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Researched by PDFBuddyFree Team · Last updated 29 October 2026 · Data: UK Companies Act 2006, section 248 (minutes retention)
Example: a weekly review with 3 attendees, 2 decisions and 2 dated action items becomes a one-page minutes PDF that anyone absent can read in under a minute.
Fact: under the UK Companies Act 2006 (section 248), companies must keep minutes of their meetings for at least 10 years from the date of the meeting (source: Companies Act 2006, s.248). That is why minutes are a legal record, not just a note — and why the document this tool produces is structured the way it is: meeting details, attendees, agenda, decisions and action items, each in its own section, so the record reads clearly a decade later.
The test of good minutes is simple: a person who was not in the room should be able to read them and know exactly what was decided and who must do what by when. That means decisions written as decisions ("Agreed: the Q1 budget is €12,000"), not as vague discussion summaries, and every action item carrying an owner and a due date. The formula is: minutes = attendance + agenda + decisions + dated actions. Skip the transcript — nobody re-reads a transcript — and never record verbatim quotes unless the meeting formally requires it.
Server-based minutes tools receive your company's decisions and action items. Ours never does — the PDF is assembled by JavaScript on your device. Our safety guide explains the difference.
Agenda, decisions and action items live in their own sections, so the record is scannable — and the action list can be lifted straight into your task tracker.
Board meetings, team stand-ups, client calls, committee sessions — the same clean structure works for all of them, with no attendee limit.
The output is a genuine A4 PDF document with structured sections and a signature line — clean on screen and in print.
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Your minutes carry zero generator branding. No trial clock, no email capture, no limits on how many meetings you document.
This tool formats minutes; it does not advise on what your company or charity is legally required to record. Check your articles, constitution or regulator's rules.
Retention periods and minute requirements differ by entity type and country. The UK 10-year rule cited here applies to UK companies; your rules may differ.
Because nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored for you either. Download each minutes document before leaving the page and file it in your own records.
Yes — unlimited minutes documents, every field, PDF download, forever. No trial, no watermark, no account, no payment details. It runs entirely in your browser.
For UK companies, the Companies Act 2006 (section 248) requires minutes to be kept for at least 10 years from the date of the meeting. Other entity types and countries have their own rules — check yours.
No. The generator works the moment the page loads. There is no account and no email capture — which also means the form clears if you refresh, so download your PDF before leaving.
Only in this browser tab while you type. The PDF is assembled on your own device with a JavaScript PDF library — your attendees, decisions and actions are never uploaded to any server.
One line: the task, the owner, and the due date — for example, 'Send revised budget — Priya — 12 November 2026'. Every action without an owner and a date is a decision waiting to be forgotten.
Yes. The PDF is a true A4 document with structured sections — details, attendees, agenda, decisions, action items and a signature line — with no generator branding.
Yes. Change the date and the content, and download a fresh PDF. Use the copy-link button to save a link with your meeting details pre-filled.
Most online PDF tools upload your file to a remote server, process it there, and only then let you download the result — which means a copy of your document sits on someone else's machine, governed by their retention policy. This tool inverts that: the PDF is assembled by JavaScript running on your own device, so nothing is ever transmitted. You can verify it yourself by opening your browser's Network tab while generating a PDF — you will see no upload request. That is why browser-only tools are the safer choice for anything containing personal, financial or academic information, and why our safety guide recommends them. The trade-off is honest too: because nothing is stored for you, you must download each PDF before leaving the page.