Form B

Abstract 1862 Form B provides the model memorandum and articles of association for a company limited by guarantee without a share capital2 registered from 2 November 18623 to 31 March 1909.4 In addition, all or any of the regulations contained in 1862 Table A could be adopted in the articles of association of any company registered from 2 November 1862 to 30 September 1906, and all or any of the regulations contained in 1906 Table A could be adopted in the articles of association of any company registered from 1 October 1906 to 31 March 1909.5 In the United Kingdom, a company limited by guarantee without a share capital must be a private company, because only a limited company with a share capital can be a public company.6 In the Republic of Ireland, a company limited by guarantee without a share capital must be a public company, because only a company with a share capital can be a private company.7 From 2 November 1862 to 31 March 1909, on the registration of an existing non-Companies Acts company under the Companies Act 1862, part 7 (ss 179–198), as a company limited by guarantee without a share capital, its existing constitution was treated as its memorandum and articles of association,8 subject to the statutory requirement of being in accordance with 1862 Form B or as near thereto as circumstances admitted.9