# Table A

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**Table A** in [UK company law](/source/UK_company_law) is the old name for the [Model Articles](/source/Model_Articles) or default form of [articles of association](/source/Articles_of_Association_(law)) for [companies limited by shares](/source/Private_limited_company_by_shares) incorporated either in England and Wales or in Scotland before 1 October 2009 where the incorporators do not explicitly choose to use a modified form. Table A was first introduced by the [Joint Stock Companies Act 1856](/source/Joint_Stock_Companies_Act_1856) as 'Table B', and then adopted the name of 'Table A' under the [Companies Act 1862](/source/Companies_Act_1862).

The existing form of Table A was introduced in 1985 by the [subsidiary legislation](/source/Statutory_Instrument)[1] passed under the [Companies Act 1985](/source/Companies_Act_1985), although it has been updated on several occasions since its introduction.

Although Table A is the most frequently referred to, relating to generic companies limited by shares (the most common form), there are also pro forma constitutional documents for [companies limited by guarantee](/source/Company_limited_by_guarantee) without a share capital (Table C) and [unlimited liability companies](/source/Unlimited_Company) with a share capital (Table E).

One advantage of having standard form constitutional documents for the bulk of companies formed within a jurisdiction is that a substantial body of [case law](/source/Case_law) has arisen in relation to the forms, which assists legal practitioners when preparing more bespoke forms of constitutional documents for businesses.

Table A has been replaced for new companies by the simplified and modernised [Companies Act 2006](/source/Companies_Act_2006) [Model Articles](/source/Model_Articles), which came into force on 1 October 2009. However, it still remains valid for companies incorporated under the [Companies Act 1985](/source/Companies_Act_1985) in the form in which it existed at the time of incorporation of the company. For example, Article 50 regarding the Chairman's [casting vote](/source/Casting_vote) was removed from Table A in 2007.[2] However, if this right existed in a Company's articles due to incorporation before this date it remains valid.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [The Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985, SI 1985/805](http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/tableA/comm1July85CoRegulations1985_P1.pdf), the Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 1985, SI 1985/1052, and [The Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007](http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20072826_en_1); they have also been amended *ad hoc* by other subsidiary legislation from time to time, for example under [The Companies Act 1985 (Electronic Communications) Order 2000, SI 2000/3373](http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si2000/20003373.htm).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007/2826

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Sch 3 para 23A Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007/2194 (see sch 5 para 2(5) Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007/3495)

## External links

- [Table A under the Companies Act 1862](http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/tableA/comm7Aug1862CoAct1862_P1.pdf)

- [Table A for Private Companies](https://web.archive.org/web/20090306120557/http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/companiesAct/implementations/TableAPrivate.pdf) (as amended up to October 2007)

- [Table A for Public Companies](http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/companiesAct/implementations/TableAPublicOct2007.pdf) (as amended up to October 2007)

- [Table C](http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/companiesAct/implementations/TableCOct2007.pdf) (as amended up to October 2007)

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