The CRO has issued its annual report for 2021 and the following are some of the key points from the report:- 270,835 companies on the Register at the end of the year 510,000 submissions filed with the CRO Over 89% of all documents filed with the CRO were filed electronically 594 Sec 343 notices of
The Registrar of Beneficial Ownership published its 2021 Annual Report and some of the key points from the report were:- Almost 217,000 (87%) of companies and 693 societies (73%) had filed beneficial ownership information with the register 28,111 companies and 77 societies registered their beneficial ownership with the RBO for the first time compared with
The Charity Regulator published its 2021 Annual Report and the some of the key points from the report are:- 69% of registered charities declare they comply fully with the Charities Governance Code 568 concerns were raised (22% increase on 2020) and 2 statutory investigations commenced 64% of charities submitted their annual report on time –
The European Union (Preventive Restructuring) Regulations 2022 (SI 380/2022) (“PRD”) commenced on 27th July 2022 The PRD sets down minimum rules for Member State preventative restructuring frameworks, in order to remove barriers to effective preventive restructuring of viable debtors in financial difficulties across the EU. The Regulations make some amendments to the Examinership process in
Conor chatted to Conall O Móráin on That Great Business Show Podcast about why it’s so important to ‘tidy up’ your dormant company (unless you fancy a trip to face a judge), why you should keep your share register up to date (no matter what size the company is), why and how to become a
The Companies Registration Office updated the CORE platform on 12th April 2022 and several new features were added to the platform along with fixing some legacy issues. Key Features of the update Set to Draft This is the most welcome of changes! You can now revert a submission at signature or payment stage to draft.
The company constitution is the company law rule book for a company. Depending on the company type this will determine what format the constitution takes and how much detail is included. The constitution may be a simple or very detailed document depending on the activities and the rights of the shareholders. The constitution contains provisions
The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland recently published an excellent synopsis of the Recent Changes in Company Law including The Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 Including a list of the summary of changes to the Companies Act 2014 Companies Act 2014 (Section 12A(1) – Covid-19) (No. 2) Order – The Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions
The Data Protection Commissioner recently published a guide “Considerations Relating to Multi-Unit Developments and Owners’ Management Companies.” This guidance sets out general advice on common data protection issues that may arise in the course of interaction between:- Owners’ Management Companies (“OMCs”) and their members OMCs, OMC members, and a property management agent OMCs and third
The Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 was passed in December and the main purpose of the Act is to provide for the establishment of the Corporate Enforcement Authority to replace the ODCE. The Act also contains some important amendments to the Companies Act 2014. See our previous article on the main provisions of the