Posts Categorized: Basic Company Secretarial

November Newsletter 2023

Our November Newsletter is here with updates on PPSN for CRO filing, Audit Exemption Proposals, CRO Enforcement Letters and Christmas Deadlines for forming new companies   Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal or other advice.

Q: I have received a 10-week warning letter from the Companies Registration Office for a company I act as a director for. The company stopped trading during COVID and will not recommence trading. There are 3 annual returns outstanding. Do I have to do anything or can I just let the CRO strike off the

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October Newsletter 2023

Our October Newsletter is available now with details of the CRO blog post on the PPSN requirements for directors, their new VIFa Form that can be used for filing annual returns and news on The European Commission proposal to increase the size thresholds of companies to account for the increase in inflation. Click here to

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CRO Blog Post on PPSN

The CRO have released the below blog post on the PPSN disclose requirements for directors and some of the issues presenters may have when filing certain CRO Forms. The requirement for company directors to provide Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSN) came into force on 11 June 2023. After three months, the system has bedded in

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The Charities Regulator have issued its annual report for 2022. The following are the main points from the report. To read the full report click here 11,506 charities on the Register of Charities 73% of registered charities declare they fully comply with the Charities Governance Code 6 guidance documents published 1 investigation report published Irish

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The Register of Beneficial Ownership of Companies 2022 Annual Report was published recently. Below are the main points from the report. Click here to read the full report https://rbo.gov.ie/about.html by the end of 2022, 239,444 (85%) of companies and 698 societies (74%) had filed beneficial ownership information with the register 22,501 companies and 77 societies

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The ODCE published its last annual report for the period up to 6th July 2022. The ODCE was replaced by the Corporate Enforcement Authority (“CEA”) in July 2022. The following are the main points from the report. Click here to read the full report https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/publication-files/final-report-of-the-director-of-corporate-enforcement.pdf 323 liquidator reports 43 Auditors indictable offence reports 8 Examiners

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The CRO recently issued its 2022 Annual Report and the following are the main points from the report. You can read the full report here https://www.cro.ie/Publications/Publications/Corporate 94% of submissions were filed electronically 287,877 Irish companies were in existence on the register at the end of the year, resulting in 510,280 submissions being filed CRO received

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The Companies Registration Office has re-commenced enforcement proceedings for companies that have annual returns and financial statements outstanding. The CRO are focusing on companies that have the most annual returns outstanding. The CRO are giving companies 10 weeks from the date of the letter to bring its filing obligations up to date. See below copy

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It’s over a month since the introduction of the new requirement for Directors to disclose their PPSN or IPN when filing certain forms with the CRO. For more information on the new provisions see our previous article. The CRO have included a new section in CORE that may help directors where their name registered with

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