Company Secretary service
Every company is required by law to have a company secretary. All company types must have:
- one secretary
- and a minimum of one director.
A company secretary is the person or body corporate appointed by the directors to carry out the duties and function of the secretary.
Company Secretary
service
PROXIMA
as the secretary of your company
€250 per year
Company Secretary service includes
Secretary Registration with CRO
Secretary Registration with Revenue
Bank Account Signatory
CRO Annual Return Signatory
Financial Statements Signatory
Keeping Statutory Registers
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COMPANY SECRETARY
Who can be a Company secretary?
Generally, no formal qualifications are required to become the secretary of a private company. However, the directors of a company have a duty to ensure that the person appointed as secretary has the skills or resources necessary to discharge his or her statutory and other duties.
The duties of a secretary are duties delegated to the position by the directors. There is no definitive term covering what this will entail. Directors must ensure person is capable of doing the job.
Can the same person be a Director and a Company Secretary?
- In case of companies with two or more directors, the secretary may be one of the directors.
- A single-director company must have a separate secretary. Where a company has only one director, that person cannot hold the office of secretary of the company i.e. the company secretary must be someone other than the existing sole director.
- A body corporate, i.e. a company may act as secretary to another company so the sole director can appoint a separate company to act as its secretary.
What are Company Secretary's duties?
A company secretary is the person or body corporate appointed by the directors to carry out the duties and function of the secretary.
Company Secretary signatory duties
Form A1 – the company incorporation document and
Form B1 – the annual return.
Two different people have to sign off on the forms. This would apply to companies with one director and two directors. The one individual as director cannot sign the same form in a dual capacity as both secretary and director. The second director is required to sign as well.
If a form A1 or B1 is received (or any other prescribed form that requires the signatures of both a director and the secretary for certification) and the same individual signs as both director and secretary, this form will be rejected and returned to the presenter.
What is Company Secretarial?
Every company from the smallest to the largest has a range of obligations which must be met:
- Statutory registers have to be maintained,
- they must comply with filing obligations under the Companies Acts,
- changes of directors have to be notified,
- all have to be recorded and
- with relevant board decisions minuted.
These duties will often be looked at by the company secretary. However, the increasing burden and complexity of the legislation and regulatory framework governing companies coupled with associated costs means many organisations are choosing to outsource this vitally important function.
Company secretarial includes the following tasks:
- annual compliance and maintenance of statutory records;
- maintenance of the beneficial interests register (RBO);
- corporate re-organisations;
- share compliance;
- attendance and minute taking at board and shareholder meetings;
- advice on minimising the disclosure of your financial information;
- due diligence of your statutory records;
- voluntary strike offs; and
- restorations.
Order Company Secretary service in simple steps:
STEP 1:
Fill out the Order Form
STEP 2:
Pay for your Order
Company Secretary
PROXIMA
as the secretary of your company
€250 per year
Included is:
* Secretary registration with CRO
* Secretary registration with Revenue
* Bank Account Signatory
* CRO Annual return signatory
* Financial Statements Signatory
* Keeping of Statutory Registers
STEP 3:
Pay for your Order
Company Secretarial
CRO compliance
for your company
€125 per year
Included is:
* CRO Annual return B1
* CRO Return for change in directors
* CRO Return for change in address
* Register of Beneficial Ownership
* Board & Shareholders minutes
* Maintenance of Statutory Registers
Proxima Tax Services Ltd
Unit 3G North Point House
North Point Business Park
Mallow Road, Cork
Ireland
info@proxima.ie
021 237 30 87
Company Registration No: 613314
Revenue Tax Agent No: 76472U
CRO Electronic Filing Agent No: 613314C
