Our August Newsletter reviews the annual reports for the various Company Law bodies – Companies Registration Office (“CRO”) Corporate Enforcement Authority (“CEA”) Register of Beneficial Ownership (“RBO”) Charities Regulatory Authority (“CRA”) Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal or other advice.
The Charities Regulator published its 2023 Annual Report and the following are some of the main points from the report:- 11,516 charities were on the Register of Charities at the end of 2023 130 new charities were registered 120 charities were deregistered 58% of annual reports filed on time, 78% by the end of 2023
The RBO recently published its Annual Report for 2023 and the following are some of the key points from the report:- 258,241 (86.23%) of companies and 702 societies (74.60%) had filed beneficial ownership information with the register. A total of 89,920 submissions were received in 2023 18,797 companies and 4 societies registered their beneficial ownership
The Corporate Enforcement Authority (“CEA”) recently published its first annual report covering the 18-month period from July 2022 to 31 December 2023. The report provides an excellent insight into the activities of the CEA, its approach to investigation and enforcement and case studies. We have highlighted some of the key points from the report below.
The Companies Registration Office has issued its annual report for 2023 and we have highlighted some of the main points from the report below. Re-open of the office The question of whether the office will re-open is still being kept under review however the CRO have cited that 96% of submissions were submitted electronically in
We have covered a couple of topics our July Newsletter Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024 European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 (“CSRD”) Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and
The European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 (“CSRD”) were signed into law on 5th July 2024 The legislation makes various amendments to the Companies Act 2014 and introduces the requirement for certain companies to report on their climate, environmental, social, governance and sustainability matters and the risks they face and the impacts they have
The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 was commenced on 1st July 2024. The Act seeks to increase the protection of employees in insolvency situations and imposes additional requirements on company directors to ensure that they act responsibly particularly when a company is facing insolvency. Some of the main provisions
The Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 was signed by the President on 10 July 2024. We are awaiting commencement orders to be signed for the new Act. The Act makes some significant changes to the Charities Act 2009, as well as updating the Charities Act 1961 and the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 respectively. Key Provisions of
Our Newsletter for June is about the Increase in Company Size Thresholds and also has CRO guidance on the Do’s and Dont’s when filing B10 forms. Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal or other advice.