The Corporate Enforcement Authority (“CEA”) recently published its Annual Report for 2025 The report provides an excellent insight into the CEA’s activities during 2025, its graduated approach to company law enforcement and the circumstances in which it may take civil or criminal enforcement action. We have highlighted some of the main points from the report
The Companies Registration Office (CRO) recently published its 2025 Annual Report, and we have set out some of the main highlights from the Annual Report below. There were 340,693 Irish companies on the Register at the end of 2025. Private companies limited by shares accounted for 89% of all companies on the Register. The CRO
The Central Register of Beneficial Ownership of Companies and Industrial and Provident Societies (RBO) recently published its 2025 Annual Report The main highlights from the report are: 330,284 live companies were required to file beneficial ownership information with the RBO at the end of 2025, an increase of 5% on 2024. 294,541 companies had registered
The Charities Regulator recently published its 2025 Annual Report and we have detailed some of the main highlights from the report below. There were 11,466 charities on the Register of Charities at the end of 2025. 212 new charities were registered during the year. 170 charities were deregistered. Charity records on the Register received more
The Companies House UK have announced the accounts reforms measures that will be implemented from April 2028. The accounts reforms include:- requiring small companies and micro entities to file profit and loss accounts with Companies House as other companies do, but with the option to opt out of publishing this information on the public register
The Companies Registration Office have issued its first report providing statistics on a quarterly basis in relation to the lifecycle of a company: Incorporations, Restructuring, Liquidations; and Strike Offs Incorporations The standout statistic is that 7,483 new companies were incorporated in Q1 2026, the highest quarterly figure recorded in the report and 15% higher than
The Corporate Enforcement Authority (“CEA”) has published an Information Note on electronic participation in companies’ general meetings. The Information Note provides practical direction for companies, directors and members on the lawful and effective operationt of virtual and hybrid meetings under the Companies Act 2014 (as amended). The note includes: The statutory basis for virtual and
Each year we highlight some Company Law and Company Secretarial points to consider. See them here in our January 2026 Newsletter Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal or other advice.
Each year we highlight some Company Law and Company Secretarial points to consider and the following are the points to consider for 2026:- Review ARD List The new year should start with a full review of all the Annual Return Dates (“ARD”) for your companies to ensure that you maximise the use of the 9-month
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