Company Secretarial

Ensuring Compliance: Requirements for EEA Director in Irish Companies

By |2025-04-21T10:48:50+00:00April 17th, 2025|Categories: Company Secretarial|Tags: , , , , |

Section 137 of the Companies Act 2014 sets a requirement for every company registered in the Republic of Ireland to have at least one director who is resident in the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA comprises the 27 EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. The requirement for an EEA-resident director is not just a [...]

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Mortgages and Charges in the CRO

By |2025-04-21T10:48:50+00:00April 3rd, 2025|Categories: Company Secretarial|Tags: , , , , , |

Recording Satisfaction of Mortgage/Charge Payments at the CRO When an Irish registered company has either fully or partly paid off a mortgage or charge, it is vital to record this at the Companies Registration Office (CRO). This ensures that external third parties, such as potential investors, creditors, other lenders, and credit rating agencies, are made aware [...]

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Non-Filing of RBO’s and Involuntary Strike Off’s

By |2025-04-21T10:48:50+00:00February 12th, 2025|Categories: Company Secretarial, Irish News|Tags: , , |

Registrar of Beneficial Ownership (RBO) Enforces New Powers Under Companies Act 2014 The Registrar of Beneficial Ownership of Companies and Industrial & Provident Societies (RBO) has swiftly utilised her new authority under Section 726(i) of the Companies Act 2014. This section permits the involuntary strike-off of companies that fail to file beneficial ownership details. Warning [...]

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PPSN Disclosure for Directors

By |2025-04-21T10:48:50+00:00April 13th, 2023|Categories: Company Secretarial, Irish News|

New PPSN Requirement The Companies Registration Office (CRO) have announced that the new requirement for directors to supply their PPSN’s (Personal Public Service Numbers) when making certain filings will commence on April 23rd, 2023. These filings include: Incorporating a new company (Form A1) Notifying a change of director (Form B10, B69) Filing the yearly Annual Return [...]

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Annual Return Covid Filing Extension – Time is running out, fast !

By |2025-04-21T10:48:51+00:00May 3rd, 2021|Categories: Company Secretarial|

It’s hard to believe that nearly 14 months have passed since the Companies Registration Office announced the first filing extension for Annual Returns, due to the Covid 19 pandemic.   After more than a year of lockdowns and the complete shutdown of some sectors of the Irish economy, we are now beginning to see the roll [...]

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