The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment is inviting submissions from stakeholders and interested parties on proposed amendments to the Companies Act 2014 concerning access to the residential addresses of company Directors and Secretaries. The proposed changes aim to improve privacy protections by limiting public access to the usual residential addresses of company officers. The
We highlighted recently that the Companies House were introducing new identity verification for company directors and PSC’s. The identity verification requirements commence on 18 November 2025. We have set out below who is required to be verified and how these persons may be verified. Who Needs to Be Verified • Directors (or equivalent) • People
The Companies (Protection of Title: Accountant) Bill 2025 was introduced to the Dail by Deputy Malcolm Byrne TD and Deputy Albert Dolan TD on 21 October 2025. The purpose of the Bill is to ensure that anyone calling themselves an “accountant” meets specific standards, similar to protected titles like “doctor” or “architect”. The goal is
Chartered Accountants Ireland recently published an article that we contributed to on Tips and Pointers for Filing Annual Returns at the Busy Filing Season. As mentioned in the article the CRO have reminded presenters using Company Secretarial software that the annual return has be received on their system before the filing deadline and any delay
Shares and Share Capital can be a confusing topic when setting up a company for the first time. A company’s share capital is the fund to which a company’s shareholders contribute in cash or in kind in return for their shares in the company. When setting up a Company, the share capital requirements may be
The Companies Registration Office confirmed today that the involuntary strike off process has recommenced since the middle of August 2025. Approximately 35,000 companies are facing involuntary strike off for failure to file late annual returns. The process was paused in March 2020 due to Covid and recommenced in late 2023. It was subsequently paused again
The CRO recently published its 2024 Annual Report and we have set out some of the main highlights from the annual report below. 324,531 companies on the register at the end of 2024 An extra 15,720 companies on the register at the end of 2024 (no involuntary strike off occurred in 2024) 566,827 submissions filed
The RBO recently published its 2024 Annual Report. The main highlights from the report are:- Live companies required to file with the RBO 314,054 Companies which had registered beneficial owners with RBO 276,891 In 2024, the RBO issued 4,087 Rejection/GDPR letters to data subjects whose personal details were used in RBO submissions which failed the
The Charities Regulator recently released its 2024 annual report and we have detailed some of the main highlights from the report. 11,445 charities on the Register of Charities Estimated to be worth €32 billion to the economy and involve over 280k employees 4,752 are registered companies 331 have an income over €5 million 127 newly
The CEA published its 2024 Annual Report. The report provides a helpful insight into the activities of the CEA and their approach to investigation and enforcement of Company Law in Ireland. Some of the main highlights from the 2024 Annual Report Director Restrictions 98 restrictions on foot of CEA review of liquidator reports 90% by